How Did We Get Our Bible Today?

QUESTION:
       How Did We Get Our Bible Today?

ANSWER:
       The Bible or Canon (a collection of separate books), that we hold in our hands today is a translation of the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew languages that the Bible was originally written in. Over the course of some 1,600 years, 40 men penned the words of the scriptures that we hold today.

      The words written were not dictated word for word, but we are told they were "God breathed" or "inspired" by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). These men wrote in their own styles, with their own experiences what they saw, or were told by God.

       The Bible comprised of 66 books, are all part of what God wants us to know about Himself, and is given to us to equip us for life (2 Timothy 3:17).

       The Bible we have today is not an exact replica of what was written by the prophets, apostles, or others used by God in the original manuscripts (autographs), but is a compilation of various texts and copies of manuscripts that have been recopied over and over again for decades.

       Many translations we have today are word for word literal translations of the texts that have been interpreted in the English language through these copies of copies. Some Bibles such as the Living Word or the New International Version are paraphrased Bibles and use the ideas of the thoughts behind the texts to be written rather than a word for word based translation.

      Texts such as Tyndale's Bible, Wycliffe's Bible, the Greek New Testament, the Latin Vulgate and Masoretic Texts help translated the original languages into our copies today so that what was said 2,000 years ago is still what God is saying today.
    

Why Did People Before The Flood Live To Be 900 Years Old?

Question:

               Why Did People Before The Flood Live To Be 900 Years Old?

Answer:

         If we had the ability to travel back in time to the sixth day of creation and watch God create Adam and Eve, we would notice something special about them that is not true about us. They were created perfect. No flaws, no disease, nothing wrong. This also tells us that their internal organs genetically were also perfect. They had no cell disintegration, no hereditary diseases or past histories to deal with. As sin entered the world through their action in the garden though, suddenly death also entered the world and that all began to change.

         Science has proven that the farther away something gets away from perfection, the less perfect it is. The bodily make-up of people before the flood, people such as Adam (930), Seth (912), Enosh (905), Cainan (910), Mahalel (830), Jared (962), Enoch (365-translated), Methuselah (969), Lamech (777), and Noah (950) can all be seen in Genesis 6, and were much closer to “perfection” than we are today. After the flood this began to drastically change from living to be approximately 900 to less than 500 and lower, as seen in Genesis 11. This was approximately 5,000-4,500 years ago!

          Today, Psalm 90:10 says, “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years…” The person who wrote this verse was Moses who is also named in Genesis as being in Egypt in the year 1446 BC! So in 1446 BC and that surrounding time people were living just as long as we are today, and it’s been that way for the past 3,500 years.

         *SPECIAL NOTE: Want to know how to extend your life and live longer? Follow the 7^th commandment: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and your mother’, which is the first commandment with promise, that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”