For various reasons, many people continue to question whether some of the events recorded in the Old Testament really happened. They believe that some are legends which have grown out of real events but over time have been embellished to supernatural proportions. Others are believed to be pure myths which were fabrications of men’s imaginations to explain various phenomena and happenings in life.
Did God really create everything from nothing? Did God create the world in six days? Was there only one man and one woman in the beginning from whom all people descended? Was there a great global flood which destroyed all living except one family and all the animals aboard a large boat? Were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by fire and brimstone? Did the Red Sea really part for the Israelite nation to cross on dry ground and escape the Egyptian army? Did David kill a giant with a single stone from a sling? Was Jonah in the belly of a great fish for three days and three nights?
Although we could present numerous arguments to support the veracity of the Hebrew scriptures (as they are often called), we want to put forward this one. There is one individual who would have known whether or not the things recorded in the Old Testament were true. He was Jesus of Nazareth. Here’s the thought. Jesus was the word of God become flesh (John 1:1-3, 14). He was truth embodied (John 14:6). He came to testify to the truth (John 18:37). If any person would have known that what was written in those scrolls was not true, it would have been Jesus!
In the gospel of Matthew alone, we find Jesus quoting from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 Samuel, Psalms, Isaiah, Daniel, Hosea, Jonah, Zechariah and Malachi - all Old Testament. If He had known any of them to contain error, would He not have told the scribes? Since truth was so central to Him and His mission, would He not have corrected the mistakes? Yet, He let every book and every word stand, and affirmed that everything in them would be accomplished. Do you stand with Jesus?
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