Introduction

Introduction

In the beginning God created the universe and populated the earth with all vegetation, from the lush and gigantic trees to those that bear delicious fruits, as well as the tender, colorful, and fragrant lilies. In the same way, He populated it with animals, from the gentle tiger to the beautiful and colorful butterflies. He formed the seas, the beautiful beaches, the mighty and crystalline rivers and the simple streams; providing them with the solicitous assistance of the sun and the moon to perfect the biological life of all His creatures.

Finally, He created the human being in His own image and likeness, with the purpose already conceived from eternity, to make him a member of His glorious kingdom. He appointed him as prince of all His creation, placing these riches under his dominion and at his entire disposal. All the beautiful, wonderful, and welcoming was created by God with the aim that it would contribute in a special way to the happiness of man. Wellness of a full life, in which there would be no anguish, pain, disease, aging, or death for any creature. But everything was simply subject to obedience to the codes of conduct bequeathed by the Divine Creator, and man faltered in disobedience.

The sentence, therefore, was inevitable: pain, anguish, aging, disease, and death came. And as a consequence of sin, the inherited depravity that generated all the evils that have plagued humanity throughout its history was born: the crime of homicide, adultery, theft, violence, hatred, resentment, envy, disdain, deceit, betrayal, pride, discrimination, ambition, ruthless wars, man's exploitation of man, ignorance, hunger, and misery, in addition to idolatry caused by religious obscurantism and the conception of various and false gods. Fortunately, the story does not end with this fatal conclusion, because God did not leave man abandoned to his fate. Thus, this second phase of our tale contains, therefore, a valuable message from God for you; the message of the good news of salvation and eternal life. For God's love for the being He had created in His image and likeness was so profound and sublime, that He took pity on him in such a way that He wanted to provide a way for him to free himself from the unhappy situation he had reaped as a result of his sin, and he could still attain happiness and eternal life. For this, God redeemed him from his guilt through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ on Calvary’s cross. He paid with His death for the sin of all humanity; therefore, we have access by grace to eternal life in glory, only under one condition: that man repent of his sins and his evil ways, and exchange his codes of conduct for a life of holiness.

Now then, where does this interesting and moving story with the culmination of such bright hope for salvation and eternal life come from?

From none other than the Holy Bible, a book written under the influence of divine inspiration, but said to have involved the participation of more than thirty authors, completed over a period of around 1,560 years. Originally written in three different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Later translated into hundreds of languages and dialects. It also includes a broad narrative from the creation of the universe up to the first century A.D. It is considered a relatively complex literary structure that, although less learned people may understand, sometimes the wisest do not manage to. For this reason, it is much easier to understand through a drawn and well-organized study that reveals with all simplicity and clarity the message contained within its writings. At the same time, it provides clear evidence of all that has been said before, God’s message for man. Find it through reading this important treatise.