Tisha B’Av9th of Av

Solomon’s Temple (1st)586 BC

Zerubbabel’s Temple (2nd)70 AD

Eicha (Lamentations) ScrollBible Lands Museum - Jerusalem

Numbers 19: 1-10

Bible Basics

Bible BasicsNow faith is

the substance (assurance)

of things hoped for, the evidence (certainty)

of things not seen.NKJV

Hebrews 11:1

• Pontius Pilate Prefect of Judea

The man without the SpiritThe man without the Spirit(natural or unspiritual man) (natural or unspiritual man)

does not acceptdoes not accept the things that come from the things that come from

the Spirit of Godthe Spirit of God- foolishnessfoolishness

- cannot understandcannot understand

I Corinthians 2: 14

I am the truthI am the truth

The words I say to you The words I say to you are not just my ownare not just my own

I gave them the words I gave them the words you gave me – you gave me –

they accepted themthey accepted themJohn 14: 6-10John 17: 6-8

Spirit of truthSpirit of truth

Teach you all thingsTeach you all thingsRemind you of everything Remind you of everything

I have saidI have said

Guide you into all truthGuide you into all truthNot speak on his ownNot speak on his own

Tell you what is yet to comeTell you what is yet to comeJohn 14: 15-17; 25-

26John 16: 12-15

These are written These are written that you may believethat you may believe

John 20: 30-31

……men spoke from God men spoke from God as they were carried along as they were carried along

by the Holy Spiritby the Holy SpiritII Peter 1: 19-21

And beginning with Moses And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, and all the Prophets,

he explained to them what was he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures said in all the Scriptures

concerning himself. concerning himself.

Luke 24: 23-27; 44-49

Then He opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures

Word of GodWord of GodWord of the LordWord of the Lord

GospelGospelHoly SpiritHoly Spirit

BaptismBaptismActs 8: 14-17, 25

Gospel of GodGospel of GodWord of GodWord of God

I Thessalonians 2: 8-9, 13

The Spirit clearly The Spirit clearly says…says…I Timothy 4: 1

Many will turn away from the faithMany will turn away from the faithFalse prophets will deceive many False prophets will deceive many

peoplepeopleMatthew 24: 10-11

II Peter 3: 14-18

……contain some things that contain some things that are hard to understand, are hard to understand,

which ignorant and unstable which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do people distort, as they do

the other Scriptures…the other Scriptures…

The Biblewritten over a period of almost 1500 years from Moses (~1400BC) from Moses (~1400BC) to John (almost 100AD)to John (almost 100AD) about 40 different

writers One Message One Message

from One from One AuthorAuthor

Fragments

Scroll http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah

Codex

Papyrus – flattened reeds (papyrus plant)

Parchment – processed sheepskin

Vellum – processed calfskin

Manuscript material

Masoretic Text, Biblia Hebraica (900AD)Hebrew, Aramaic

Dead Sea Scrolls (200BC)Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek

Septuagint (LXX) (300BC)Hebrew, Aramaic into Greek

Vulgate (400AD)Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek into Latin

NT Greek Text (200AD)

The Bible

The Bible• NT – over 5,800 Greek MSS

• Almost 24,000 MSS in Greek, Syriac, Latin

• More evidence than any other book in history

Old Testament Message & CanonHistorical Overlap

New Testament Message & CanonHistorical Overlap

Jesus (0-33AD)

33AD

30ADApostles (30-90AD)

90AD

200AD

Manuscript Evidence

What about

this GAP??

Jesus (0-33AD)

33AD

30ADApostles (30-90AD)

90AD

70AD 750AD

200-300AD

Early Church Fathers (70-750AD)

Manuscript Evidence

397ADNT Canon

400ADApostles Creed

325ADNicean Creed

New Testament Message & CanonHistorical Overlap