Yet, his 272 word speech is acclaimed by men of literature as one of the greatest works ever produced. Lincoln was wrong. The world, indeed, has greatly noted, and will forever remember, his words. Again, so wise a man as Lincoln was wrong.
History is full of the words and writings of men that have proved to be in error.
If the Bible is the product of uninspired men, as the brilliant works of Shakespeare, or Lincoln, we should expect to find an abundance of such errors and misjudgments, but we do not. Shepherds, servants, statesmen, fishermen, physicians, and tax collectors are some of the authors of the Bible. Written by such a diverse collection of men over a period of 1,500 years, we should not be surprised to find many miscalculations of men and history within its pages, but we do not. When Egypt was threatened with destruction, it occurred.