Grandma Chicks Bible Basics

Open Letter of Apology to the World - audio only

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This is MY Apology to YOU as well.
God Bless

Does Evil Exist in the World?

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VERY INTERESTING

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I received this in an email and thought I would share it with you.

VERY INTERESTING

1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq.
2. Mesopotamia , which is now Iraq , was the cradle of civilization!
3. Noah built the ark in Iraq .
4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq
5. Abraham was from Ur , which is in Southern Iraq !
6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq !
7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq .
8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq .
9. Assyria , which is in Iraq , conquered the ten tribes of Israel .
10. Amos cried out in Iraq !
11. Babylon , which is in Iraq , destroyed Jerusalem .
12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq !
13. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq
14. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq .
15. Ezekiel preached in Iraq .
16. The wise men were from Iraq
17. Peter preached in Iraq .
18. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon , which
was a city in Iraq!

And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often
mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is
Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names
used in the Bible are Babylon , Land of Shinar , and Mesopotamia The word
Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers . The name Iraq, means country with deep roots.
Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant
country in the Bible.

No other nation, except Israel , has more history and prophecy associated
it than Iraq .

And also, This is something to think about! Since America is typically
represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim
passages...

The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible)

Koran ( 9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a
fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands
of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more
rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and
there was peace.

(Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?!

Are You Prepared to Die?

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A SIMPLE QUIZ

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*1* To please God, what must we believe? (a) whatever our parents taught us, (b) whatever our preacher says, (c) that God exists and rewards those who diligently seek Him.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).

*2* Where did the Scriptures come from? (a) they are inspired by God, (b) they express the opinions of men (c) they are ancient legends of unknown origin.
"...The things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 14:37). [See also Eph. 3:3-5; 2 Pet. 1:21; 1 Thess. 2:13; Gal. 1:11,12.]

*3* What did Thomas call Jesus? (a) a great preacher and a good man, (b) Lord and God, (c) a fraud.

*4* What must we believe to have eternal life? (a) that Jesus is Christ, the Son of God, (b) that Mohammed is a prophet, (c) it does not matter.
"...we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world" (John 4:42). [See also John 8:24; Luke 19:10; Matt. 16:15-18; 10:37; John 1:1,14.]
Note: these claims do not permit compromise. We cannot say, "The Bible is just a good book," or "Jesus was just a great man." The Bible claims it is God's word, and Jesus claimed to be God in the flesh. If these claims are not true, then Jesus is a liar and the Bible is a fraud!

*5* Read ACTS 17:24-28. What does this verse say is the origin of life? (a) life on earth has always existed, (b) an unplanned accident of nature produced the first primitive life by spontaneous generation in an ancient swamp, (c) life on earth was created by a living, wise, powerful God.
One of the most firmly established laws of science is the Law of Biogenesis, which says that life comes only from living things. There is no evidence that dead matter can spontaneously generate life.
The Bible agrees with scientific fact, for it says that life came from the eternal, living Creator (cf. Acts 14:15). However, evolution contradicts scientific proof, since it requires that dead matter sometime spontaneously came to life. Which view best fits the evidence?

*6* What kind of offspring do living things have? (a) the same kind as the parents, (b) with enough time, entirely different things may evolve, (c) you never know.

*7* What is man's place in the universe? (a) man is just another animal, (b) man is the most intelligent and powerful being in existence, (c) man is in the image of God but above the animals.
Simple observation shows that man is far above the animals

*8* How can we see God's power and divinity? (a) by "blind faith" without evidence, (b) by the things God made, (c) we cannot see them.

*9* What is the shape of the earth? (a) circle, (b) flat, (c) cylinder.
Isaiah wrote this when men thought the earth was flat ("circle" = "a circle, sphere" -- Gesenius).Today we have pictures taken from space to show the earth's shape, but how did Isaiah know?

*10* How is the earth held up? (a) by 4 huge pillars, (b) on the back of Atlas, (c) it is hung on nothing.
Ancient men believed many errors. How did Job know the truth?

*11* What is found in the sea according to this verse? (a) mountains, (b) paths, (c) seaweed, (d) fish.
Men knew of no paths in the sea until Matthew Maury read this verse and determined to find them. He discovered the ocean currents, and became known as the Father of Oceanography. (Impact, 9/91, pp. 3,4).

*12* ECCLESIASTES 1:7. What does this verse tell us about rivers? (a) rivers run to the sea, (b) the sea does not get fuller, (c) rivers go back where they were before, (d) all the preceding.
Today we understand how this happens by the water cycle and evaporation. How did Solomon know?

*13* How did God prove He is the true God and graven images are false? (a) He predicted future events, (b) He just told us to accept this without proof, (c) He does not care what people believe.
Men "do not know what will happen tomorrow" (James 4:14). It takes a Supreme Being to foretell the future accurately. If the God of the Bible can do this, then He must exist and must be the true God.

*14* If a man attempts to predict the future and fails, what can we know? (a) he is from God so we should believe him, (b) he is not guided by God, (c) we can't know anything about him.
If the Bible writers could infallibly predict the future, surely this would indicate God was working through them. [See also Jer. 28:9.]

*15* What did Jesus say about Old Testament Scriptures? (a) they no longer have any value, (b) He was unable to understand them, (c) they spoke about Him and He fulfilled them, (d) all the preceding.

*16* What did Jesus say His works proved? (a) that the Father sent Him, (b) that He was a skilled magician, (c) that anybody who loves God can receive miracles.

*17* What purpose was served by the miracles done through Paul? (a) they made Paul wealthy, (b) they proved the Lord spoke through Paul, (c) they proved everybody can do miracles, (d) all the preceding.
People need a way to distinguish God's true spokesmen from false ones. This was the purpose of miracles -- they "confirmed the word" (Mark 16:20). If men could do works that could occur only by the power of God, people would know God was working in those men and they would believe the message preached (Heb. 2:3,4; Acts 2:22; John 20:30,31; 4:48; 2 Cor. 12:12).

*18* Who realized that Jesus and His apostles did miracles? (a) Jewish leaders and all people in Jerusalem, (b) only Jesus' disciples, (c) only gullible fanatics.
Whether friend or foe, no one who really saw the works of Jesus and His apostles could deny that miracles were done. Their testimony becomes evidence on which we can base our faith (cf. Matt. 12:22-24; Acts 8:5-13; 13:10-13; Ex. 8:17-19; 1 Kings 18:17-39).

*19* What did Paul preach about Jesus? (a) He died, (b) He was buried, (c) He arose, (d) He appeared to many, (e) all the preceding.
The four gospel accounts confirm the facts. Remember that the Bible is historically trustworthy. Virtually everyone concedes these events to be true:

Correct answers to the questions are as follows:
*1* = C; *2* = A; *3* = B; *4* = A; *5* = C; *6* = A; *7* = C; *8* = B; *9* = A; *10* = C; *11* = B; *12 = D; *13* = A; *14* = B; *15* = C; *16* = A; *17* = B; *18* = A; *19* = E

After you have carefully checked out your answers, you must reach your verdict.

Remember that it does not matter to you what verdict other people reach. What matters is the verdict you reach. Your eternal destiny depends on your decision.

In order to conclude honestly that God does NOT exist, the Bible is NOT God's word, and Jesus is NOT God's Son, here is what you must do:

1. Explain the existence of the universe without God to create it. What reasonable explanation is there?

2. Disprove the accuracy of the Bible. Skeptics have tried this for centuries without success.

3. Disprove the unity of the Bible. Again, this has been tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully.

4. Explain the fulfilled prophecies. What explanation can there be, other than the inspiration of God?

5. Disprove the miracles. But even Jesus' enemies in the first century could not do this!

6. Disprove the resurrection. What explanation can you give?

What verdict will you reach? Do you believe God exists, the Bible is God's word, and Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God?

UNUSUAL THINGS IN THE BIBLE
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Man who lived to be 969 years old.............Genesis 5:27
Sons of God married the daughters of men..........Genesis 6:2
Man who used a stone for a pillow................Genesis 28:11
Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before birth............. Genesis 38:2829
Battle won because man stretched out his hand.................. Exodus17:11
Man who was spoken to by an ass.......................Numbers 22:2829
Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in.long by 6ft. wide......................... Deut. 3:11
The women who had to shave their heads before marriage..............Deut. 21:11,13
Women forbidden to wear men's clothing.....................Deut. 22:5
Sun and moon stood still for a whole day.......................Joshua 10:13
A woman killed a man by driving a nail through his head.................Judges 4:17,21
Men lapped water like dogs..................Judges 7:5
An army with seven hundred left handed men..................Judges 20:16
Man whose hair weighed about 6.5lbs. at his annual haircut.............2 Sam. 14:26
Where a ferry boat was used...............2 Sam. 19:18
Man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes.............2 Sam. 21:20
Man who had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines...1 Kings 11:13
The soaking wet sacrifice that burnt supernaturally...........1 Kings 18:17,40
Man who outran a chariot............1 Kings 18:41,46
The axe head that floated in the river..............2 Kings 6:16
Woman who boiled and ate her son................2 Kings 6:29
Man killed in his chariot......................2 Kings 9:24
Woman whose body was eaten by dogs...............2 Kings 9:30,36
Father who had eightyeight children..............2 Chronicles 11:21
The sun travelled backwards..................Isaiah 38:8
Man who walked naked for three years.....................Isaiah 20:23
Army of 185,000 destroyed in one night.....................Isaiah 37:36
Man whose life was increased by fifteen years because he prayed.........Isaiah 38:15
The Bible that was cut with a penknife..................Jeremiah 36:20,23
Valley full of dry bones prophesied to be resurrected................Ezekiel 37:114
A Harlot an ancestor of Christ.............Matthew 1:5
Man ate locusts for food...............Matthew 3:4

TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN THE BIBLE

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There are hundreds of ways that you can help yourself learn the Bible and remember certain facts about it. One is by using memory helps like the one I have shown you below. I hope you will use this and find other ways to make your Bible reading more fun and enjoyable.

The Seven days of Creation

1. Bun rhymes with One
2. Blue rhymes with Two
3. Tree rhymes with Three - etc.
4. Door 5. Dive 6. Sticks
7. Heaven

1. Bun - a bun is light and dark.

Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

2. Blue - has to do with water and air.

Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

3. Tree - This would be all plant life

Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

4. Door - You open a door to look outside to the sun and stars

Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Gen 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Gen 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day

5. Dive - What kinds of things dive? Fish, birds,

Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

6. Sticks - Animals and Humans can deal with sticks

Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

7. Heaven

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Notice that on days 1-2-3 that God sort of makes an outline of things and then on days 4-5-6 he fills them in.

On day one he separates the light from the dark and then on day four he fills in the sky with lights.
On day two he makes the sky and the seas and then on day five he fills them up with birds and fish
On day three he makes plant life and on day Six he puts animals and people to enjoy and use the plant life.

Hope you have a great day.

GENESIS AND REVELATIONS

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The bible is all One Story. The last part of the Last Book in the bible reads like the Close of the Story begun in the First Part of the First Book in the Bible.

The First word in Genesis:
"In the beginning God created the Heavens and Earth" (Genesis 1:1)
Almost the Last word in Revelation:
"I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth"(Revelation 21:1)

"The gathering together of waters He called the Sea" (Genesis 1:10)
"And the Sea is No More" (Revelation 21:1)

"The Darkness he called Night" (Genesis 1:5)
"There Shall be no night there." (Revelation 21:25)

"God made the two great lights (Sun and Moon)" (Genesis 1:16)
"The City had no need of the sun or the moon." (Revelation 21:23)

"In the day you eat thereof you shall surely die" (Genesis2:17)
"Death Shall be no more" (Revelations 21:4)

"I will greatly multiply your pain""(Genesis 3:16)
"Neither shall there be pain anymore" (Revelations 21:4)

"Cursed is the ground for your sake" (Genesis 3:17)
"There shall be no more curse" (Revelations 22:3)

"Satan appears as deceiver of mankind" (Genesis 3:1,4)
"Satan Disappears forever" (Revelations 20:10)

"They were driven from the Tree of Life" (Genesis 3: 22-24)
"The tree of Life reappears" (Revelations 22:2)

"They were driven from God's presence" (Genesis 3:24)
"They shall see his face" (Revelations 22:4)

"Man's primeval Home was by a River" (Genesis 2:10)
"Man's eternal Home will be beside a River" (Revelation 22:1)

SOME BIBLE STATISTICS

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The Bible is not 1 book but is a total of 66 books.

It was written by over 40 Authors.

It was written on three continents.

It was written in three languages.

It was written by kings and paupers.

It was written in times of peace and times of war.

It covers hundreds of topics and stories.

Yet there is one unfolding story throughout.

Books of the Old Testament

O L D T E S T A M E N T
1 + 1+ 1 (space) 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
(3) (9)

39 books in the Old Testament

N E W T E S T A M E N T
1+1+1 (cross separates) 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
(3) X (9)

27 books in the New Testament

X signifies the cross. It is what marks the New Testament as different from the Old Testament.

Chapters in Old Testament ........................929

Total number of chapters......................... 1189

Chapters in New Testament........................260

Verses in the Old Testament..................33,214

Verses in the New Testament..............7,959

Total Number of verses.....................41,173

CENTER VERSE OF THE BIBLE

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Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 117
Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 119
Q: Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
A: Psalms 118

Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118 Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118 Add these numbers up and you get 1188.

Q: What is the center verse in the Bible?
A: Psalms 118:8

Q: Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives?

The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!

Psalms 118:8 "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." Now isn't that odd how this worked out (or was God in the center of it)?