YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE

 A Book to Be Understood

By all measures, the Bible is a very old book.  How old is it?  The writing of the Bible began in the Middle East some 3,500 years ago. By comparison, that was during the time of the mighty Shang dynasty of China about ten centuries before Buddhism started in India. - See the box "Facts About the Bible." 

If a book is to be a helpful and beneficial guide to people, it must be understandable and relevant to them. The Bible is just such a book. It offers satisfying answers to life's most important questions.

                                                                                                   For example, have you ever wondered, 'Why are we here?' That question has baffled man for thousands of years, and it still does. Yet, the answer can be found in the first two chapter of the first book of the Bible, Genesis.  There the Bible account reaches back "to the beginning-billions of years ago-when our physical universe, including the galaxies, the stars, and the earth came into existence. (Genesis 1:1) Then it describes, in progressive stages, how the earth came to be inhabitable, how various life forms came into existence, and how humans appeared on the scene-as well as the purpose of it all.

Next time: WRITTEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD 

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