Firstly, the Bible we have today is very different from the Bible we had 100 years ago, even though the source material hasn't changed. Then compound the fact that the Bible we have today was translated from Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English. Some things are bound to get lost in that game of telephone. God gave his word to the Jews and so it is important to grasp the language and culture. For instance, Jesus' in the Hebrew is Yashua which literally means salvation. I don't know about anyone else, but i had never seen or heard that name before i started to expand my study on my own. When you study the Bible with a concordance a lot of things change. For instance, the word for firmament, raqiya (raw-kee-ah) is more accurately translated to expanse. FEs use this word to "support" their theory because they think of the word as a meaning a barrier. The word "servant" inthe new testament is doulos (doo'-los) which means slave. This is changed in today's versions to be less offensive. "Biblical scholars" justify the change saying paul used the word in the Hebrew meaning. But why would Paul identifying as a Greek writing to the Greeks in Greek use a Hebrew meaning for one word? There are many more examples but all of these examples are intended to express the necessity of studying the word. However, these "inconsistencies" do not detract from the harmony of the Bible and in fact when you study with even a little understanding of jewish culture it enhance the awe when you begin to learn about God's law and prophecies and Jesus's fulfillment of them.
Secondly, God told us how to get to him. Think of it like giving direction to your house. If someone doesn't follow the directions you give them they don't get to your house. If you tell them to go left at 9th street and they go right, they don't get there. The perfect God of the universe gave use a way to be with him.
Thirdly, symbolism is twisted by Satan. Think of how the rainbow 🌈, God's covenant seal to never again flood the earth with water has been coopted and corrupted by the LGBT crowd. The symbolism you see in media is a corruption of what God uses it for.
I hope this helps. I pray you allow God to guided your journey in discovering better who he is.
Firstly, the Bible we have today is very different from the Bible we had 100 years ago, even though the source material hasn't changed. Then compound the fact that the Bible we have today was translated from Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English. Some things are bound to get lost in that game of telephone. God gave his word to the Jews and so it is important to grasp the language and culture. For instance, Jesus' in the Hebrew is Yashua which literally means salvation. I don't know about anyone else, but i had never seen or heard that name before i started to expand my study on my own. When you study the Bible with a concordance a lot of things change. For instance, the word for firmament, raqiya (raw-kee-ah) is more accurately translated to expanse. FEs use this word to "support" their theory because they think of the word as a meaning a barrier. The word "servant" inthe new testament is doulos (doo'-los) which means slave. This is changed in today's versions to be less offensive. "Biblical scholars" justify the change saying paul used the word in the Hebrew meaning. But why would Paul identifying as a Greek writing to the Greeks in Greek use a Hebrew meaning for one word? There are many more examples but all of these examples are intended to express the necessity of studying the word. However, these "inconsistencies" do not detract from the harmony of the Bible and in fact when you study with even a little understanding of jewish culture it enhance the awe when you begin to learn about God's law and prophecies and Jesus's fulfillment of them.
Secondly, God told us how to get to him. Think of it like giving direction to your house. If someone doesn't follow the directions you give them they don't get to your house. If you tell them to go left at 9th street and they go right, they don't get there. The perfect God of the universe gave use a way to be with him.
Thirdly, symbolism is twisted by Satan. Think of how the rainbow 🌈, God's covenant seal to never again flood the earth with water has been coopted and corrupted by the LGBT crowd. The symbolism you see in media is a corruption of what God uses it for.
I hope this helps. I pray you allow God to guided your journey in discovering better who he is.