Sunday, January 19, 2020

An Evidence of the Truth of the Holy Scriptures

   There might be evidence of truth of the Bible found in Genesis 22:18. "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."
   It is not wrong to consider on this. Whether the Bible is true is a worthy question for society. Among all the social issues we contemplate, this too should be considered.
   I try to think of ways the world has been blessed by the House of Israel. I think of the scriptures, and of how they were written by those who were of the House of Israel. This prophecy was written in the very first book of the Bible. The fulfillment came later. The books of the Bible were not collected together and placed into a book we call the Bible and disseminated to all the earth until much later.
  We might also consider that the Book of Mormon, which some believe in, and which is considered scripture by those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a record written by and about those of the House of Israel.
  From early time, some record of God's word has been made available to us through the House of Israel. There were scattered books even before the Bible was drawn together into a book. And, in America? They brought with them from the old lands what is called the Brass Plates, which contained parts of what is now called the Old Testament. I do not know if it was disseminated among the early Book of Mormon people, but if it was not, they did have the teachings and beliefs of those of the House of Israel.
   This, too, is a fulfillment of Genesis 22:18. The beliefs and teachings of Christianity, itself, came through the House of Israel. I think back on Christ, and of how he once said he was not sent but to the House of Israel, and I wonder if part of the reason is that the Lord's gospel was to come through the House of Israel. If it had gone to the gentiles too early, they would have been as much of a source for this blessing as was the House of Israel. God knows his ways, and he makes a way for the fulfilling of all his words.

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