Air Date: Sep. 24, 2024Are Bible Stories Real? Unpacking the Truth Behind Them

📖 Key Insights:

• Yes, there are fictional stories in the Bible, like Nathan’s fictional story to David in 2 Samuel or Jesus’ parables that convey truth ✨.
• But when it comes to miraculous events like Noah’s Ark 🌧️, Jonah and the Fish, and Jesus’ miracles—are these real historical accounts? 🤯
• You’ll discover how eyewitnesses accounts of Jesus’s miracles are reliable and true and how Jesus referenced Old Testament stories as REAL historical events involving REAL historical figures. If Jesus treated them that way, we should too! 🙌

👉 Listen to the episode, and let’s unpack the mystery together 🎧

Bible References 📖:
2 Samuel 12:1-7: Nathan’s parable to King David about the rich man and the poor man’s lamb 🐑

Luke 15:1-7: Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep 🐑

Hebrews 6:18: “It is impossible for God to lie” 🕊️

1 Peter 2:22: “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth” ✝️

John 6:48-51: Jesus referring to the manna in the wilderness 🍞

Luke 17:26-27: Jesus speaks about the days of Noah 🌊

Luke 17:28-32: Jesus mentions the days of Lot, referencing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 🔥and Lot’s wife

Matthew 12:39-41: Jesus references Jonah, saying, “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” 🐋

2 Peter 2:5-7: The apostle Peter treats the stories of Noah and Lot as real historical events involving real historical people 🌧️🔥

Jude 1:7: Jude highlights the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as an example of God’s judgment on sexual immorality and perversion 🌋

2 Corinthians 11:3: The apostle Paul warns believers not to be led astray by deception, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent 🐍

💡 Tune in now to uncover the truth behind these powerful stories! ✝️