Religion: Promises

The old legend that there are 30,000 promises in the Bible is a bit off, according to Schoolteacher Everek R. Storms of Kitchener, Ont. A member of Canada’s United Missionary Church, Storms slowed down enough on his 27th reading of the Bible to tally up the promises, which took him a year and a half. He came up with 7,487 promises by God to man, two by God the Father to God the Son, 991 by one man to another (such as the servants who promised to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream), 290 by man to God, e.g., “O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise” (Psalms 51:15). Twenty-eight promises were made by angels, one by man to an angel, and two were made by an evil spirit to the Lord. Satan made nine, as when he promised the world to Christ “if thou wilt fall down and worship me” (to which Christ answered: “Get thee hence, Satan”). Grand total of promises: 8,810.