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I don't understand why God would make a text so hard for
simple people to understand, it literally takes scholars to answer these common questions rationally

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First Corinthians 2:14 explains why some people can't comprehend the Bible fully.

King James Version: "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (Spiritual discernment comes from the Holy Spirit.)

Students of Christian belief say that until a person does have the Holy Spirit dwelling within them, they can't understand God's Word and His dealings with mankind. When one accepts Christ, then the Holy Spirit indwells them, sealing their souls until the day of redemption, when Christ claims them for Himself.

It's fathomous this Mind of God even as a Christian. Before I became a Christian, I couldn't figure anything out on my own when it came to God's Word, though I studied it for years as a lost person.

BTW there are no contradictions in God's Word. If you can refer to the Greek languages and the Hebrew of those times, you will see that the issues come from (especially) the Greek language having many more definitive words for things that (in particular) the English language has one word for. Concepts are different at times too. But His Word remains true and unreproachable, imo. You can read it in many different languages and see the true meanings in fact. Even so, the overall text of Scripture stays the same.