| We are accustomed to
think of the Holy Bible as one book because it is bound between
two covers, but it is not one book but a vast Library, sometimes
called the Divine Library, and rightfully so. It is composed of
sixty-six books, thirty-nine in the Old Testament and
twenty-seven in the New Testament. It was over fifteen hundred
years in the making. A period of four hundred years passed
between the history of the last book of the Old Testament and
the first book of the New Testament. Another four hundred years
passed before they were translated into a common language and
assembled into one book.
The Holy Bible contains ethics, history,
law, letters, medicine, morals, philosophy, prophecy, and a revelation of divine light and
truth.
Its authorship is no less varied. Its contributors were
collectors of internal revenues, fishermen, historians, kings, lawgivers, mystics, poets,
preachers, prophets and tentmakers.
Diverse are its subject matter and
authorship, remote are its allegories, figures, legends, myths, types, and
unique styles of expression. The intelligent reader discerns running through
it an increasing purpose, a progressive revelation of truth.
Everything that could
be done through the ages of intolerance to destroy it, was done.
Men were imprisoned, tortured and burned at the stake for
confessing and defending its teaching.
Through these hundreds of years, its pages have
been moistened with tears of joy and tears of sorrow. They have been thumbed through and
soiled by Kings in their palaces and penitent prisoners in their cells. Monarchs and
peasants alike, strong men and sinners have found it a source of courage, consolation,
hope and strength.
Below is a link to the Holy Bible that I believe you will
enjoy as much as I have.
Click here to view the
Holy Bible on a single page
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were translated into a common language and assembled into one
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