THE BIBLE
IS A MIRACLE BOOK 
by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.   

THE BIBLE IS A MIRACLE BOOK

The Bible is a Miracle Book from beginning to end.  It begins with a miracle in Genesis when God created the heaven and the earth and it ends with a miracle when God will create the New Heaven and the New Earth!

Everything about Jesus spoke of miracles.  Jesus' birth was a miracle; The life of Jesus and His deeds were a continuous miracle; The death of Jesus was another miracle and when Jesus Christ arose from the grave and ascended to Heaven, those were supernatural, miraculous events.

ST. PAUL WARNS OF UNREASONABLE MEN WHO HAVE NO FAITH

St. Paul declared, "All men have not faith."  Therefore he warned to "beware of unreasonable men." (2 Thessalonians 3:2)  This world is filled with unjust, unrighteous and unreasonable men who "have not faith."

THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST WAS A MIRACLE

The Scripture tells us that if the Princes of this world had known who Jesus was, they would not have put to death the very Son of God, the Messiah of Israel. (1 Corinthians 2:8) The Bible says, "This cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated Me without a cause." (John 16:25)

Even though they could find no testimony or witness to corroborate against Him they still put Him to death. (Mark 14:55) Our Blessed Lord Jesus challenged His accusers with the words, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" (John 8:46) None could!

JESUS WAS BORN WITHOUT SIN & JESUS LIVED & DIED WITHOUT SIN

Jesus was born without sin.  Jesus lived without sin, and He fulfilled His Father's will to the letter.  Jesus died without sin and is risen again, perfect in every respect.  Praise His Holy name forever.

Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, publicly stated during Jesus' trial, "I find no fault in this man". Yet, because of public opinion and political pressure, he allowed Jesus to be crucified after he had washed his hands, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person." (Matthew 27:24)

Very definitely the world is filled with unreasonable men who "have not faith!!" Jesus knew this for, "He knew man and what was in man." (John 2:25)

Jesus Christ therefore provided some clear-cut proofs for his followers, so powerful and convincing that when they happened, entire villages, towns and cities believed the preaching of God's word through His humble servants.

Since the great commission is for all who believe, Paul naturally fell into that category.

On may occasions, Paul cast out unclean spirits with great authority in the Mighty Name of Jesus. "And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs of aprons and the diseases departed from them and evil spirits went out of them."

“Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth." 

"And there were seven son of Sceva, a Jew and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus, I know and Paul, I know, but who are ye"? 

"And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them and overcame them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks, also dwelling at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

“And many that believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men; and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed." (Acts 19:11-20)

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence."  (1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 25-29) 

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." (1 Corinthians 3:19)

When asked if he thought there is life on other planets in our solar system, the late Albert Einstein answered, "GOD DOESN'T THROW DICE"! In other words, God is highly organized and intelligent and when He populated Planet Earth, He did so because it was created to be inhabited by man. God is not a gambler, God is not a God of chance.

Many very foolish earthlings have made the statement, "I cannot believe in God because I can't understand Him, and I have never seen Him. We know nothing about Him."

HOW FOOLISH AND UNREASONABLE SUCH REASONING IS

We will never be able to understand God and I am glad about that! If I could understand God, then either I would be a God and would not need Him, or He would be a man and He couldn't help me. He however asks only that we believe in Him in order to receive the manifold blessings from His hand which we so desperately need. We are not expected to understand Him! WE ARE ASKED ONLY TO BELIEVE HIM!

No, my friend, God is not unreasonable and here’s my warning to you: Do not allow Satan to fill your ears with garbage and your mind with evil, so that you will be deceived by unbelief, error and evil spirits. Open your heart to Christ and receive His blessings and his miracles in your life.

THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST, ALBERT EINSTEIN, made the statement before he died, that in his opinion, mankind had only been able, over the past 6000 years of man's existence, to gather together 2% of total knowledge.

We have, with our most brilliant minds, over a span of 6000 years, been able to accumulate 2% of total knowledge. It seems logical to me then, to ask the following question: If man knows only 2% of what there is to know, then doesn't it seem rational to conclude that God could exist in the 98% of the knowledge we know nothing about? No wonder God's Word says, "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God". (Psalms 14:1)

Another sign that we are living in the LAST DAYS and also that God's Word is True is the tremendous EXPLOSION of KNOWLEDGE since the days of EINSTEIN, in direct fulfillment of Daniel 12:4. "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased".

SCIENTIFIC PROOF ONLY STRENGTHENS THE TRUTH THAT GOD'S WORK IS INFALLIBLE - TO SAY THE BIBLE IS A MIRACLE BOOK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT

The Bible tells us also of our Master Himself, and how that when they saw the miracles which He did, multitudes followed Him. (Mark 8) 

His disciples also believed on Him because of the miracles! (John 2:11) Even Thomas believed when he saw the wounds in His side and the nail prints in His hands. 

Scientific evidence seems to point to the fact that Jesus was nailed in the wrists instead of the palms of the hands, as Paintings indicate! The "Shroud of Turin", which most scientists believe is authentic and probably the burial garment of Jesus, has evidence that the nails were placed in the wrists of Jesus instead of the hands, as the King James version says...THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE GREEK WORD "CHEIR" WHICH IS TRANSLATED "HANDS" IN MOST BIBLES, REALLY INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE HANDS BUT THE WRISTS AND PART OF THE FOREARMS AS WELL.

When the Scientists saw the impression of the nails in the wrists, some thought they had found a discrepancy in the Holy Bible, but when they checked the original Greek text, they found that the word "Cheir" covered the entire hand area including the wrist and forearm. For years, critics have stated that if Jesus was nailed in the palms of the hands, the weight of the body would have torn His hands from the nails. 

Now we have both scientific proof (The shroud of Turin) and Biblical (the original Greek text) proving that Jesus Christ was nailed in the wrists.  This proof shuts the mouths of skeptics and infidels again.  (John 20:20 & 27)

JESUS CERTAINLY IS NOT UNREASONABLE AND DOES NOT EXPECT ANYONE 
TO BELIEVE THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PROVEN.

That is why he said, "Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (Luke 24: 38-39) "...have ye here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them." (Luke 24:41-43)

COME AND SEE, THEN GO AND TELL

When the women came to the tomb very early in the morning, on the first day, they found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty! The angel of God said, "Come and see the place where the Lord lay. Then go and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead..." (Matthew 28:6-7) There are at least two lessons to learn from this scripture. (1) God gives us ample proof before He expects us to believe anything. (2) Once we do believe, we are duty bound to tell others!

THE MIRACLE OF THE CREATION

"In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.” (Genesis 1:1-4)

God is a Miracle Worker! The reason I know He is a miracle worker is because I know He is God! 

Praise God, all through God's Holy Word, we read of His miracles in the lives of man.  Salvation is miraculous. God giving His Son to be born of a virgin [the seed of the woman (Genesis)] in order to redeem mankind through His sinless life and victorious death upon Calvary's cross at Golgotha. 

Everything about Jesus spoke of miracles. His birth was a miracle; His life and deeds were a continuous miracle; His death was another miracle and when He arose from the grave and ascended to Heaven, those were supernatural, miraculous events.

THE BIBLE
Proof of Supernatural Origin
of The Holy Bible
by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.   

YES - I BELIEVE THE BIBLE IN INFALLIBLE & IS THE WORD OF GOD 
& YES - I BELIEVE GOD DOES EXIST

Yes - I  believe the answer to both of these questions is YES, and I believe that I can prove it!  The Greek philosopher, Plato, said there are three valid sources of knowledge:

1)  The five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch and taste
2)  Reason - which sets men apart from the lower animals
3)  Something he called "divine madness" - referring to the spiritual world of supernatural communication.

ONLY TWO SOURCES OF SUPERNATURAL WISDOM EXIST - GOD & SATAN

The Bible is the divine rule book.  There are only two sources of supernatural wisdom - God and Satan.  Therefore, we need a divinely formulated rule book as a guide or measuring stick.  The Bible is that rule book!

Jesus Christ endorsed the Holy Scriptures.  He said, "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."  (Matthew 5:18)

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.  But of that day and know knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."  (Matthew 24:34-36)

Multitudes are looking for a reliable voice of authority. They know they cannot trust treaties between world leaders, statements by philosophers, scientists and even church leaders.

But the Bible, God's Word, is the only real authority we have. Proven trustworthy throughout the centuries, the Holy Bible sheds light on human nature, world problems and human sufferings. Beyond that, it clearly reveals the way to God!

WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?  WHERE DOES THE BIBLE ORIGINATE FROM?

Who wrote the Bible? Where did it originate and why is it so important?   Biblical scholar, Dr. Moshe Katz, and computer expert, Dr. Menachen Wiener, of 'The Technion', Israel's Institute of Technology have concluded that God is its author.  

The conclusion that God is the author of the Bible was reached by Biblical scholars based on the notion that significant words are concealed in the Hebrew text of the first five books of the Bible, spelled by letter, separated at fixed intervals; a system alluded to in Rabbinical literature used much later.

Dr. Katz said the researchers' evidence contradicts the belief that the Pentateuch is a collection of documents written and edited by different persons at different times.

The patterns of letters repeated throughout all the text dismiss this theory, because the statistical probabilities of the pattern are information appearing at set intervals. By chance, it is extremely low - sometimes one to three million!

Katz pointed to the repetition of the Hebrew word "Torah" (law), which appears in the book of Genesis repeatedly every fifty characters, and the word "Elohim" (God), which appears in the same book, then skipping twenty six letters.

The numbers 50 and 26 have great significance in Jewish tradition.   The burial site of Adam and Eve is never mentioned in the text in the Bible, but by the letter skipping method the names, "Adam & Eve" appear in the text where the burial place of Abraham and Sarah, the patriarch's tomb, is described.

OLD TESTAMENT NOT WRITTEN BY HUMAN HAND

Another extraordinary aspect to emerge from the research is the prophetic nature of many words revealed in the text, which gives ammunition to Dr. Katz' conviction that the Old Testament was not written by a human hand.

In the book of Esther which is read during the Jewish holiday of Purim, the story of Haman's treachery and execution was graphically told. Haman's ten sons were hanged and their names are listed in the same book.

After the hangings, Queen Esther was asked by the king what more could be done for her and her people, the Jews.  Her reply was that she wanted "Haman's ten sons hanged upon the gallows".  This puzzled scholars for centuries, since they had already been hanged.

A major hint explaining this mystery, said Katz, is the appearance of three letters. These three letters are "tas, shin and zayin" in the list of Haman's ten hanged sons (written smaller than the other letters). "TAS, SHIN, ZAYIN" spell out the number in the Jewish calendar for the year 1946 on the Gregorian calendar.

On October 16th, 1946 explained Dr. Katz, ten Nazis were hanged following their conviction and sentencing at the Nuremberg Trials. (Eleven had been convicted but Herman Goering committed suicide, by poisoning an hour before the execution.)

Julius Steicher, one of the ten hanged, seconds before the noose tightened cried out, "Purim Fest, 1946"!

Additionally said Katz, "In 1946 according to the Jewish calendar, October 16th fell exactly on the annual Jewish holiday, "Hoshana Raba", which is considered the last day of judgment in a chain of high holidays, including Hoshana, Raba and Yom Kippur, a period of judgment.

"Such a phenomenon cannot be explained rationally", commented computer expert, Dr. Weiner.  "So we need a non-rational! And ours is that the Bible was written by God, through the hands of Moses."

CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED?

The Bible certainly can be trusted, for it is the living Word of God!

Over the centuries, a number of very sincere doubters have set out to prove the Bible to be incorrect.

One of these was Sir William Ramsay, who determined to use historical events - especially the 'Book of Acts' - to disprove the validity of the Sacred Writings!   Sir William Ramsay's strategy was to travel to every place and do all the things - recorded by Dr. Luke - which St. Paul and his party experienced.

Using similar modes of transportation and reconstructing the great Apostle's missionary journeys, Sir William Ramsay discovered Luke's accounts so accurate and convincing that he received Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour!

At the conclusion of his study, Sir William Ramsay concluded: "Luke is an historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy; he is possessed of the true historical sense, he fixed his mind on the idea and plan that rules in the evolution of history, and proportions the scale of his treatment to the importance of each incident...In short, this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians".   

THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE OVERWHELMED SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY

Another 'notable' to be converted to Christ by the outcome of his own research is mathematician, Dr. Ivan Panin. Immigrating to the USA more than a hundred years ago from his native Russia, the famous atheist was challenged by friends to prove the Bible erroneous, using mathematics.

The results of Dr. Panin's scientific research convinced him that the Bible is indeed a 'mathematical marvel'!  He discovered a miraculous numeric pattern and consistency, which ran like a thread throughout the entire Bible - Old and New Testaments! Using the same scientific approach to Greek classics, the Apocrypha and books of literature, Dr. Panin found no such divine design!

Falling upon his face he cried out for mercy and received Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour! And he devoted the rest of his life speaking publicly at universities across the USA, proving that the Bible is inerrant, infallible and divine!

THE BIBLE STILL WORLD'S BEST SELLER BOOK

It is small wonder then that the Holy Bible is still the world's best seller. The American Bible Society reported in 1982, that the Bible had been translated into 1739 languages and dialects which are spoken by 97 per cent of the world's population!   What does the Bible say about this?

"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." (Ps. 19:2-4)

And what of the noise made by 'Johnny-Come-Lately's' like the humanistic theologians who call themselves 'The Jesus Seminar'?

LIKE THE PROVERBIAL STORY OF THE DOGS WHICH RUN AFTER THE CARAVAN...THE DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN MOVES ON!

THE BIBLE IS MORE SCIENTIFIC THAN MODERN SCIENCE

Dr. T.A. Pierson says, “There is a danger in pressing the words in the Bible into a positive announcement of scientific fact, so marvelous are some of these correspondences. 

But it is certainly a curious fact that Solomon should use language entirely consistent with discoveries as EVAPORATION and STORM CURRENTS (1:6,7). 

Some have boldly said that Redfield’s theory of storms is here explicitly stated. Without taking such ground, we ask, who taught Solomon to use terms that readily accommodate facts that the MOVEMENT OF THE WINDS which seem to be so lawless and uncertain, ARE RULED BY LAWS AS POSITIVE AS THOSE WHICH RULE THE GROWTH OF THE PLANT: and that by EVAPORATION, the waters that fall on the earth are continually rising again, so that the sea never overflows!

“Ecclesiastes 12:6 IS A POETIC DESCRIPTION OF DEATH. How the ‘SILVER CORD’ describes the spinal marrow, the ‘GOLDEN BOWL’ the basin which holds the brain, the ‘PITCHER’ the lungs, and the ‘WHEEL’ the heart. Without claiming that Solomon was inspired to foretell the CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, 26 centuries before Harvey announced it, is it not remarkable that the language he uses exactly suits the facts - A WHEEL PUMPING UP THROUGH ONE PIPE TO DISCHARGE THROUGH ANOTHER.”