By H.G. Bishop Moussa
The holy bible can never be destroyed for
many reasons, among which are the
following:
1. The Testimony of The Unity
Of The Bible.
More than 40 writers contributed to The
Bible throughout a period of time that
amounts to 1600 years. Moses wrote his
books around 1500 B.C., and John wrote
his Gospel in 100 A.D. these writers
differed in qualities, circumstances, residence and the age they lived
in. Some were philosophers like Moses and Paul while others were
simple like Amos the sycamore collector, David the shepherd, and
Peter the fisherman. Joshua, on the other hand was, an army
commander; Nehemiah was the king`s cup-bearer; Isaiah was a court
man; Daniel was a prime Minister, and Solomon was a wise man.
Moses wrote in the desert, Jeremiah in the den, David in the pastures
and Paul wrote in prison. However, in spite of all these differences
there is a wondrous unity among the different Books of the Bible.
The subject of the whole Bible is the salvation of man, explaining to
us God`s dealings with humanity, his redemption of man and the
means by which this redemption is accomplished in our daily life.
“For prophecy never came by the will of man but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2Peter 1:21). Thus,
“all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
that the man of God may be complete thoroughly equipped for every
good work “ (2Tim 3:16-17)
2. The Testimony Of The Prophecies
One of the definite proofs that the Bible is divinely inspired is that
many prophecies included in it came true, some of which are the
following:
a. More than 300 prophecies about Jesus Christ, written before
his coming were accurately fulfilled
b. The prophecies on the fall of Egypt from the splendour of her
power (Ezakiel 19)
c. There were prophecies on the Assyrian and Babylonian
Captivity in Isaiah and Jeremiah
d. Prophecies on the victory of Cyrus king of Persia over
Babylonian and the return of the Jews from their captivity.
The prophecy is mentioned in (Isaiah 44:28) and when
Cyrus read it after his victory, he was so surprised that he
actually set the Jews free and they returned to their land.
e. The Lord had foretold the destruction of Jerusalem and this
prophecy was fulfilled in detail in 70 A.D. by Titus the
Roman Commander
f. The Lord has foretold the martyrdom of Peter and this was
actually accomplished in 68 A.D. by Nyron.
3. The Testimony Of The Old Versions
Scientists have discovered old versions of the Holy Bible which are
totally identical with the Bible in our hands. Among these versions
A) THE VATICAN VERSION: This version goes back to the
beginnings of the fourth century. It is kept in the Vatican. It
was written in Egypt under the decree of King Constantine.
B) THE SINAITIC VERSION: This version goes back to the
end of the fourth century. The scientist Chandorf found it is
St. Catherine Monastery in Sinai and it is now kept in the
British Museum.
C) THE ALEXANDRIA VERSION: It goes back to the fifth
century. The Popes of Alexandria kept it until 1638, when
Pope Cyril gave it to king Charles 1 of Britain. It is now in
the British Museum
D) THE EPHRAIMIAN VERSION: This version is now in
Paris
Besides the above, there is the Buizer Version (6th c.) the
Washington version (5th c.) as well as hundreds of manuscripts among
which are the Dead Sea scrolls and the Chester Beatie Manuscript
which goes back to the year 250. This manuscript was written on
papyrus and it is now in Dublin, Ireland.
4. The Testimony Of The Monuments And Excavations
With the emergence of the science of Archaeology and its great
researches in the previous century, many stone tables on which there
are inscriptions from various ages were discovered. On comparing the
inscriptions on these milestones which have been buried for hundreds
of years with the books that we have, we find complete identity. Here
are some examples:
a. The discoveries in Babylon written in the Cursive language
that tell the same story about the flood
b. Scientists have discovered the ruins of the Cities of Pithom
and Ramses which the Jews had built for the Pharaoh. These
Cities are mentioned in Exodus 1:11 and they were not
discovered until the year 1884.
c. The Moabite Stone contains 34 lines which tll the story of
the war between Mesha, the king of Moab and Joram, the
king of Israel exactly as it is told in (2Kings 3:6-27)
d. The Kurdstanian Rock on which there are inspections which
tell the story of Darius, the king of Persia and it is found in
(Daniel 5,6,9 and 12)
e. The obelisk of Shalmeneser king of Assyria where Hoshea
king of Israel is seen as a prisover who paid tribute to the
Assyrian king. This is exactly identical with the story in (2
Kings 17:3)
f. In the ruins of the old City, Nineveh, there are the castles of
the Assyrian kings where inscriptions are found. The
information in these inscriptions are identical with the stories
in the bible.
g. The ruins of Jericho which Joshua burnt appear really to have
been burnt as mentioned in The Bible.
h. Many inscriptions in the area of Ur of Choldees contain
information about Abraham which agrees with what we
have. People used to inscribe the information that they
wished to record on stone.
i. The cross of Lord Jesus Christ and the great story of its
discovery as well as the shroud where the written sentence
against Him is found.
5. The Testimony Of Logic
When was Bible distorted?
Before or after Islam? If it was before Islam, then why was it
acknowledged by Islam? Why weren’t we given the genuine book? If
it was after Islam, how did this happen as the historians did not take
heed? Christianity spread all over the countries of the world. The
separation had already taken place in Chalcedony. How did the
Christians agree upon such an important matter, whereas they
disagreed upon minute details about the character of Jesus Christ and
the union between His divinity and His humanity? Moreover, how
could they cheat the Jews into distorting their books without any
resistance? And how could it be that this happened without the
knowledge of the Moslems, as not one of their historians mentioned
the dreadful event? How could it be that this event was not mentioned
in the general or the pagan history, as not one book says that the
Christians collected all their books all over the world, distorted then
and re-distributed them? If the Christians had found out that their
recorded prophecies would be fulfilled by the emergence of a new
religion, why would this annoy them? On the contrary, they would
have been happy and they would have tried to prove that this was
true. These are only claims which lack even the weakest evidence.
From the above evidence, it is clear that The Holy Bible in our hands
is the genuine Book and that it is impossible to corrupt it because it is
the word of God.