Elohim Bible Commentary (eBook)

INTRODUCTION

1. SIGNIFICANT ARRANGEMENT
   1. BIBLE BEGINS WITH GOD
      1. Gen. 1:1 – “In the beginning God.”
      2. Embodies the whole of the Bible, key to the Bible and all created things.
   2. BIBLE ENDS WITH MAN (Last of God’s creations)
      1. Rev. 22:21 – “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.”
   3. GOD IS AT ONE EXTREME END OF THE BIBLE AND MAN IS AT THE OTHER.
   4. BIBLE IS THE MESSAGE FROM GOD TO MAN. ITS OBJECT IS TO BRING MAN TO GOD.
      1. Middle verse of the Bible brings God and man together.
      2. Psalms 118:8 (Middle verse) “it is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
2. THE “LIVING WORD”, COVERS ALL TIME: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.”
   1. ITS HISTORY – GOD’S YESTERDAY.
      1. Records lives of good and bad men.
         1. The good to encourage us to emulation.
         1. The bad to warn us against emulation.
   2. ITS SPIRITUAL TEACHING – GOD’S TODAY
      1. Shows us the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
      2. How to live in our todays.
      3. Presents the Divine and Human Relationships.
   3. IT’S PROPHECY – GOD’S TOMORROW
      1. The good amply rewarded.
      2. The bad and sinful punished.
3. GOD’S METHOD OF DEALING WITH MAN
   1. FROM ADAM TO THE FLOOD – CONSCIENCE
      1. No Bible for the first 2,500 years of the world.
      2. Man’s guidance was Divinely Direct Conscience.
   2. FROM THE FLOOD TO THE NEW TESTIMENT – LAW
      1. History not entire human race.
      2. History of the “chosen Race’ Israel – through Noah, Abraham, David, etc.
   3. FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT ON – GRACE
      1. Not human race, nor Chosen Race.

         God dealing with His people through Christ.

      2. Christ offers redemption to all people.
4. GOD’S LAWS FOR MAN
   1. GOD GAVE THREE SETS OF LAWS
      1. One law given to sinless man in Eden – BROKEN
      2. Ten laws given to sinful man at Sinai – BROKEN
      3. Whole law given to the Perfect Man in Palestine – KEPT.
   2. TEN COMMANDMENTS CONDENSED AND REDUCED
      1. Condensed into TWO:
         1. Matt. 22:37-40: Love to God and love to man.
      2. The two laws reduced to ONE, as in the beginning.
         1. Gal. 5:14 - “For all the law is fulfilled in one word … ‘THOU SHALT LOVE.”
         1. Rom. 13:10 – “Therefore love is the fulfilling of law.”
5. PSALMS IS EXACTLY IN THE CENTER OF THE BIBLE
   1. Books preceding and following Psalms tell of God’s voice to man.
   2. In Psalms, we hear man’s voice crying out to God.
   3. In the first half, God’s voice thunders with Law.
   4. In Psalms (center), man responds to God.
   5. In the last half, God speaks through Christ, the Good news and Letters in tones of love and grace.
6. THE OLD AND THE NEW
   1. OLD TESTAMENT BEGINS WITH GOD:
      1. Gen. 1:1 – “In the beginning God.”
   2. NEW TESTAMENT BEGINS WITH CHRIST:
      1. Matt. 1:1 – “The book of the generations of Jesus Christ.”
   3. OLD TESTAMENT DEALS WITH LAW – ENDS WITH THE WORD “CURSE”
      1. Deut.27:26 – “Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.”
      2. Mal.4.6 – “Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” (End of the Old Testament)
   4. NEW TESTAMENT DEALS WITH GRACE – ENDS WITH A BLESSING:
      1. Rev. 22:21 – “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” (End of the New Testament)
   5. CONTRAST OF LAW AND GRACE:
      1. In Old Testament, the Law was given through Moses. In the New Testament, “Grace … came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
   6. CONTRAST OF FIRST MIRACLES OF LAW-GIVERS:
      1. First miracle of Moses was turning water into blood. (Exodus 7:19) Type of death.
      2. First miracle of Christ was turning water into wine. (John 2:1-11) Type of life and joy.
   7. FIRST QUESTIONS
      1. First question in Old Testament is God’s call to man: “Where art thou?” (Matt. 2:2)
   8. OLD AND NEW INSEPARABLE
      1. They give two aspects of purpose of God.
      2. They both enshrine and present the Savior. In Old Testament, we see Christ. In New Testament, we see Jesus. In Old Testament, we see a just God. (Isa 45:21). In New Testament, we see a Savior. While the Old is the New explained. The New Is in the Old concealed, while the Old is by the New revealed. The New is enfolded in the Old, while the Old is unfolded by the New.
7. A WORK OF GENIUS
   1. GREAT RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS
      1. Mohammed – The Koran,
      2. Buddha, Confucius, etc.
      3. They and their writings are national in scope.
      4. Bible is universal.
   2. COMPARISON OF FOUR “LIVES OF CHRIST”
      1. As written by uninspired men:

         Geikie’s

         1,200 pages

         Edersheim’s

         1,500 pages

         Hanna’s

         2,100 pages

         Papini’s

         416 pages

         TOTAL

         5,216 pages

      2. As written by inspired men of God:

         Mathew

         31 pages

         Mark

         19 pages

         Luke

         31 pages

         John

         26 pages

         TOTAL

         107 pages

      3. Uninspired writers required 5,109 pages more than the inspired writers to present the same facts about Christ.
8. SCIENCE
   1. BIBLE AND TRUE SCIENCE NEVER DISAGREE
      1. Some theologians and some scientists do.
      2. Bible and true science prove each other.
   2. SCIENTIST AND SCHOLARS OF EVERY...