Bible History

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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. In the beginning there were two beings, God the Father and God the Son (who was called the Word). God the Father in the beginning created the world through God the Son, who we now know as Jesus. He created the world as we see it now, the heavens and the earth and all that there is and ever has been.  

God the Son in the beginning created the world in six days. He created the seas, the earth, all the animals, as well as mankind. After creating the world in six days the Lord rested the seventh day, which he sanctified and called the Sabbath.  John 1 shows that Jesus created all there is. 

Hell is not just the Lake of Fire. “Hell” also refers to a state of condition. In Revelation 12:12 we read, “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Satan was kicked out of heaven for disobeying God. In Job 2, satan told God he was walking “to and fro in the earth.” Satan is bound to the earth and while here, he is “seeking whom he may  devour” as Peter warned in 1 Peter 5.  

Today we think of Israel as a land mass in the Middle East. When we read the Bible we see that Israel was the name God gave to Jacob. Jacob had 12 sons which became the 12 tribes of Israel, or the Israelites. God considered Israel his chosen people. God gave his laws and commandments to Israel so that they could go into the world and teach the nations his ways. In the New Testament, we see the term Jew used in place of Israel. Jew comes from the tribe of Judah, one of Jacob’s sons. At this time, most of Israel had gone into captivity and the tribe of Judah made the largest part of those who remained the land. Eventually, they were also taken into captivity. Israel will remain in captivity until the Lord returns and gathers Israel from the four corners of the earth.  

According to the Psalm 19:7 and Romans 7:12, God's law is perfect, holy, just, and good. It teaches us what sin is, because "by the law is the knowledge of sin" (Romans 3:20). Jesus taught that the entire law is summarized by loving God with all our heart and loving our neighbor as ourselves (Matthew 22:37–40). He also said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law" (Matthew 5:17), showing that God's commandments remain important. The Scriptures teach that those who love God keep His commandments (John 14:15) and delight in His law (Psalm 119:97). As Ecclesiastes 12:13 states, "Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." 

Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, and the Savior of the world. The Scriptures teach that He existed before His earthly birth and was with God from the beginning: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Jesus came into the world to reveal the Father, teach righteousness, and save sinners. In John 14:6, He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” He lived a sinless life, performed many miracles, preached the kingdom of God, and willingly gave His life for humanity's sins. 1 Corinthians 15:3 tells us that "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.” After being crucified, He was buried and rose again after 3 days and 3 nights (1 Corinthians 15:4), conquering death and offering eternal life to those who believe in Him. Jesus is now exalted at the right hand of God (Hebrews 1:3), serves as our High Priest and Advocate (Hebrews 4:14–16; 1 John 2:1), and will one day return in glory to establish His kingdom (Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11–16). As Peter declared in Acts 4:10-12, salvation is in Jesus Christ, the only name by which men can be saved.  

The Bible teaches that spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ is a command given by Jesus to all His followers. In Matthew 28:19, Jesus said, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations” and in Mark 16:15, he said, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” The apostles obeyed this command by preaching that salvation is only through Jesus Christ, because “neither is there salvation in any other” (Acts 4:12). Scripture also teaches that people must hear the message in order to believe. In Romans 10:14, Paul wrote, “How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?” Matthew 24:14 shows that the gospel is meant to be shared with all nations as a witness before the return of Christ. 

Jesus prophesied that the Temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed in Matthew 24:2: "There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”. About forty years later, in A.D. 70, the Roman army under General Titus surrounded Jerusalem and destroyed the city and the Second Temple. This fulfilled Jesus' warning in Luke 21:20-24 that Jerusalem would be compassed with armies and brought to desolation, as well as Daniel's prophecy concerning the destruction of the city and sanctuary (Daniel 9:26). The destruction ended the Temple sacrificial system that had been central to worship for centuries. The Temple destroyed in A.D. 70 was the Second Temple, originally rebuilt after the Babylonian exile and later greatly expanded by Herod the Great. Jesus foretold its destruction, and it has never been rebuilt since that time.  

The Bible teaches that Israel was scattered among the nations because of disobedience to God's covenant. Before entering the Promised Land, God warned that if His people turned from His commandments, "the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other" (Deuteronomy 28:64). This judgment came to pass through foreign captivities, including the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel and the Babylonian exile of Judah. The prophets explained that Israel's idolatry and rebellion led to their dispersion among the nations (Leviticus 26:33; Jeremiah 9:13–16). Jesus also foretold that the Israel would be "led away captive into all nations" following the destruction of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24). 

The Bible describes time differently than modern calendars. In Genesis, each day of creation is marked by “the evening and the morning” (Genesis 1:5), which shows that a biblical day begins at evening rather than midnight. God also commanded Israel to observe sacred days “from even unto even”  as shown in Leviticus 23:32, reinforcing this pattern. The Bible also connects months to the new moon. Scriptures such as 1 Samuel 20:5 and Numbers 10:10 refer to the “new moon” as the beginning of monthly cycles, showing that biblical months were originally based on lunar observation. In contrast, modern calendars use fixed solar months that do not follow the moon’s phases. Overall, the Bible presents a time system based on evening-to-evening days and moon-marked months, while man’s calendar is based on midnight days and standardized solar months.