A common argument used by some is that the Biblical text has changed over time, either by accident or on purpose. These people then propose that we can not trust the Biblical text as the inspired word of God. Ironically, they have no problem trusting their own opinions or popular cultural views about what God is like despite the fact that they live thousands of years after the events recorded in the Bible took place and have no other documented record at all.

God is gracious and kind. For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear He provides sufficient evidence of the truth contained in the Bible.

With the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, between 1947 and 1956, in caves 13 miles east of Jerusalem we now have a wealth of copies of the Old Testament biblical text spanning thousands of years.

There is evidence of 825-870 separate scrolls associated with the archaeological find at the Dead Sea alone. Fragments of every book in the Old Testament except Esther have been found. There were 19 copies of Isaiah, 25 copies of Deuteronomy, and 30 copies of Psalms.

The Isaiah and Samuel Scrolls demonstrate that the Biblical text was faithfully preserved over the span of 1000 years.

Careful study of the scriptures shows that what errors have been made are minor and were not the same errors in all copies of the text. There are sufficient number of manuscripts to verify the correct content of the original text.

Archaelogy continues to reveal artifacts and evidence that support that the word of God in the Bible is accurate and true.

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