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    The Bible Facts not Fiction and Possibilities
    The Bible Facts not Fiction and Possibilities
    The Bible Facts not Fiction and Possibilities
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    The Bible Facts not Fiction and Possibilities

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    I know one thing for sure, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, most people are Bible illiterate.
    People forget that Luke and Mark were not apostles or eyewitnesses to Jesus.
    The Bible you read, and what you may have been taught in church, may not be the facts.
    To really understand the Bible, you must do research of the Bible, and we must go back to the way the Bible was originally written, which was in Hebrew because once the Bible was translated, the true meaning was changed.
    The words set down in the Bible have been translated from Hebrew to Greek and then into English.
    Example: Hell
    If darkness is Hell, along with the Hebrew word Sheol, meaning grave or pit, then Hell may be the sleep of death until judgment day.
    What will happen after we die?
    FACT: Matthew 22:29
    So why did I not write the answer?
    Because I believe it is more satisfying finding the answer for one’s own self.
    The basic facts of the Bible are, for the most part, true.
    Everyday more and more important evidence is being found proving the Bible is correct but what you may have learned, what you may know, may be incorrect.
    You can keep up with new Biblical finds at www.biblicalarchaeology.org
    I highly recommend this site and their extensive library.
    A lot of things written in the Bible are not what we were led to believe.
    It was, and is, the duty of religious leaders, who should be known as brothers, to teach the true facts of the Bible, which they have not done.
    What should a Christian leader be called?
    If you are a Christian leader, the leader of a church, then what do you call yourself?
    FACT: Matthew 23:8
    A sad fact is they do not even know. It is like the blind leading the blind.
    To truly understand anything, you must study and do research.
    Please remember the Bible was translated so, therefore, you must look to see what the original word or term actually meant before you can say you understand.

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    PublisherD R Hann
    Release dateFeb 3, 2015
    ISBN9781370036653
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      The Bible Facts not Fiction and Possibilities - D R Hann

      The Bible

      Facts not Fiction and Possibilities

      By D R Hann

      PDH Publishing

      Copyrights

      My Copyrights and Notices

      Copyright © 2015 by D.R. Hann

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

      I would like to thank Google Search, Biblical Archaeology dot org, Wikipedia, the Good News Bible, today’s English version of the American Bible society, and my wife, Phyllis. Without her hard and diligent work, this book would not have been possible. Thank you Phyllis

      Other books I have written:

      Truth, What the Church Will Not Teach You

      To Heaven I Shall Return

      Introduction

      First, who am I?

      FACT: I am not a pastor, priest, minster, or leader of any church or religious organization.

      I am a researcher of God’s holy history, a Biblical historian, theologian, and Biblical philosopher.

      I know one thing for sure, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, most people are Bible illiterate.

      People forget that Luke and Mark were not apostles or eyewitnesses to Jesus.

      The Bible you read, and what you may have been taught in church, may not be the facts.

      To really understand the Bible, you must do research of the Bible, and we must go back to the way the Bible was originally written, which was in Hebrew because once the Bible was translated, the true meaning was changed.

      The words set down in the Bible have been translated from Hebrew to Greek and then into English.

      Example: Hell

      If darkness is Hell, along with the Hebrew word Sheol, meaning grave or pit, then Hell may be the sleep of death until judgment day.

      What will happen after we die?

      FACT: Matthew 22:29

      So why did I not write the answer?

      Because I believe it is more satisfying finding the answer for one’s own self.

      The basic facts of the Bible are, for the most part, true.

      Everyday more and more important evidence is being found proving the Bible is correct but what you may have learned, what you may know, may be incorrect.

      You can keep up with new Biblical finds at www.biblicalarchaeology.org

      I highly recommend this site and their extensive library.

      A lot of things written in the Bible are not what we were led to believe.

      It was, and is, the duty of religious leaders, who should be known as brothers, to teach the true facts of the Bible, which they have not done.

      What should a Christian leader be called? If you are a Christian leader, the leader of a church, then what do you call yourself? FACT: Matthew 23:8 A sad fact is they do not even know. It is like the blind leading the blind.

      To truly understand anything, you must study and do research.

      Please remember the Bible was translated so, therefore, you must look to see what the original word or term actually meant before you can say you understand.

      Remember, we are only here because of and for God. This is summed up in the Book of Ecclesiastes, life is futile, therefore, spend your time on things which are important, like GOD!

      I liken what Christians learn about God’s holy history as the same as math. Basically, there are numbers, which can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided, but where someone has taught you how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide the wrong way, which would give you the wrong answer.

      FACT: Not all events and people of the Bible have a historical trail (meaning; it is possible that some of what we read in the Bible may not be exactly correct). It was man who wrote the stories. This FACT is very important to remember. It was not God who wrote the Bible, but men who thought what God would say or what God meant.

      If you are taught something that is not the truth, and you do not do research, then how will you know what you are learning is the truth?

      Never doing research to what the truth really is, is like the blind walking and saying they know where they are going.

      Man has always bent the Bible to their own satisfaction. Such as religious leaders saying you must believe no matter what or saying this is our doctrine so, therefore, you must believe for it is right and true.

      These same religious leaders who were taught the same wrong doctrine now go and teach the same wrong doctrine. It is the blind leading the blind. The truth is the truth, man cannot change the truth.

      If you want to see what the church can stand for, and there is a very dark side then please watch the documentary, directed by Oren Jacoby, in 2007, Constantine’s Sword. It is based on a book by the same name written by James Carroll. I believe this is a must see film.

      FACT: Many Christians don't even know of the knowledge and facts the Bible contains, and are unaware of how the Bible was even canonized; how the Bible came to be what we call the Bible today.

      FACT: The four gospels were originally Matthew, John, Luke and Mark but only Matthew and John were companions (apostles) of Jesus). Luke and Mark were not companions or even eye witnesses of Jesus.

      As you read, you may find important persons and events omitted, like Abraham. The reason is when doing my research, and at the time I wrote this book, I could not find any historical data on the subjects.

      The reason I did write about Adam and Eve is I only wanted to point out what you may not have learned about them, and other very good possibilities into what might have taken place.

      FACT: The Ethiopian church is the oldest continuously existing church in the world.

      Ethiopian Christianity believes in the Book of Enoch. This church still retains several Pagan and Jewish traditions.

      If I have missed anything or missed any FACTS, I can only say I did my best to make sure what I wrote was correct.

      FACT: From the Apocryphal Acts of John,on the night before his arrest, Jesus said to his apostles, Form a circle around me and dance. As the apostles danced, Jesus sang a hymn and the apostles responded with a series of Amen.

      Because this was Gnostic, it disappeared under the Roman Christian Empire.  

      To all who would like to understand the Bible, know that there is a difference between a theology and a dogma, or between theology and Bible studies.

      No one living can really know God. We only think we know God. Because we live in this materialistic world, it is impossible for anyone to truly know God. The only way we will know God is after we have passed on to the spirit world.

      Please read an article from the magazine Biblical Archeology Review, Mar/ Apr 2012, titled, Biblical Views: The Bible Divide, by Mary Joan Winn Leith.

      Timeline of the Bible

      FACT: Most people do not even know the events or the timeline of the Bible.

      I did not place the approximate year because it can be debated.

      Timeline; major points of the Bible:

      Creation

      Creation of Adam and Eve

      Enoch walks and talks to God

      The Flood

      Abraham

      Sodom and Gomorrah

      Isaac

      Jacob and Esau

      Joseph

      Israelites bondage in Egypt

      Moses, Israelites exodus from Egypt

      Wandering in the desert (The 10 Commandments)

      Israelites enter Canaan

      Joshua

      The Judges (Samson)

      Saul, the first King of Israel

      David

      Solomon

      The Monarchy splits into two kingdoms, Israel in the north and Judah in the south

      The Kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria

      The Kingdom of Judah falls to Babylon

      The Israelites return and the walls of Jerusalem are restored

      Alexander the Great establishes Greek rule in the Holy Lands

      The Maccabeus and the Jewish revolt

      The Romans capture Jerusalem

      Jesus’ birth

      The mission of Jesus

      The death and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ

      The apostles’ missions; the spreading of Christianity

      According to Biblical Archaeology Review, there are 50 Biblical people who have been confirmed.

      24 Biblical Historical Places

      This is only a partial list of Biblical historical places as it would take a whole book to list all of the Biblical historical places.

      Armageddon – Megiddo: Is either a literal or symbolic location.

      Christian interpretation the Messiah will return to earth and defeat the antichrist here.

      Some scholars say this event will take place at mount Megiddo but there are no mountains of Megiddo, only plains.

      Other scholars say this event will take place at either Mount Sinai or Mount Zion.

      Babylon

      Babylon’s remains can still be found in present day; Al Hilah, Babylon Province, Iraq (55 miles south of Baghdad).

      The only remains of the once famed ancient city are a mound, along with broken mud brick buildings and debris.

      Bethlehem

      This is the City of David, burial place of Rachel, and possible birthplace of Jesus.

      It is located in the southern portion of the Judean Mountains, 45 miles northeast of Gaza and the Mediterranean Sea.

      Bethlehem has the world’s oldest Christian communities in the world.

      Today it is governed by the Palestinian National Authority. The total population of the old city is about 5000.

      Caesarea

      This is located on the Mediterranean coast, midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa.

      It was built by Herod the Great, between 25 – 13 B.C.E.

      The town was named after the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus.

      It is very likely the town where Jesus first met Simon, Andrew, James and John.

      Calvary: Or Golgotha

      Golgotha refers to a hill looking like a skull. It is a place outside of Jerusalem’s first century walls, and near a gate.

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