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Gabriel say: Of course God loves the world.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Maybe the middle east is a big thing, as in it's a clue or a big picture, like a puzzle. Either way, God does talk about Egypt and in Revelations he talks about the whole world.
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Trilobiteme say: The book of Daniel is a book of prophecy about the gentiles. America in prophecy is most likely the Young Lions of Tarnish mention in the Gog Magog war. Tarnish was a large Island (possible Britain don't know for sure) that will have young offspring Nations from it
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Dawn say: that is where all life started on this planet.
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Publius say: Prove that all the stories in the Bible are made up and your question will become intelligent. Try not to beg the question.
Answer: The Bible is the record of God's dealings with people in the Middle East. Other books have been written to document his dealings with other people, like The Book of Mormon.
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dewcoons say: They don't. There are events in the Bible from Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, Spain, North Africa Central Africa, Russia, etc. Granted, the majority of it takes place in the Middle East because much of the Bible is a historical text of a tribe that lived in that region. But it is by no means limited to that region of the world.
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Jay say: The Old Testament Bible originated in the Middle East with the Canaanite Kingdoms of Israel and Judah with stories as old starting 4500 years in Oral tradition. This was prior to written literature. The Egyptians and Babylonians had written sacred texts in stone and papyrus prior to the Bible. The Chinese had printing from before the Bibles but East and West never met back then.