Excerpt from The Bible True From the Beginning, Vol. 4 Attention will also be given in those volumes to the subject of the Gift of Tongues, to 1 Cor. V., and to the Epistles to the Seven Churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Is the Bible True? offers a lively, down-to-earth look at the origins and nature of the Bible. Minister David Ord and biblical historian Robert Coote address many of the questions raised when ordinary lay readers come face-to-face with dilemmas posed by modern biblical scholarship. Part I begins with the question of how the Bible should be read. Is the Bible True? traces the experience of a person who has grown up reading the Bible literally but who, on closer inspection, discovers that “literally” is not nearly literal enough. The study of Scripture that ensues leads to a new approach to reading the Bible and uncovering its meaning for today. Part II asks how the Bible came to be. Who began the writing process, and when? How were the books collected into the form we know now? Exactly what kind of book is the Bible? Part III shows how understanding the history and reality of the Bible can make reading it a more meaningful experience—especially in sorting out the difficult issues that confront us every day. Is the Bible True? succeeds in showing how a more sophisticated understanding of the scriptures can enhance rather than undermine faith. It is required reading for everyone who reads and studies the Bible.

Excerpt from The Bible True From the Beginning, Vol. 2 Judgement of W orks. The Young Men's Grade is the Grade of Faith. Every Grade has its peculiar words. The words, 'oak, ' 'amorite, ' 'moreh, ' etc., are words of the Heathen Grade. The Servants' Grade has most Grade - Words. They are, for the most part, words denoting actions of hand, sense-actions, etc. They include the words servants, ' 'see, ' 'find, ' 'place, ' 'hear, ' 'work, ' 'do, ' 'come, ' 'ass, ' 'camel, ' 'shoulder, ' 'shechem, ' 'sons of Israel, ' 012, 'with, ' 737, 'this, ' etc. The grade-words of the Young Men's Grade include the words 'young men, ' 'men, ' 'people, ' 'israel, ' Nin, 'this, ' 13, 'with, ' etc. T here are two special grade-laws. First, words of the Grade of Servants are sometimes used with a spiritual application to the Grade of Tongues. It is as when the Apostle Paul speaks of service in spirit, and of service in letter. Secondly, one or more words of the Servants' Grade are sometimes conjoined with one or more words of the Young Men's Grade. This conjoined idiom always betokens either the Heathen Grade or the Grade of Tongues. Still, as the Grades are so far apart, and one pertains to a Fleshly and the other to a Spiritual Realm, We can always see how the conjoined idiom is to be applied. Other features of the gradal-laws are set forth in the work. The writer is well aware that, at first sight, this teaching will seem to many to be foolish, and a striving about words to no profit. It will be said, How can Books of Scripture written by different men, in times far apart, be pervaded by the same gradal lawsp It might be answered, Trees that are not planted together yet follow the same laws of growth; the stars did not all come into existence together, but they are all ruled by the same laws of motion. So, in Inspiration, God has worked all in all. The various Books of the Bible have not come to us at random, like sparks from an anvil, neither is there any rust beneath their shining. They form a Living Word, which has had more of God and of His methodical action in its growth than any living object in Nature's fields ever enjoyed. They who test these Scriptural Grade - Laws, as the writer has been doing for many years, with book after book, and with chapter after chapter, of the Bible, will no longer regard them as foolish. They will rather look upon this Gradal System of Scripture as affording a striking illustration of the way in which God chooses weak things to confound the mighty. These grade-words also constitute an effectual safeguard against allegorical license. They are Divinely-appointed buoys to mark out the course we must follow in launching out into the depths of Inspired Truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Bible True From the Beginning, Vol. 5 Let the reader examine, as did the writer, this early part of Ezekiel.' He will find in it a law Of progress or evolution. The first chapter, as writers like Hengstenberg have admitted, deals with the lower animal Creation. We read of 'living creatures, ' but neither the Adamic Prophet nor any human being has any active part in the whole Chapter. The next chapter begins to describe human beings, and makes no reference to the living creatures. But its first allusions are to human beings who are in an imperfect and savage state. They are compared to briars, thorns, scorpions, rebels, and are said to be impudent and stiff hearted (verses 3 The Adamic Prophet now begins to carry God's message to this savage people. But it is the very beginning of this intermediary prophetic action. The Divine Spirit has but newly entered into him (verse Moreover, as yet, while the Prophet speaks God's words (verse no allusion is made to a written Revelation. But in verses 8-10 we read of a written Revelation coming to the Prophet. This appears to be the beginning of such written Revelation. Moreover this first revealed writing is said to be full of lamentations, and mourning, and woe. Such a description is very applicable to the Book of Job, a Book which ancient Christians regarded as the Oldest in the Bible (orig, Cont. Cels., Lib. VI., 0. From the beginning of 0. Iii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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