What is the Bible?

It helps if you realize that the Bible is the story of the Messiah - The Son of God. The Old Testament contains information about the ancestors of the Messiah. They are part of his family. The entire nation of Israel is composed of his close relatives. God prepared a people, the nation of Israel, to meet the Son of God who would be one of them according to the flesh. Members of that nation would be chosen to bring the message and ministry of the Son of God to the rest of the world to turn them from darkness to light. The Messiah would offer eternal life to all. Those who accepted him would turn from darkness to light and receive the Holy Spirit that would change them from their natural state to a spiritual state. They would passover their passions for sensuality and the works of the flesh. Instead, God who is love would dwell in them and they would love one another. Those who have God dwelling in them, who love one another, will live with God forever. Love never ends and neither will they. Dr. J. Clontz - Editor of the Comprehensive New Testament