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What is the Bible? Where did it come from? Is it am collection of ancient myths and stories? Or a mixture of fact and fiction? Is it unique? It is reliable? Is it inspired? Does it contain a message for mankind? If so ... from whom? Man or God? In answering these questions, Michael Penny communicates hisenthusiasm through the liveliness of his writings. He quotes theevidence of the Bible itself as well as the findings of respectedscholars-and he has assembled a fascinating array of facts andfigures to demonstrate that the Bible is ...- a unique book which ought to be read: - that it is a reliable book which should be studied; and- that it is a divinely inspired message to mankind, which must be believed.

Often we read in the New Testament scriptures of something taking place in order to "fulfil" something from the Old Testament scriptures. Our English word "fulfil" lends itself to the ideas of "partial fulfilment" or "dual fulfilment" or even "many fulfillments." The author questions whether the Greek verb can lend itself to such usage. He suggest that when we read of something being "fulfilled" in the New Testament, it means that a "fuller" meaning has been given to the Old Testament passage, that there is "filling up" with regard to that particular passage. It is something being made "full" in realization or accomplishment of a purpose.

Many have a good knowledge of certain events recorded in the Bible. However, some are less sure as to the order of these events, or how they fit in with God's plan and purpose. We may be aware of certain of the details of the Bible, but lack a total picture and of what God's overall plan is. Some people do a jigsaw without looking at the picture on the box. That is how we might approach the Bible. We have a few pieces slotted together here and there, but may have little appreciation of how they relate to one another. Our research has found this to be the case not only with children and teenagers, but also with a number of adults. Introducing God's Plan seeks to address that problem. It provides the picture on the box. It gives an overall perspective into which we can fit the knowledge we have, and the future knowledge we will gain. However, this is not a theological book in which the reader will get bogged down. Rather, it is a straightforward approach which the reader will enjoy and find helpful in coming to a better understanding of the Bible and a greater appreciation of God's plan and purpose.

In Genesis 12, we read of God's covenant promise to Abraham to make him a great nation, to bless him and to bless all people on earth through him. As we progress through Genesis, this covenant was confirmed with Abraham and with his immediate seed, Isaac and Jacob. Later, further promises were made to his subsequent seed, the Twelve Tribes of Israel. How were these promises to be implemented as the seed of Abraham grew into a nation - a nation that largely failed to follow the Lord faithfully as their father Abraham had done? What does the rest of the Old Testament have to say about the seed of Abraham? Was there any change in the New Testament? Where do those who are not the physical seed of Abraham (i.e. Gentiles) fit into all this? This book traces the Lord's dealings with Abraham and his seed throughout the Old and New Testaments and considers whether God is still dealing with the seed of Abraham today.