By Design (Paperback)

Paperback. Nothing in the Bible is an accident.Not the numbers. Not the names. Not the genealogies you skip, the ceremonial laws you skim, or the measurements of a tent in the wilderness. Every detail in Scripture was placed on purpose by a God who declares the end from the beginning, and once you learn to see the design, you can never read the Bible the same way again.BY DESIGN is a complete, evidence-based tour of the intentional architecture of Scripture, written for ordinary readers who want more than surface reading. In twenty chapters and seven appendices, it walks you through the patterns hiding in plain sight in your King James Bible.WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVERThe unity of one Book written by forty authors across fifteen centuries, on three continents, in three languages, telling one unbroken storyline from Genesis 3:15 to Revelation 22.The meaning of biblical numbers: why seven means completion, why forty means testing, why eight means new beginning, and how to study numbers without falling into numerology.Hebrew word study made simple: roots, wordplay, and the divine Name behind the seven I AM statements of Jesus.Acrostics and chiasm: the hidden literary structures of Psalm 119, Lamentations, and the flood narrative, folded around four words that change everything.Types and shadows: Joseph, the Passover lamb, the brasen serpent, the kinsman redeemer, and the scarlet thread of redemption running from Eden to the empty tomb.Bible prophecy fulfilled: Messianic prophecies with the manuscript evidence, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and honest answers to the four objections skeptics raise most.The feasts of Leviticus 23 as a prophetic calendar, fulfilled to the very day at the cross and at Pentecost.The tabernacle, biblical geography, and the genealogies, including how Matthew and Luke together solve the curse on Jeconiah.Undesigned coincidences and archaeology: the Hittites, Belshazzar, the politarchs of Luke, and the details critics called errors until the spade proved otherwise.Alleged Bible contradictions answered honestly, without spin, including the ones that remain hard.INCLUDED IN THIS EDITIONA full study guide with discussion questions for all twenty chapters, ideal for small groups, Sunday school, homeschool, and family devotionsAppendix A: One Hundred Details by Design, a catalog you can verify verse by verseAppendix B: The Law of First Mention, a reader's tool with ten worked examplesAppendix C: Twelve More Threads to Trace, from water and bread to the Shepherd and the BrideAppendix D: A Design Reader's GlossaryAppendix E: a thirty day devotional reading plan through the designAppendix F: forty Scripture passages worth memorizingAppendix G: twelve questions people ask, including what to say to a skepticWHO THIS BOOK IS FORNew believers who want a reason for the hope that is in them. Lifelong Christians who suspect there is more in the text than they have been shown. Pastors, teachers, and small group leaders looking for fresh material. Students of Christian apologetics who want evidence for the Bible they can check themselves. Seekers and skeptics willing to examine the claim honestly.Every argument in this book is public and checkable. No secret codes. No hidden knowledge available only to the author. Where a pattern is debated, it is flagged as devotional rather than presented as proof, because a case this strong does not need to be overstated.The design is not a puzzle to be solved. It is a Person to be met. Every thread in Scripture runs through the same hands, and the hands have nail prints."Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Psalm 119:18Scroll up and Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…