The Bible is the Word of God. Through
the Bible, God speaks to each and every one of us, if we are willing. In other
words, the wisdom expressed in the Bible is God’s divine wisdom to man.
According to Guinness Book of Records, the Bible is
the all-time best-selling book, as well as the most translated work in world
literature. This indicates that many people do
believe that the Bible is a book of absolute truths and divine wisdom from God.
The Bible is a book of wisdom based on Biblical truths that
require faith to believe in the authenticity of historical manuscripts
reporting those events that had already taken place.
”Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his
brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias
tetrarch of Abilene,” (Luke 3:1)
This Biblical faith is further attested
to by human historical time scale: BC (Before
Christ) and AD (Anno Domini—"in the year of our Lord"). Jesus Christ is a real
historical figure, and His birth is a very solid historical fact reported by
many historians.
The Bible is made up
of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Old Testament
comprises thirty-nine books: the Pentateuch, written by Moses, about how the
Israelites came to be the chosen people of God; the historical books, written
by numerous authors, about the history of Israel, from its rise in Canaan to
its downfall in Babylon; the poetical books about wisdom and worship for the
Israelites; and the books of ancient prophets, admonishing and warning the
Israelites of destruction through their sinful nature and disobedience to God.
These religious
writings of ancient Israel
focused on the chronicle history of Israel
The New Testament is
a collection of writings by eight different writers (the Apostles: Matthew,
John, Paul, James, Peter, Jude; the Disciples: Mark, Luke), addressing
different early Christian churches. This collection of twenty-seven books,
comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation
of John, appeared one after another in the second half of the first century.
The New Testament is
explicit about the revelation of God’s wisdom to man through the birth of
Jesus, the Son of God, and the Messiah of Israel. God’s wisdom is expressed
through Jesus’ teachings, culminating in the Crucifixion, which symbolizes the
conquest of human death due to sin, as well as the fulfillment of the Covenant
of God with man.
Biblical wisdom is not just for the
Israelites; it is for all believers and non-believers alike because it is the
only way to salvation, which is the ultimate conquest of human mortality.
Human existence is all about life and
death. Living for life is making the most out of life and avoiding any disorder
in life that may bring about premature death. To meet this tall order, human
wisdom is inadequate. Biblical wisdom shows humans how to live life to the best
and the fullest, as well as how to conquer death, which comes as the end.
Biblical wisdom holds the key to attaining the wisdom in life and living.
Biblical wisdom holds the key to attaining the wisdom in life and living.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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