Bible Information

Genesis 1 and 2

  

            “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Genesis 1:1

 

“And God said “Let there be light,” and there was light.”

Genesis 1:3

 

This portion of the Bible tells how the world was formed, and how God created life.

 

Genesis 17, Exodus 19, 20, and Leviticus 1

 

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty^[a]; walk before me faithfully and be blameless”

Genesis 17:1

 

“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.”

Genesis 17:7

 

“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,”

Exodus 19:5

 

“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.”

Exodus 20:7

 

This section of the Bible tells of how God started the convent between Abram and himself, and continues on into some of the rules he expected the Israelites to follow.

 

 

Psalm 23

 

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”

Psalms 23:1

 

“He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.”

Psalms 23:3

 

This psalm deals with how God takes care of His servants.

 

 

Amos 5

 

“Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.”

Amos 5:22

 

“But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!”

Amos 5:24

 

These verses deal with how God it tired of worship that is not heart felt.

 

 

Daniel 2, 11, and 12

 

“While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.”

Daniel 2:34

 

“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

Daniel 12:1

 

This tells part of the story of how the world will be destroyed, and how God will save His people.  (For more information see Revelations)

 

 

These Biblical truths differ from those of Mesopotamia and Egypt greatly by the fact that The Bible is Monotheistic, while all of the other religions of this time were polytheistic.  I think that there were more differences between Judaism and other religions of the day.

 

“You shall have no other gods before me”

Exodus 20:3

(Other religions had many gods.)

 

“You shall not murder”

Exodus 20:13

(In the Hindu religion it was acceptable to kill people, because they never really died.)