Critics of the Bible including many in the Church, deny its innerancy on the grounds that "it's impossible that the book we call the Bible today says the same thing as what the original authors wrote."

Located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, Qumran was the site of a small settlement that existed during the time of Jesus. In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd boy threw a stone into the mouth of one of the many caves at the site. The sound of something breaking inside caught his attention and he climbed into the cave to see a number of clay pots along with the one he had accidentally broken. Inside he discovered pieces of ancient scrolls. This was the first discovery of what we know today as the Dead Sea scrolls.

This priceless discovery confirmed the integrity of the Bible that we now read. It is a testimony to the supernatural protection God has given to His message to mankind. With tremendous attention to detail, the men of Qumran were committed to the painstaking reproduction of the books of the Old Testament and other ancient Jewish writings. Portions of almost all of the books of the Old Testament were found in the dry caves of the Qumran settlement. The Dead Sea scrolls contained portions of the Old Testament that were over a thousand years older than any other comparative manuscripts in existence at the time of their discovery. Comparisons revealed virtually no differences. None of the differences altered the meaning in any way!

Learning of the approach of Rome’s armies in 68 A.D., the inhabitants of Qumran placed their scrolls in pottery jars hoping to return to them later. They left the settlement and joined the rebels that would capture Masada and remained there until Masada’s fall in 73 A.D.