The Reliability of the Old Testament
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- In this broadcast of Giving An Answer, H.C. Felder interviews Dr. Tom Howe on the Reliability of the Old Testament. Dr. Howe explains why we can trust what the Old Testament says and how we can be certain that what was originally written is what we have in our Bible.
A man like this can demonstrably prove the historical veracity of the Bible. Having a vast knowledge of the languages both Biblical as well as those in the regions where the Bible was written? Comparative philology is an important element in Biblical exegesis and interpretation. Something most critics of the Bible are sorely lacking in!
Fascinating talk.
Excellent questions. This is one of the best comprehensive overviews of the reliability I've ever heard. Very well done.
Great job, Harold and Dr. Howe!
This is such important and foundational information. Great job hitting these basic topics
Dr. Howe was great, but I think Felder only scraped the surface of Howe's knowledge.
Religious authorities were not happy to dispense with the Old Testament altogether, since it had supported and kept them together throughout their history. In the interests of preserving what they thought to be valuable in the old dispensation, they suppressed any description of the "person" Jesus was.
Religious authorities built their own edifice of "sacred beliefs" on what they wanted to preserve from Jesus' life and teachings. They only taught and consolidated what they deemed to be valuable to people.
Consequently, they distilled what they could use and they "let go" most of what Jesus termed the "secrets of the Kingdom of God" for they never understood them. Nor found them desirable in the creation of a new perception of the Divine, the Father.
To preserve the belief in "salvation from punishment for sins" by means of sacrifice, the "person of Jesus" was adopted as the "supreme" sacrifice who had paid for men’s sins by his crucifixion.
It gave Jesus' death on the cross a valid and heroic reason. It proved to the people that Jesus was the "Son of God" who had carried out a specific mission to the very end of his life.
This belief also proved to be of great comfort.
Consequently, it was greatly comforting to hear that "Jesus Christ" had overcome death and retained his body. Too much human thought, life was not possible without a body. Therefore, life after death could only mean the resurrection of the body.
It also kept Jesus' name constantly alive in the minds of people. Jesus was the "historic figure" who had valiantly died to ensure that men should be freed of all fear of hell and damnation. Providing they believed in "Jesus," they could walk as "freed men."
You literally just made all of that up LoL.
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Religious authorities are at ease in their own comforts of positions of authority. Religious authorities have no need of anything beyond their own physical satisfactions. Because religious authorities have no personal knowledge of God, they must read from their Holy Books, the words of holy men spoken a thousand years ago, and tell themselves what the words mean.
But all religious authorities speak is drawn from their own little minds which are imprisoned in the comforts of their lives, sunk in the expectations of what they shall eat or drink or what apparel they will wear to impress people. Religious authorities know nothing of the inspiration which gave birth to the words spoken by the Prophets or by Jesus all those centuries ago. Neither do religious authorities know whether those words are what people really need to hear at this moment, for times have changed.
Believe me, religious authorities are strong in imagination and do not want to be moved on from all that they regard as "secure" and "everlasting" in their traditions and observances. Any deviation will shake the foundations of their religious beliefs and therefore of their lives, and so religious authorities build mental defenses against the inflow of the Power of God. Religious authorities too, get sick, and they, in their own way, know misery as do non-believers.