Why is the God of the Bible the supreme God?

While some worship idols, images created by human hands, Paul declares, “…no idol is anything in the world…there is no God but one.”  (1Corinthians 8:4 ASV).  In 1 Corinthians 8:6, he continues by proclaiming that there is one God (chief, supreme being), the Father (not 2 or 3), and one Lord Jesus who made all things with God’s power.  God’s character and attributes are revealed in creation. Psalms 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” Supreme wisdom and supreme power are manifested as who but an all powerful God could intelligently create the universe? Additionally, God’s love and justice may be recognized in the creation of man. When God created the living human race, justice would require that air, food, and water be provided for life. But God’s love made a huge variety of food which is delicious, colorful, aromatic, nutritious, and satisfying to eat. The fact that He designed and created the vast universe and all creatures informs us of His omniscience, omnipotence, absolute justice, and supreme love. The human mind cannot comprehend how God can give life, yet needs nothing to exist, and exists outside of time (which He created). 

Exodus 3:14 (NASB) states, “…I AM WHO I AM…” which is a translation of the Hebrew word “Jehovah.” Jehovah, reigns supreme because He is the self-existing one, on whom all our existence depends. In Exodus 6: 3 (KJV) God tells Moses, "And I appeared unto Abraham…by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known…" By this name, God was known to His people, the Israelites. Moses said to the people, "Hear, O Israel:  Jehovah our God is one Jehovah…thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart…” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ASV).  The King James Version states, “…The LORD our God is one LORD.” Usually, whenever the Hebrew word is Jehovah, the KJV translates it as LORD in all capital letters.

“LORD…before the mountains were brought forth, or…thou…formed the earth…from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Psalm 90:2 KJV). Our supreme heavenly Father, the embodiment of love, justice, wisdom and power, is the one, true God.  He assures us of His love in James 1:17 (Weymouth), “Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light.  In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.” His ways and thoughts are necessarily higher than ours (see Isaiah 55:9).  Surely, only a righteous, benevolent, supreme God would lovingly assure his human family, “For I know the plans I have for you,” … “plans to prosper youand not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).      

“But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide forever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.” (Psalms 102:12 ASV). 

In reference to Genesis 2 verses 10-14, where are the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates today and which countries are Havilah, Cush and Assyria?

The scholarly community is divided as to where these ancient rivers and countries are located. The following answer presents one view:

There are more than one land of Havilah and of Cush respectively mentioned in the Bible, wherein lies the confusion.  However, the verses in Genesis cited above give us a clue as to which area is delineated.  The garden of Eden, it is generally accepted, was located in the Armenia/Azerbaijan region, located in the Republic of Georgia, i.e.,the Caucasus Mountains,  north eastern Turkey and north west Iran.  The word Cush means blackness.  The black races generally inhabit southern Iraq, south India and Africa.  But Nimrod was also black, being a Cushite, and he built the city of Babel, or the city of Cush, in what is today northern Iraq.  Hence the land of Cush, translated Ethiopia in verse 13, cannot refer to Ethiopia in north east Africa, also black, but to Northern Iraq in Asia, within what was later the Assyrian empire .  Furthermore, verse 11 mentions that there is “good gold” in the area of Havilah.  The second-largest gold deposits in the world are found near the delta of the southeast Caucasus Mountain range (the first being in South Africa, far from Eden).  We can then be assured that the Bible is speaking of this region in what is the general area of the Republic of Georgia.

Since the world experienced a devastating flood which destroyed a good part of the land geography, some scholars believe it is impossible now to determine exactly which today are the four rivers mentioned in Genesis, as their source has been obliterated.  Many agree the river Hiddekel is the Tigris river that empties into the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates has a similar starting point.  A discerning look at a map of the area will reveal that the Pishon is likely the Araxes or Araks river, that “compasseth the  land of Havilah,” the gold mines in the area of the Republic of Georgia, and empties into the Caspian Sea.  A closer look may suggest that the Gihon river which “compasseth the …land of Ethiopia [Cush],” Northern Iraq and Northwest Iran, may be the Safid-Rud river, which also empties into the Caspian Sea.  It may be noted that the history of Adam and the human race parallels that of the river that arose in Eden.