Why do we believe in Google Wikipedia but not in the Bible?
I had this conversation with a friend at a cafe yesterday. “Hey, do you believe in the Bible?” My friend laughed and said, “Hey, it’s all written by people. How can you believe it?”
At that moment, I felt strange. Just a moment ago, my friend was looking at Google Wikipedia and kept saying, “Wow, it’s amazing.”
If you think about it, it’s really strange. The news we read every day, the textbooks we learn at school, and even the YouTube comments are all written by people.
But there are people who say, “I can’t believe in the Bible because it was written by people.”
If I say this, many people will probably say, “No, that’s different!” You’re right. I completely understand that feeling. I used to think that way too.
What I’m going to say today is not a religious coercion. I’m going to talk only about what the Bible itself says and what actually happened. I’m not going to force you to believe, but let’s think about it together. After reading this article, you may think, “Huh? This is a little different?” like my friend.
Are promises we send on KakaoTalk also a kind of prophecy?
This happened last week. My friend sent me a KakaoTalk message saying, “I’ll arrive in 10 minutes,” and it really arrived 10 minutes later. When I thought about it, this was also a kind of fulfilled ‘prophecy.’
You may think, “Hey, isn’t that too far-fetched?” But wait a minute. If you tell me what will happen in the future and it happens exactly, isn’t that the essence of prophecy?
Then what about prophecies in the Bible? What if they are much more specific and surprising than my friend’s “arriving in 10 minutes”?
“All books are written by people, so why can’t you believe the Bible?”
That’s a really good point. I asked myself this question.
All the books we read were written by people. The scientific papers we believe in were written by people, and even the law books were written by people. But we live our lives ‘referring to’ and ‘trusting’ these things.
Let me give you an example. The history book that King Sejong created Hunminjeongeum was also written by people, right? But we accept it as a historical fact without any doubt. Why is that? Because various pieces of evidence and records match.
Then what about the Bible? Do we have a bias only against the Bible?
A letter written by a secretary, who is the real owner?
Let me tell you an interesting story.
I saw it on the news a while ago. A certain CEO of a large corporation sent a letter to an important business partner. But later I found out that the letter was ghostwritten by a secretary. So who is the real owner of the letter?
The secretary may have written the letter with a pen, but the content and intention of the letter are the CEO’s. That’s why we call the letter “the CEO’s letter.”
What if we consider the Bible to be similar? In 2 Peter 1:21, we read:
“For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”
Moses, David, Paul… these people wrote, but what they wrote was not their own thoughts but messages from God.
“How can a person receive and write the word of God?”
The writers of the Bible are said to have received messages from God in various ways:
Some heard the voice directly (like Moses in Exodus 3),
Some saw visions (like John in Revelation),
Some received revelations in dreams (like Daniel in Daniel).
But what’s really important here is whether the messages they received actually came true.
If they don’t do what they say, it’s fake, if they do, it’s real.
The Bible has very clear standards. Deuteronomy 18:22:
“If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, and what he says does not come true or come true, that is not what the Lord has spoken.”
In simple terms, “If what he says does not happen, it is fake.” In other words, “If what he says happens, it is real.”
So let’s see what actually happened.
- Jesus’ birth – the exact place prophesied 700 years ago
In Micah 5:2 (written around 700 BC), there is this prophecy:
“But you, Bethlehem, are small among the rulers of Judah, but out of you will come one who will be ruler in Israel.”
However, 700 years later, in Matthew 2:1, it is written that Jesus was actually born in Bethlehem.
Everyone, 700 years is the time from the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty to now. How could they have prophesied the exact place so long ago?
- The Crucifixion of Jesus – A Detailed Description Written a Thousand Years Ago
Psalm 22 was written by King David around 1000 BC, and it’s amazing to read:
“They pierced my hands and my feet… They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”
But a thousand years later, in Matthew 27, this is exactly what happened when Jesus was crucified. It says that the Roman soldiers divided Jesus’ clothing among them and cast lots for his clothing.
You see, there was no crucifixion in David’s time. So how could he have predicted the piercing of his hands and feet?
A coincidence? Or…
There are hundreds of such prophecies and fulfillments in the Bible.
I thought to myself, if I were to make a bet with my friend, “In which town will a great man be born in 700 years?” It’s impossible.
But the Bible keeps on making these impossible things. Is this really a coincidence?
Of course, believing the Bible is a personal choice.
But at least, isn’t there too much evidence in the Bible to reject it just because “people wrote it, so I can’t believe it”?
My friend also sent me a text a few days after we left the cafe that day. “Hey, I looked up what you said… It’s kind of interesting.”
I hope you check it out for yourself and feel it in your heart.
Sometimes, it’s more important to feel it with your heart than to understand it with your head.
