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In response to the question "Is God's Word more reliable than man's?"

   There was a map-maker back in the 1400's who firmly believed in
what God had revealed to him.  He shared his belief with many, but
alas, the people laughed in his face, mocked him in the streets and
scorned him in the market place.  Who could believe such a thing?  The
world round?  As a sphere?
    He remained steadfast in his faith, however, and went before the
king, John II of Portugal, and boldly asked for a sailing vessel which
to explore with.  The 'royal commission of scholars', after studying
his proposal by the king's order, reported to the king that this map-
maker's "scheme" was preposterous.
    Not giving up on what he believed to be true he sent a messenger
(his brother, Bartolomeo) to Henry VII of England.  The 'royal
scholars' there declared him to be 'foolish' and 'mad'.  The king
joined in on their mocking and laughed him to scorn.
    His last hope rested with Ferninand and Isabelle of Spain.  They,
as the other royal monarchs turned it over to their experts, men
learned in all the sciences, math, astronomy, philosophy, etc.  The
scholars studied his proposal, of the earth being round, and as their
fellow scientists and such, reported to the king that it 'rested on a
"weak foundation"' and was 'utterly impossible to any educated person'
to believe such foolishness.  (Now remember - only the most learned
and skilled of men could stand before a king and give advice; these
men from Portugal, England, and Spain were the best in the world.)
    When the map-maker would walk the streets all the people - wealthy
or poor, from the greatest in reputation to the common serf -  would
mock him.  One would say: "Ah, here comes our vagabond woole carder
again; with his pathetic prattling about spheres and parallels.  Tell
us, Cristoforo, does the world appear any rounder to you today?"  Then
they would all laugh and scorn him cruelly.
    His heart deeply wounded he retired to his only physical refuge,
the church.  There he gave himself over to prayer and fasting.  He
shared with the minister what the Lord had shown him.  The minister
was one of the few people in the entire world who believed him, and
sent a messenger to the royal family interceding on his behalf.  He
stated to the royal king and queen that he believed God had his hand
on him (that is to say that he was not mad - not insane), and further
stated that he believed it was God's will for him to go out and
explore the seas.
    Finally, after so many years of rude remarks and very cruel
mockings, permission was granted and funds supplied, the ships were
purchased and supplies were loaded for the voyage.
    He barely managed to find a crew to go on this 'hair-brained' idea
of his.  Off they sailed into the deep blue sea, day after day, mile
after mile.  The crew became increasingly edgy and began to whisper
about mutiny.  (The sailors had never been more than 300 miles away
from shore, and here they were over 3000 miles.  It must of been very
hard for them.)  The crew conspired and made ready for a mutiny; they
feared falling off the edge of the earth greatly, which is
understandable as at that time men were taught in schools, in books
and by word of mouth that the earth was definitely flat.  He managed
to console the crew and gained one or two more days from them.  The
next day a reed was spotted, that brought a much needed hope and fear
was somewhat lessened.  Then a sharpeyed sailor spotted a piece of
driftwood, fashioned by a human!  Early in the morning (2 am) the cry
went out 'Land Ahoy!' and this poor despised map-maker, whom all men
in the world rejected as thinking him a lunatic, is now considered to
be one of the greatest men the world has ever known and is written of
in all history books in the world.  How did this Messianic Jew know of
a certainty when all the experts word to the royal monarchs was, in
perfect unison, 'He's mad!'?
    "It is he that sitteth upon the circle (sphere or globe) of the
earth;" Isaiah 40:22.  (See also Proverbs 8:27, [8:26-29]; and the
such.)
    You see Christopher Columbus read the Scriptures, studying them
daily.  He believed God's Word to be perfectly correct and man's to be
incorrect.  In this world there is nothing more absolute than God's
Word.  He placed his faith in the Bible and his trust in the Lord,
staking not only his reputation on the inerrancy of the Bible, but his
very life as well as the lives of all the men on all three ships
(about 90 men).  Yes my friend, as it is written - God is true, and
every man a liar (Romans 3:4).  The Bible is concrete; we need not
understand that the world is round, as a sphere, only believe.
    He prayed daily and made intercession before God on behalf of his
crew, who were ready to throw him to the sharks.  The Lord heard and
kept the path of His little adventurer, the map-maker.
    And so, you see, one must be careful with the words of their mouth
when they speak of the Holy Creator and His Word, for He is no
respecter of persons, especially those who would justify man and
condemn a righteous God.  He will search out the matter and, as those
men, prove them liars.  Yes he will exonerate Himself gloriously.
    Now let us look briefly into the holy structure of the Holy
Scriptures, which is perfect mathematically.  In the Hebrew "circle"
(gvch, Isaiah 40:22) = 17 N v and 17 P v which is 34 S v (34=2x17).
17 signifies "the Perfect One".
    The Lord did not make a mistake when He created the world, nor did
He in His Word.  Earth (tzrah, Genesis 1:1) = 296 N v and 44 P v which
is 340 S v (340=4x5x17).  First notice the unmistakable relationship
of these two words.  They are both multiples of 17 and 2.  Earth is a
multiple of 10 (34x10=340).  The numeral 10 signifies divine perfect
order, (also divine ordination).  The make up of "tzrah" is:
4=creation; 5=grace; 17=the Perfect One.  Thus we have "By the Divine
Grace of the Perfect One is the earth created."  But 17 also signifies
sacrifice, "chbz".  Could it be that the "Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world" is the Perfect One?  (Revelation 13:8.)  (See
also John 1:1.)  I am not going to go into detail of the numerics and
formulas of Scripture, but I can and do testify that the Holy Bible is
the ONLY Book in the entire world that is mathematically perfect.
This is a scientific FACT.  (Not hypothesis or theory...but Law.)
   It is impossible for any human being to write a paragraph of 300
words in either Hebrew or Greek or whatever and have every sentence,
every word, and every letter form a math formula which is precise and
perfect while maintaining grammatical structure in an intelletual
form. (Example: If I were to say..."I have written this to you."
instead of..."I have written this for you." the entire formula changes
for the rest of this letter and one would never come to the same sum.
It is changed forever.)  The Bible has thousands of paragraphs which
are consistently precise, and uniform the entire way through.  Was
this a perfect accident?  Or the perfect design of an extremely
intelligently being?  The mathematical formula on which the all
planets revolve around the sun, the moons around the planets, the
comets around the universe, the exact same mathematical formula that
is found only in the Bible.  Chance or design?  The mathematical
formulas that make up your chromosomes, genetics, cell structure, and
everything that is living has precisely the same mathematical formula
that runs through the Bible.  Accident by man?  The inorganic
material, rocks, metals etc., mathematical formulas are the same as
the Bible's.  The sea and the dry land also.  Scientific fact.  It is
quite evident that the overseeing author of the Holy Scriptures and
the designer of the universe is one and the same.  For both records
bear His signature.  FACT!
    Now then, please explain to me why I should believe that man is
more intelligent than God.  How can man's word be more reliable than
the One who created him?  Is your computer more intelligent than you?
Are computers more intelligent than those who create them, than those
who program them?  Is your car able to transport itself to the gas
station, fill itself up with high-test, go to the shopping center to
purchase your needs, decide which shoes you need for this suit or that
dress, then come home to communicate intelligently with you?  Why?  So
neither can any man live without God knowing all, seeing all,
understanding all.
   I ask you my friend, come to know Him, turn from your unbelief, be
washed in the Blood of the Passover Lamb.  He loves you and will
forgive you of every wrong.  Only He has that much love for you.
Becoming a Christian is not a mere intellectual decision, no.  It is
entering into a personal relationship with the One who created you.
If you come to know Him you will come to know His love, His mercy, and
He will give you a most precious gift.  More precious than all the
gold, silver and jewels of all the earth.  That is His Holy Spirit.
Precious!
Yes, we can say of a surety; God's Word is more reliable than man's.

     ..... John

Unto Thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and Thy Name is near:
Thy marvellous works declare it.  Psalm 75:1