What makes the Bible the Word of God?

The word "Bible" means library, or a collection of books, and that is exactly what it is. It is a collection of 66 books written by more than 40 different authors over a period of more than 2000 years. It is divided into two, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament contains, among other things, the story of the creation of the earth and much history up to the time when Jesus was sent by God to earth as a human. The New Testament deals with God's reset, salvation in Jesus. The Gregorian calendar (the Western calendar) calculates year 1 from the birth of Jesus.
 
What makes the Bible unique is that from the first to the last book, it has a coherent message. This despite the fact that from the first to the last author, there has been no opportunity to know each other. (Internet and computers could not be of help back then, as this was long before this technology was invented.) This helps confirm the Bible as the Word of God, that God Himself must have given each author revelations, through the Holy Spirit, about what the authors should write and when.
 
In the Bible, there are stories of people who lived with God and of people who did not believe in God. There are also many prophecies in the Bible about what will happen in the future. For example, the Old Testament has over 300 prophecies that told that Jesus, the Son of God, would come as a human to this earth. In the New Testament, we can read that the 300 prophecies are fulfilled one by one while Jesus was among humans. The Bible also contains many prophecies about what will happen in the last days of this earth's age. We will come back later to some of these prophecies.
 
But what makes the Bible the world's most read book and what is it that makes so many people choose to believe that it is God's own word to us humans?
Indeed the Bible is the world's most read book. It is translated into the most languages, and it contains the oldest writings that exist. Unfortunately, the Bible is also the most copied book, and most religions have copied something from the Bible. Some of the religions have copied more or less the entire Bible, but in the copying process, it has been adapted to the religion it is copied to. The fact that the traditionally translated Bible in the various religions has been changed makes it difficult to know which of today's Bibles is actually the correct Bible. But yes, the correct Bible exists today!
 
What verifies the correct Bible is that it cannot be linked to any specific religion or denomination. As mentioned, it has 66 books, and its consistent message is: That we are created for freedom in Jesus Christ, that we are saved by grace through faith alone, that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to God, and that the Holy Spirit takes residence in everyone who receives salvation in Jesus. Fellowship with other believers is important, and this is something the Bible encourages, while membership in a specific religion saves no one.
 
God's Word is also Spirit. That is, when one reads the Bible and allows the Word to fill one's inner being; when one thinks about it and lets it mean something to oneself, then one is filled with the Spirit of God. This cannot be fully explained, it must be experienced for oneself, but thus, with the Holy Spirit active in oneself, the Bible is also verified. This is unique to the Bible; no other writings are verified with a spiritual presence in oneself like the Word of God!
 
God guards His true Word, so that those with right intentions who translate the Bible have the help of the Holy Spirit. Different languages and modern language usage, all of this God the Creator has oversight over. It is He who created the languages, and the very first writings He wrote Himself with His finger for Moses on Mount Sinai. God's Spirit - the Holy Spirit, we will come back to a little later.