Bible truth, trivia, facts, and stories

Bible Trivia and Bible Facts, Including Things About Jesus.

Discover intriguing stories, trivia, truth, and biblical insights that are revealed in the Bible.

Facts in the Bible are intriguing and have much truth, insight, and inspiration.

Here are intriguing Bible trivia insights and truths about some Bible facts.

Discover the facts and insights into the events of the Bible story of the End of Times revealed in Revelation.

Only God knows when the events of the end times will occur.
Even Jesus does not know.
The scripture reveals that knowledge will greatly increase.
Such growth started during World War II and has steadily increased logarithmically.
The Jewish nation was dispersed throughout the world without having its own country.
After WWII, the State of Israel was established as a sovereign nation.
Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in 1950.
America and the world finally recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in 2017.

This intriguing Bible fact has come true about open homosexuality being prevalent.

This openness started in the 1970s.
Today, it is considered common and acceptable behavior.
Same-sex marriage is legal.
The media and movies endorse it.
Homosexuality has emerged from the confines of the closet, room, and house into the public streets.

The Bible reveals that false prophets will appear, stating they are Jesus or God.

The first false prophet revealed was Ryes Evans in 1650.
The favorite of this author is Arnold Potter (1804–1872).

He was a Mormon leader (Latter-Day Saint); he claimed the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body.
Potter claimed to be the son of the living God.
He died while attempting to "ascend into heaven" when he jumped off a cliff.

The last false prophet was Gabbie Hanna in 2022.
At least four dozen other self-proclaimed prophets claimed to be Jesus during those years.
The most famous self-proclaimed Jesus was Charles Manson.

There will be a falling away in the "Church."

A few megachurches will survive, but many small ones will close.
The "good news" will be preached to all the world.
Jesus comes and takes all the believers in the air to meet with him.
Here's a Bible fact: All believers will be judged for their works.
Believers are judged as to whether their work glorifies God.
Spreading the "good news" is good work that glorifies God, and building an empire and making cars is not good work.

For seven years, the remaining nonbelievers will be under the control of the Antichrist and false prophet.
144,000 Jews will be sealed to Christ and serve Him during those 7 years.
All the non-believers and those who lived after those 7 years will experience the "white judgment."
The events of the 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 vials, and 2 witnesses will occur.

The Battle of Armageddon will happen next.

Satan will be thrown into a "bottomless pit" for 1,000 years, and Jesus will reign for 1,000 years of peace.
Later, Satan will be let loose. He will fight heaven and be thrown into the Lake of Fire.
The book of Revelation reveals that Jesus will come with a new earth for all the righteous believers to live on.

Here are intriguing trivia insights into some Bible truths.

I found these three pieces of Bible trivia and unknown Bible facts.

Two books in the Bible do not have the word "God" in them.
These are the Song of Solomon and the Book of Esther.

The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.
However, the Bible mentions each member of the Trinity individually.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The word "rapture" does not appear in the Bible.
The Bible refers to it in many ways, but not as "the rapture."

What is "salvation" (being saved)?

Salvation is discovering the truth and learning about "the Good News."
It means believing in the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Read the Bible and discover that salvation is a gift from God (grace), not something earned, bought, or given for good works.
Salvation is Christ's rescue, saving us from the consequences of our sins.
Salvation prevents the believers from going through the horrible seven-year Tribulation period.
Salvation protects believers from the physical threat of an eternal fire.
Salvation entails the believer asking God in prayer for salvation.
It is asking for forgiveness for sins committed and the repentance of sins.
In other words, knowing the truth of Jesus changes one's life from disobeying God to obeying God.
Being saved means being accepted by God into a new world.
Some believe the New World is a New Jerusalem or Heaven.

The "tribulation" of the end times will be devastating.

One of the insights of the Bible is that the Tribulation is a time of trouble like never before.
The Bible reveals that 50% of Earth's inhabitants will die by sword, hunger, and other reasons.
The Bible also reveals that 33% of all vegetation will burn up.
It's a seven-year period of destruction, death, war, famine, economic chaos, and Christian persecution.
The dirty atmosphere will blot out the sun and the moon, making them invisible.
The false prophet and the Antichrist, led by Satan, appear and run the world for a while.
The bloody battle of Armageddon between the followers of God and the followers of Satan will occur.
God will complete his discipline of Israel.
It ends with the final judgment upon the unbelieving citizens of the world.
If you are "saved," you are saved from the Tribulation and the fires of Hell.
According to Christian eschatology, Jesus will come to gather the "saved" and take them away in the "rapture" before the Tribulation.
During the Tribulation, there will be non-believers and those who converted.
During the tribulation, many will face great persecution, yet they will recognize the truth and turn to God.

The "rapture" is at the core of the Bible.

The rapture is the true hope of all Christians.
This moment is when Jesus comes and takes his followers with him to everlasting life.
It 's an end-of-times event.
It happens after Jesus builds a place for believers to live.
The Rapture is when Jesus comes back to get his believers.
There is an understanding among some that believers are exempt and will never see the Tribulation.
Others understand that the rapture occurs after the tribulation.
Jesus will come in the clouds.
He will resurrect the believers who are dead and meet them in the clouds.
He will also bring the living believers to meet him in the clouds.
He transports them to the seat of Christ. This location is known as the Bema seat.
At the Bema seat, the believers will receive rewards for good works.
Later, Jesus will lead his believers to the new home He has built for us.
The rapture happens before the 7-year tribulation of God's wrath on Earth.
The rapture happens before the judgment and the second coming.
The rapture happens before the false prophet and the antichrist come to power.
No one but God knows when the rapture will take place.

Below are some intriguing stories, trivia, and biblical insights.

When was the term Christian first used?

The consensus is that the original use of the coined word "Christian" is unknown.
However, the term is first visible in the Book of Acts in the Bible.
Paul and Barnabas were in Antioch preaching.
Herod Agrippa II asked Paul the Apostle if he was a Christian.
Before this, most people referred to the Apostles as Nazarenes, followers of the Jesus movement, or followers of "The Way."
During this time, most of the "followers" were Jewish.
Herod stated that Paul's acceptance of the term "Christian" led to its widespread use and spread.
The earliest written use of the term "Christian" outside of the Bible was by Josephus and Pliny the Younger.
During this time, the "Christian faith" had swelled in numbers among the gentiles.
Both of these writers referred to the followers of Jesus as Christians.
Soon after, it became a household name.
The followers of the "Faith" split into a Jewish following and a Gentile following.
The Jewish sect followed the time-tested Old Testament.
They are waiting for the Savior to arrive and obey the Mosaic Laws.
The Gentile non-Jewish sect followed the New Testament.
They recognize that the Savior has already arrived and follow the teachings of Jesus.

China prints the most Bibles.

Every year, the world sells over 100 million.
An estimated 724 different languages have printed the Bible.
The Bible is the most stolen book in history.
However, it is also the most purchased book in history.

Swearing on the Bible in a court of law is against it.

Swearing is taking an oath.
Therefore, one should "affirm" and not "swear."
"I affirm allegiance," not "I swear allegiance."
"I affirm to tell the truth." Not "I swear to tell the truth, so help me, God."
Matthew 5:33-37.

Cannibalism is a little-known Bible trivia.

The first time was when God punished the followers with hunger.
It would come about because the followers would eat the flesh of their children.
Deuteronomy 28:53-57

On the second occasion, the king hears the story of two women making a pact to eat each other's child.
2 Kings 6:26-29

The oldest known biblical writing is the Ketef Hinnom Inscription.

The inscription is believed to have been created during the 7th century BC.
The inscription is a silver scroll rolled up as an amulet.
The writing is so tiny that it is impossible to read with the human eye.
The inscription is the same as in Numbers 6:24.

What is the biblical truth about which day of the week is the Sabbath?

Christians believe that it is Sunday.
Jews say that it is Saturday.
Muslims have it on Friday.
Many believe it is not relevant which physical day it is. Pick a day and observe it.
Some interpret the New Testament and say that the Sabbath no longer exists.
Some interpret the Old Testament and say that it still exists and is on the seventh day, Saturday.
Click below for a lengthy explanation.
Especially read the last paragraph.

The original languages of the manuscripts are Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

The Old Testament is mainly in Hebrew and was written before the birth of Jesus.
The New Testament is mainly in Greek and was written after the birth of Jesus.
Aramaic was the spoken language during the time of Jesus.
This was the time between the Old and New Testaments. "The silent period."

The mother language of Jesus was Aramaic.

Aramaic was the common language of Judea in the first century AD.
As a native of Galilee, Jesus would have spoken Aramaic with a Galilean accent.
It is inevitable that Jesus spoke multiple languages.
He would have spoken Hebrew. It was the religious language used in the synagogues and temples at that time.
In Matthew and Mark, Jesus is recorded using Aramaic terms and phrases.
In Luke 4:16, Jesus was recorded as reading Hebrew from the Bible at a synagogue.
Greek and Latin were the commonly used languages in trade and economics during the time of Jesus.
Jesus was a tradesman before preaching and then traveled while preaching.
He must have been familiar with several languages.

The Hebrew language does not have small or capital letters.

Hebrew is the language of the Old Testament.
The language has only 22 letters, all one size.
Hebrew was the spoken and written language of the Israelites.
Ancient Hebrew also had no vowels, only consonants.
It was called the "Language of Judah."
It's referenced as Judahite in the Book of Kings.
The language died out of general spoken use around 200 AD.
In the 1900s, it made a comeback as a common language.
A derivative has survived (aka "modern Hebrew") and is the "official language" of Israel.
We write Hebrew from right to left.
All Middle Eastern languages are written that way.

There are four main sections in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh):

The Jews also refer to the Bible as the Mikra.
Protestants refer to it as the Pentateuch (Five Books), also known as the "Five Books of Moses."
The word Tanakh is derived from the first letters of the three main sections of the original Masoretic Hebrew texts.
The Torah (the Laws).
The Neviʾim (the Prophets).
The Ketuvim (the Writings).
There are a total of 24 books.

The truth about the beasts.

Revelation reveals the future story of several beasts.

At the end of time, Satan puts on his best show and pretends to be God.
People propose that Jesus, also known as the Beast of the Sea, is the Antichrist.
The false prophet is the Holy Spirit (the Beast of the Earth).

The first beast will symbolically come out of the sea (masses of humanity).

Satan will give this beast power.
This beast will rule for 42 months.
Some people believe this period re-established the Roman Empire.
The first beast will have seven heads, 10 horns, and 10 crowns. (Several political powers.)
The beast, symbolically, is the culmination of a leopard, bear, lion, and 10 horns.

The second beast will come out of the earth and have powers given by Satan.

He presides over the world's economic and religious agendas.
He is known as the "false prophet" due to his dominance over the world's religions.
This beast is symbolically described with two horns like a lamb and speaks like a dragon.
Despite his outward gentle demeanor, he will be a true "devil."
He causes all people to symbolically receive the mark of the beast "in their right hand or their forehead."
Some believe that this will be the Catholic Church.

Revelation does not describe how the third beast originates.

It has seven heads and ten horns, according to the description.
It is also described as being colored scarlet with a harlot who reigns over the kings of the earth riding it.
There are believed to be seven world powers whose purpose is to unite the world's nations.
Some believe it to be the League of Nations, now known as the United Nations.

A godless man will preside over this coalition of nations and rule the world during the Tribulation.

The story in the book of Revelation calls him the Antichrist.
He presides over a political agenda with an evil government in power at the end of times.
In the beginning, he will broker peace between Israel and all of the world.
The mantra to get the world to buy into his leadership is "peace and harmony."
He will say he is God, demand worship of him, and persecute those who believe in the true God.
Some believe that this is when 144,000 Jewish believers will preach the Gospel.
Jesus returns for the second (2nd) time at the end of the beast's reign.
There will be a great war between Jesus and Satan.
Satan will be tossed into the lake of fire, along with the false prophet and the antichrist.

Revelation reveals the story of the 144,000.

They are Hebrew males.
All are virgins.
They come from the 12 tribes of Israel. There will be twelve thousand believers from each tribe.
God will protect these believers during the Tribulation and End of Times.
The 144,000 believers will not have the mark of the beast.
They will evangelize during the Tribulation.
They will be the leaders on Earth during the Millennial Reign of Christ.

Here are some more stories and trivia I've discovered by searching the internet.

Animal Sacrifices

The question is, when did the Israelites last perform animal sacrifices?
According to the New Testament and church history, it was around 70 CE (AD).
This is when Rome went into Jerusalem and destroyed the temple for the second time.
Only the temple in Jerusalem was the authorized place for sacrifices.
When the temple was destroyed, so were the practices of burnt offerings.

The world's largest ancient biblical manuscript is the Codex Gigas.

It weighs 165 pounds.
The composition consists of 310 leaves.
The claim is that it is made of vellum from the skins of 160 donkeys, or perhaps calfskin.
It covers 142.6 m² (1,535 sq ft) in total.
The manuscript has red, blue, yellow, green, and gold colors.
It's also known as the "Devil's Bible" because of its rendition of the devil on page 577.
It contains scripture from the Old Testament and New Testament, works by Joseph Flavius, a medical book, a calendar, and several other items of interest.

The world's largest modern Bible is the Louis Waynai Bible.

It weighs over 1,000 pounds.
It is a King James version.
The Bible was created in Los Angeles by Louis Waynai, a Hungarian immigrant, during 1928-1930.
Mr. Waynai gave the Bible to a church in Fort Worth.
The church later passed it on to Abilene Christian University in Texas.

Popular punishment was death in the early years of the Catholic and English churches.

It was illegal to print or even possess Bibles that were printed in English.
The church wanted full control of its subjects, and the "government" backed it.
The Bible was generally in Latin; only the church had it, and only priests could read it.
Anyone who did not fully obey the rules of the "church" or who dared speak against it ended up being executed.
The church was more interested in its sovereignty than preaching the truth about Jesus.

More tidbits of Bible trivia, information, insights, and understanding.

The Gideons are a well-known religious organization that spreads the truth.

They place Bibles in hotels and motels for free.
Gideon was a judge and warrior whom God called upon.
He freed the Israelites from the Midianites.

What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

The Bible reveals that the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of God) comes upon a believer when he believes in the truth of Jesus.
The spirit gives the believer certain gifts and takes control of one's abilities.
The Holy Spirit overcomes the believer's soul. This gives the believer a genuine understanding of the truth.
The guidance of the Holy Spirit is required to understand and interpret the Scriptures.
Generally, this occurs when someone is "saved," "converted," or "called to service" by God.

Many villains in the Bible have a certain hair color.

Red hair.
Perhaps this is why Irish girls with red hair are said to be "hot-tempered."
Cain killed Abel. He is believed to have red hair.
The Bible describes Esau as red, like a fur coat, as he sets out to kill his brother Jacob.
Genesis 25:25
David had an adulterous affair with Bathsheba and then murdered her husband, Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:1-17
Salome, the dancer, requested the head of John the Baptist on a platter from King Herod.
She was said to be a redhead.

The Gutenberg Bible was the first complete Bible printed on a printing press.

It is a copy of the Vulgate, which was written in Latin.
It was printed about 1450 AD on a movable metal type printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg printed this Bible in Mainz, Germany.
The word is that about fifty copies have been discovered.
Harvard has a copy.

Bible Facts:

The Old Testament has five sections:
The five sections of the Old Testament are Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets.
The New Testament has five sections:
They are the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, General Epistles, and Revelation.
The Pentateuch is the first division of the Bible.
The Pentateuch is a collection of the first five books of the Bible.
Moses wrote the Pentateuch.
Therefore, it is known as the Mosaic Laws.
These are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The Gospels are the first division of the New Testament.
The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament.
These are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
They reveal the truth about the ministry of Jesus.
Three major religions believe in the Old Testament.
They are Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. (aka, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims)
Yes, that's right; Muslims recognize the Old Testament.
Muhammad gave the Muslims the Koran.
But they also recognize the Old Testament as valid scripture.
Muslims follow the Old Testament, sort of.
Muslims believe the Christian Bible is a revelation from God but that man has corrupted it.
They believe the angel Gabriel dictated the Koran to Muhammad, and it is the non-corrupted revelation of God.
Therefore, the Koran is their truth, and it supersedes the Bible.
They believe Jesus was a prophet and a powerful speaker but not the Messiah.
Like the Jewish community, Muslims believe the Messiah is yet to come.
We must remember that Father Abraham, the first Jew, began God's church.
The roots of the three religions are traced back to Abraham.
1. Judaism: The original Jewish faith became fully consecrated with God's visitation with Moses.

The "Laws of Moses" were created for the followers of the Old Testament (Torah).

2. Islam: This faith started with Gabriel's visitation with Mohammad.

The Koran came into being.

3. Christianity: Jesus arrived as the Messiah for the entire world.

The New Testament came about for the Jews and Gentiles.

Why are God's people referred to as Hebrew, Israelite, and Jew?
First, the Bible refers to God's people as Hebrews and states that Abraham was a Hebrew.
Hebrew is traceable to Noah.
The name is a derivative of Eber, a descendant of Noah.
Israel is traceable to Abraham's grandson, Jacob, when his name was changed to Israel by God.
The twelve sons of Jacob created the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jew is traced to one son of Jacob, Judah, who strayed from the pack, and his tribe became Judahites.
Eventually, all the tribes converted to Judaism, following Judah's line.
Unfortunately, the Assyrians attacked and took ten of the twelve tribes to the north into captivity.
These became known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
Through marriage, assimilation, wars, the scattering of the tribes, and other social events, the tribes essentially disappeared.
The tribes of Judah and Benjamin survived in the south, keeping Judaism alive.
Jesus is from the tribe of Judah.
The first recognized official Bible of the Church printed in English was the Great Bible of 1539.
The last word in the New Testament is the word "Amen". Revelation 22:21.

The last word in the Old Testament is the word "curse". Malachi 4:6.
No original transcriptions of the Bible have been discovered.
There are many true copies of the ancient scriptures.
There are no originals.

Four important codices contain the Bible, including the Apocrypha.
Codex Sinaiticus, 325 AD (?), majority of the Old Testament, complete New Testament, parts of the Apocrypha.
Codex Alexandrinus, 4th century (?), 630 pages of the Old Testament and 143 pages of the New Testament.
Codex Vaticanus, 5th century (?), 21 parchment leaves of the New Testament.
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, 5th century (?), 145 pages of the New Testament and 64 of the Old Testament.

Who are the Wise Men among the Bible People?

The Bible does not specify how many wise men visited baby Jesus.
The Bible states that the "Magi" came to visit. There was no particular number of Magi given.
There could have been any number. There were at least two, because the word Magi is plural. Magus is singular.
Matthew 2:1-16
The Magi brought three gifts to Jesus.
The assumption is that three gifts meant that three Magi made the visitation.
The three gifts were gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Gifts could have been in any number of packages.
The gifts could have been small enough to put in a single bag.
Tradition, not the truth of the Bible, gave names to the Magi.
The given names to the Magi are Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.
Tradition, not the Bible, calls the Magi wise men and sometimes kings.
The only fact that the Bible tells us is that the visitors were Magi.
Magi is plural, more than one. Magus is singular.
The translation of magus is "powerful."
It can also mean "magician" or "wise man."
Zoroastrian priests were called Magi in ancient Persia.
The Magi came from the east.
They brought three gifts.
The Magi used a star as their guide.
Everything else is tradition based on very loose suppositions and not the truth of the Bible.

Are religious traditions based on Bible Truth?

Here is a summary of traditional beliefs that are not necessarily based on the truth:
The assumption is that there were three Magi based on the giving of three gifts.
They were kings.
Tradition gave the Magi names.
Their travel mode was walking.
The trek to visit Jesus took two years.
They were skilled astrologists and astronomers.
They were Ethiopian, Persian, and Indian.
They were descendants of Noah, but aren't we all?
They came from a tribe in eastern Mesopotamia, possibly as far as the Orient.
A bishop in Cologne claims to have discovered their skulls. (A stretch even for tradition.)

Bible people receive communication in dreams from God.

There are 21 dreams in the Bible that are popular.

Some of the most popular are

Jacob's ladder:
Jacob sees angels going between earth and heaven on a ladder.
Some believe this symbolizes the believing descendants going to heaven.
Genesis 28:12

Daniel's four beasts:
God judges four beasts, and Jesus is given dominion over them.
Daniel 7

The wife of Pontius Pilate dreams about the true messiah:
She has a nightmare about Jesus' trial.
She knows he is innocent.
Matthew 27:19

Joseph's first visit:
An angel tells Joseph not to divorce Mary, as she is carrying the Savior.
They were not married at the time but betrothed.
The proper translation says Mary was a young woman, not specifically a virgin.
Being "betrothed and a young woman" makes it reasonable to assume that she was a virgin.
But is that the truth? The Bible does not directly state that.
Matthew 1:18
Magi's Warning:
A dream warned them not to visit King Herod.
Herod wants to know where the baby messiah is so that he can kill him.
Matthew 2:1-12

Joseph's warning:
A dream warns Joseph to flee to Egypt because Herod will slay all the young babies.
Matthew 2:13-14
Joseph's second visit:
Joseph dreams that Herod is dead and that they can now return to Israel.
Matthew 2:19-21

What is the earliest Bible writing in existence?

The earliest original biblical writing believed to still be in existence is the Ten Commandments.

Moses was the first to possess the stones. God wrote them with his finger.
The tablets were placed inside the original Ark of the Covenant.
The story is that the Ark is in a bunker under Ethiopia's Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion.
This church is fenced and made off-limits to the public.
The bunker is guarded and protected by the authority of the Ethiopian government.
It is believed that you will die from supernatural forces or from the trained monks at the church while attempting to enter the bunker uninvited.
A British officer during WWII said he entered the bunker during the war and believed the Ark to be a copy.

Is it the truth, a hoax, a theory, a legend, a tradition, or a reality?

You decide.

Communion (The Lord's Supper) is an important symbol initiated by Jesus at the Last Supper.

The Last Supper is called the Eucharist, or sometimes Mass.
Jesus and the disciples ate unleavened bread and wine at the Last Supper.
The Lord's Supper (Communion) symbolizes the Last Supper of Jesus and commemorates his death.
The bread had no yeast, and the drink was wine and not grape juice.
Many believe wine is to be served at communion and the bread should be broken. That is what Jesus did.
Some folks like to follow Jesus' example and use one cup for sharing amongst all the congregation.

However, some churches use individual, nonbroken crackers and small paper cups of grape juice.
It's more hygienic and easier to manage in large congregations. It's the symbolism that's important.
The bread represents the broken body that Jesus endured for us.
The wine represents the blood that Jesus shed for us.

The Bible does not give specific instructions on when or how often to take communion.
Jesus implied that communion is to be done periodically, in remembrance of Him.
The idea is to take communion often enough to keep the believer's focus on Jesus and his sacrifice.
To participate in communion, you must be a believer and have confessed your sins beforehand.
Communion is to be taken with reverence, love, and a deep passion of gratitude for what Jesus did for us.
It is the remembrance of his sacrifice, given to save us from our sins, and the true pathway to heaven.

When your dead, you're dead.

One way that Bible scholars interpret the Bible is by teaching that death is not going off into the wild blue yonder into paradise, purgatory, or heaven.
They hold the belief that upon death, you are irrevocably gone.
We lay you to rest, as the saying goes. "LAID TO REST."
Your body is resting in a deep sleep, a coma-like existence.
The rapture awaits your resurrection.
You are dead, and you know nothing; you hear nothing; you see nothing; you feel nothing; you are unaware of anything around you.
There is no concept of time.
Time stops for you.

Your body becomes dust.
Yet somehow your energy or soul, which defines who you are, is preserved in a temporary state of deep sleep.
This condition is exactly what a coma is.
When you die, you are aware of nothing.

This author experienced being in a coma for two weeks after surgery as a teenager.
One second I was on the gurney and fell asleep.
The next instant brought me back to life, seated on a hospital bed.
I did not remember anything in between.
I noticed many flowers in the room, many get-well cards hanging everywhere, and a banner that said, "Come back to us soon."
The TV was on, and my parents were sitting in chairs to my left.
Dad was watching TV, and Mom was reading a book.
I was shocked when I noticed they were wearing different clothes.
They must have left me and gone home during my surgery.
I was awake and spoke. I said, "Why did you guys go home?"
They were equally shocked when they heard me speak.
I was unconscious, didn't know that many kids from school came to see me, didn't realize two weeks had passed, and I was unaware of anything.
It was like I was dead, in a deep sleep, for two weeks.
For two weeks I lay in bed; I blinked, and two weeks passed that I did not consciously experience.
That is what death is like, according to some biblical scholars.

Death is like a blink.
In one moment you are conscious, and then you die.
The next moment, in a blink, you are alive again.
You will be moving through the air, going toward Jesus, without a memory of what happened during the blink.
This claim is popular among many Bible believers.
Read this page for a better explanation.

Other Bible scholars say that when you're dead, you're not dead.

This is another belief about what happens when you die.
It was Jesus who said to the criminal beside him (paraphrase), "I'll see you in paradise tonight."
Where and what is paradise?
Roman Catholics are adamant that you go immediately to purgatory at death.
Many other Christian sects believe you go immediately to heaven when you die.
In the future, I will add more to this paragraph.
Meanwhile, you can google it for yourself.
The link below is a place to start.
Read this.

Here is an intriguing side note.
The people who met Jesus did not recognize him when he walked around after his resurrection.
The Bible states that several people who intimately knew him did not recognize him.
His appearance must have changed.
But he still had the wounds on his hands from the crucifixion.
The situation is confusing.
Can we clarify whether his appearance changed after he came back to life?

There are stories in the Bible of animals doing extraordinary things.

Balaam's donkey talked while they were traveling.
The donkey saw a spiritual being before him and wouldn't let the donkey pass.
The donkey wouldn't move, so Balaam beat the donkey.
The donkey turned his head and spoke, chastising Balaam for beating him.
Numbers 22:21-39.
A big fish was a sea-going transport in the Bible.
Tradition states that a giant fish, perhaps a whale, transported Jonah to Nineveh.
The Bible specifically states Jonah was in a big fish and not a whale.
By the way, whales are not fish; they are water mammals like seals, walruses, and sea lions.
This story is in the first chapter of the book of Jonah.

"If you want to be wise, read the Bible.
If you want to be safe believe in the Bible.
If you want to be right, obey the Bible."

A quote from Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills, California