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Why do we complicate the holy and perfect Word of God? The Bible has a very simple explanation and it goes something like this…

“Sixty-six books comprise The Bible. They include books of the Law such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Historical books such as Ezra and Acts. Books of poetry such as Psalms and Ecclesiastes. Books of prophecy such as Isaiah and Revelation. Biographies such as Matthew and John. Epistles such as Titus and Hebrews. Forty different human authors contributed to The Bible which was written over a period of about 1,500 years. The authors were kings, fisherman, priests, government officials, farmers, shepherds, and doctors. From all this diversity comes an incredible unity with common themes woven throughout. The Bible’s unity is due to the fact that it has one author and that is God, Himself! The Bible is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16). The human authors wrote exactly what God wanted them to write and the result was the perfect and holy Word of God (Psalm 12:6, 2 Peter 1:21).

The Bible is divided into two main parts: the Old and the New Testaments. In short, the Old Testament is the story of a nation and the New Testament is the story of a man. The nation was God’s way of bringing the man, Yeshua Hamashiach, into the world. The Old Testament describes the founding and preservation of the nation of Israel. God promised to use Israel to bless the whole world (Genesis 12:2-3). Once Israel was established as a nation God raised up a family within that nation from whom a blessing would come, the family of David (Psalm 89:3-4). Then, from the family of David was promised one man who would bring the promised blessing (Isaiah 11:1-10).

The New Testament details the coming of that promised man. His name was Yeshua and He fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament as he lived a perfect life, died to become the Savior and rose from the dead. Yeshua is the central character of The Bible. The whole book is really about Him. The Old Testament predicts His coming and sets the stage for His entrance into the world. The New Testament describes His coming and His work to bring salvation to our broken and sinful world.

Yeshua is more than a historical figure. In fact, He is more than a man. He is divine and a member of the Godhead and His coming was the most important event in the history of the world. The Word, which God took on flesh and became a man in order to give us a clear, understandable picture of who He is. What is God like? He is like Yeshua. Amen.”

-Spoken by Rabbi Greg Hershberg of Beth Yeshua International

Watch Rabbi Greg in his wonderful series “Yeshua in the Tabernacle” where he states this powerful overview of The Bible in the first few minutes of part one.