How come everything in the bible happened in the middle east?

Question

now i was raised catholic but why is it that when you read the bible everything all the stories, people and stuff all happened in israel and the middle east. why not other countries. how come god didn't want people to know about him in other places in the world besides where the jews lived.

Answer 1

yep, exactly. god apparently was ignoring everyone else in the world for some strange reason.

Answer 2

That is where they were?Goodness!You are a member of a religion,and you have no clue as to it's origins.My case for brainwashing has just been made.Thank you.

Answer 3

The same reason I am not writing from Monte Carlo.  I live in North Carolina, USA.

Answer 4

Ah, but He did want people in other parts of the world to know!  

The Bible indicates that after Jesus was resurrected he planned to visit other peoples (John 10:16)  These people may well have had their own prophets, their own scriptures, as well as prophecies that Christ would come.

It is written right there in the Bible that it is a record of the Jews - and that we should expect records from other peoples bearing testament to the same truths.  (see Ezekial 37:16)

The stick of Judah is believed to be the scrolls upon which the scriptures that came forth from the Jews in the Middle East, ie: the Bible.  The stick of Joseph is believed to refer to the scriptures that detail God's speaking with another people, descendents of Joseph, who left the Middle East and settled elsewhere in the world.  

It wouldn't surprise me if some day, the scriptures written by prophets among these descendents of Joseph also come to light.

Answer 5

Because everything had to with do timing . God's way is always perfect. He already knew who would discover what ,when and where.....bd

Answer 6

Not everything - remember, that Magic Flood covered the entire world over 4 miles deep in water!

Answer 7

Because the guy who wrote the story book was from the middle east.

Answer 8

first of all u should read the bible to find out. second at that time jew were slaves and received the worst treat that's why god choose them, to rescue them. and third people all over the world know about him now and at that time too.

Answer 9

Search "Columbus"

If you can't figure that out, just give up.

Answer 10

For the same reason everything that happened in Pepys Diary took place in London.

That's where the writers lived.

That's where God chose it to happen.

The Bible is a written record.

Answer 11

This is where Abraham's God got his start.  

Answer 12

Egypt in African, Persia including Iraq- Babylon, Turkey, Ethiopia, Syria Lebanon, Rome in Italy, Crete in the med sea, Russia, The Roman empire includes most of europe!