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One of the most remarkable things about the
Bible is that, although it is so old, it is still relevant to
our times. Wisdom for a modern world
Our very language has been shaped by the Bible: phrases such as
'the salt of the earth', 'casting pearls before swine' and 'the
signs of the times' are all drawn from its pages.
Yet the power of the Bible in today's world
goes far beyond this. Consider the words of the prophet Haggai,
written about 500 years before Christ:
"You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes." (Haggai 1:6)
There is a modern ring to this: being satisfied with what we
have is not a natural human condition. Although our world has
changed, human nature hasn't. That's why so much of the Bible's
good advice is still so relevant.
History written in advance
But that's not all. The Exhibition brings to
life several of the Bible's outstanding prophecies.
Detailed predictions of what would happen on
a world scale, of the way empires would rise and fall, are part
of the Bible message. The challenge of the Bible is to examine
the pattern of history and see whether what it predicted has
happened. The Exhibition presents compelling evidence that this
is indeed the case, and that this is only possible because of
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