The origin of the bible

1. Sketch of the Bible: The Bible is a world literary masterpiece and has been translated into 1829 languages so far, with an annual sales volume of about 30 million copies.

Today, more than one billion people regard the Bible as a treasure house of spiritual life and a source of revelation from God.

The Bible is a profound and long-standing record, which was conceived through years of reflection on religious life. It records the religious experiences and experiences of prophets, poets, sages, apostles, national heroes and gods.

Some people, after the great journey of life, wrote down the sour, sweet, bitter and spicy experiences in life and their profound observations on life, which became the main skeleton of today's Bible.

The Bible is a book about life and a book that points out the way of life. The characters in it are only God, man, life, heaven and earth.

Therefore, it is not a science book, a history book, an exhortation book, or any book that we can classify with other works.

The Bible is full of ideals and very down-to-earth; It is beyond and practical.

Although it is centered on Shinto, it is to carry forward the humanistic spirit; It has many descriptions of the afterlife, but it teaches people how to live in this life.

Its wisdom is like the wind in the forest and the music in the wilderness.

Simple people hear its call, and people who love life feel its attraction.

This book is about life and death, as well as a person's various changes before death and different fate after death.

It has witnessed the rise and fall of a nation many times, praised some successful lives and regretted some failed lives.

Everything in it seems to tell us vaguely that a country and a nation have opportunities to rise and fall, and human beings and life also have "variables" of life and death.

This is the law set by God at the time of creation, and it is also what we used to call "objective law".

Second, the Bible information: 1, Bible: The original meaning of the English holy book is "holy book".

The Bible was originally a Greek book, that is, an English book, but it has to be added with a definite article, which means "that book".

In the church tradition, the Bible doesn't have to have a name (just like we don't have to call our father by his first name), because the Bible is a "book", a book in a book, a book of life, and the most important and precious book.

The Chinese word "Jing" refers to "the great classics of the world", which is the fundamental way to be a man or "stand in the world" and the model that life should follow.

2. Old Testament and New Testament: The Bible is divided into two parts, the former part is called the Old Testament and the latter part is called the New Testament.

Testament refers to the Covenant and contract between man and God.

The Old Testament paved the way for the New Testament.

3. The Old Testament originally refers to the contract between God and the Israeli nation in Mount Sinai.

The Old Testament records the story before Jesus was born.

4. The New Testament is an eternal covenant made by Jesus Christ for all mankind with his holy blood and holy death, which is called the New Testament.

The New Testament records the deeds of Jesus after his birth.

5. Gospel: The four books about the life of Jesus Christ in the New Testament are called "Gospel", and the Gospel is "good news" because the birth of Jesus Christ brought "good news" of salvation to mankind.

6. Book collection: The Bible is not a single book, it includes 46 volumes of the Old Testament, 27 volumes of the New Testament and 73 volumes of * * *; It took 1500 years to complete, with countless authors and more than 40 authors.

(Because the Bible was passed down by mouth for a long time and then recorded into a book; So there are more "writers" than "recorders". 7. Literary types of the Bible: The Bible is not a history book or a science book, but a "Bible".

Just as we can't read Journey to the West from a historical perspective, we can't treat 300 Tang poems with the critical attitude of scientists, and we can't read the Bible from a non-biblical perspective.

The literary types of each volume of the Bible are biography, history, law, etiquette, poetry, drama, fable and myth.

Because the world mainly reveals the mystery of life through different styles and conveys his plans and information to people.

People can only understand the truth of the Bible if they sincerely look for it under the light of God.