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    Hiding in Plain Sight: How I Know the Bible Is Truth
    Hiding in Plain Sight: How I Know the Bible Is Truth
    Hiding in Plain Sight: How I Know the Bible Is Truth
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    Hiding in Plain Sight: How I Know the Bible Is Truth

    By Jack Marshall

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    This is not an extensive work but more of a synopsis about what I have come to understand in the light of the divine principle of sowing and reaping in the past many years of study. My purpose in this writing is to bring this principle to the forefront, along with its connections, in order to verify in part the authenticity of the Bible, especially in a time when so many doubt its veracity.

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    PublisherJack Marshall
    Release dateNov 14, 2019
    ISBN9780463920091
    Hiding in Plain Sight: How I Know the Bible Is Truth
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    Jack Marshall

    I was born in California in 1957, but raised in Oklahoma, where my experience with Christianity began at the age of 19. After several years of attending various denominational and non-denominational churches, my love for the Bible and desire to understand the scriptures became a vital part of my life. Through in-depth study for the past 45 years, I have discovered that the message of scripture is truly one of hope, love, and encouragement for the entire world.

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      Hiding in Plain Sight - Jack Marshall

      HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

      How I Know the Bible is Truth

      Jack Marshall

      HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

      How I Know the Bible is Truth

      Jack Marshall

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2019

      Revised 2022 Grain of Wheat Publishing

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      Thank you for downloading this eBook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author. This free eBook may be copied, distributed, reposted, reprinted and shared, provided it appears in its entirety without alteration, and the reader is not charged to access it.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter One: It Starts with a Parable

      Chapter Two: It Began with a Garden

      Chapter Three: The Seed is Sown

      Chapter Four: We Reap What We Sow

      Chapter Five: Exponentially Speaking

      Chapter Six: Ever Hear of Resurrection?

      Chapter Seven: Twofold Implications

      Chapter Eight: Two Trees

      Chapter Nine: Two but One

      Chapter Ten: Two Covenants

      Chapter Eleven: If It Dies

      Chapter Twelve: How I Know the Bible is Truth

      Bibliography

      Introduction

      This is not an extensive work but more of a synopsis about what I have come to understand in the light of the divine principle of sowing and reaping in the past many years of study. My purpose in this writing is to bring this principle to the forefront (along with its connections) in order to at least verify in part the authenticity of the Bible, especially in a time when so many doubt its veracity.

      There are mistakes in this presentation, not by intention, but out of ignorance. I am still and always will be learning. It has been difficult to put aside what I have inherited in order to see from a fresh perspective.

      In His Grace,

      Jack Marshall

      Genesis 2:7-8 (NASB95)

      Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground,

      and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;

      and man became a living being.

      The LORD God planted a garden

      toward the east, in Eden;

      and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

      Chapter One

      IT STARTS WITH A PARABLE

      Without a doubt, the Bible is the most fascinating work of literature that anyone could hope to read and understand. That there are other works of such significance is questionable, for no other book has ever been written and compiled that compares to the mysteries contained in its pages. Do I sound radical? Perhaps, but over 40 years of study have proven to me that this book we call the Bible is, by far, the most amazing work to ever challenge the mind and heart of man.

      I think it’s safe to say that the Bible and its efficacy is being challenged now more than ever. With the advent of the Internet and Social Media, we have more than our fair share of those who discount the Bible for a variety of reasons, ranging from Anti-Semitism to outright anger against the Ten Commandments, and, of course, those who believe that Jesus Christ never existed.

      This is not a history of the Bible or how it got to where it is today. Rather, this is a simple treatment of a concept I discovered in the Bible that verifies its authenticity. I will be quick to confess that I have shared this quite frequently in most of my other studies, but this will be a more straightforward approach that simply gets to the heart of the matter.

      As the title of this chapter suggests, the Bible begins with a parable. I believe this is one of the main reasons why so many avoid this book, for not only does the Bible begin with a parable, it is saturated with them, and, I will be the first to admit that it does make it difficult to ascertain what is really meant by so many passages in both the Old and New Testaments.

      So what is a parable? The simplest definition is that it’s a story within a story, a story with a parallel meaning, drawn out by comparison. Ah, but that’s not quite good enough, because we must also consider the fact that within the parables themselves as well as all throughout the Bible, we often find types, shadows, and symbols.

      So if you will indulge me, let me share the following explanation of a type from Wikipedia. It’s pretty good.

      Typology in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testament are seen as types pre-figuring or superseded by antitypes, events or aspects of Christ or his revelation

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