Exodus 28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

I set out to compare the Word of God with an antibody which protects us from infection, i.e. sin. Cleaver me, this should be a no brainer, just take the definition of an antibody and find scriptural references that will unite the protective properties of antibodies with the protective properties of the gospel. OOPS.

The technical definition and active properties of antibodies is far from being a one liner. I got overwhelmed by the complexity of antibodies. In frustration I started to examine the diagram for understanding. Diagrams are so much simpler. You have the antibody structure that has a hole with a pattern in it at the top of its structure. This hole is so designed to bond with the antigen of the invading bacteria or virus. The antibody does not destroy the antigen, it binds it so that the antigen cannot attack other cells.

So I look up bind in the bible and what do I find in Exodus 28:32 but a literal description of the action between the antibody and the antigen. Not only that, I received a bonus word, the habergeon. I had to look it up and to my wonder and delight it is a coat of armor, protection. No way am I clever enough to make this up. Look it up for yourselves.

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Jeremiah 32:14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

Are you a history student? Me neither. I found history to be boring as it was taught. There was no human perspective found in names and dates and places. I did not find it relevant to my life. I left the hard part of historical studies to those who have a passion for it, data collection.

History as a science is bound by rules of evidence. The larger problem with evidence is that is degrades over time. Only so much evidence can be preserved. Historians will treat the oldest and most valued pieces of evidence as sacred and sacrosanct. Science changes and there is always the desire to validate data using the latest of technologies.

The oldest and best preserved articles of history is the Old Testament. Preserved because it has been accurately and painstakingly copied by scribes over thousands of years. While we have no need for scribes in this era of the photocopy, let us not make light of their efforts just because we do not need them any longer.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in eleven caves between 1946 and 1956. The most significant of finds was not that there were additional writings not included in the Old Testament but that those writing that were included were accurately copied for thousands of years without change. Every King and Emperor likes to create his own history. These scrolls never suffered corruption.

We live in the information age. There is overwhelming evidence at every turn with no way to validate the data. For every tale there are ten versions. Everyone involved in anything important has their own lawyer and publicist. It is a common instinct not to trust everything you see and hear in the media. People fake stories just to get on television. The urban legend lists grow longer and longer every year.

And scoffers use that as justification to muddy the one set of documents with the most reliable evidence of historical accuracy, the Holy Bible.