Why isn't the Bible still being written?

Question

Who decided that the story was over? Hasn't that religion had more saint's and prophets? Just curious.

Answer 1

Well, depending on what group you belong to ... it had a few additions later on.

But otherwise, even the ultra-religious of our world became skeptical of others' claims to know the word of God ... and a lot of them were persecuted.

If there was a real prophet or 2nd coming of Jesus in modern times ... at best he/she'd get a cult following and be shunned by nearly the entire Christian community ... nobody would take him/her seriously ... especially when he/she didn't agree with their specific beliefs.

Answer 2

Well first of all i dont think it is a story.And yes, a lot of things are yet to happen. But the Bible is not a place where they put the writings of all the saints. The old testament includes evrything God spoke thru the prophets chosen by him. And the new testament includes the life of Jesus and the Acts of the Apostles. It also include the revelation and letters written by the apostles to the churches in various places. It explains everything a christian needs to know and the way he shud live.
And as far as the question of the many saints the church has...their teachings and lifehistory are being written as well. But not in the Bible.

Answer 3

If the Bible was to be written today, Imagine with all the denominations available and each trying to proof they are correct, how do you think that book will be? The Bible was written during the error when their was one christian denomination, now every prophet would be willing to give their two cent of crap. Beside old is Gold

Answer 4

Mostly because the catholic church decided that Bronze/Iron age man knew everything there was to know about god, the world, and the afterlife.

Since that time, for anybody to get beyond what was written thousands of years ago, they had to get there on their own.

It is easier to "control" a finite amount of information. It is absurd to think that everything about an infinite and all knowing god would fit into 66 books written by 30 or so ancient men. It seems controlling information about god became more important than the actual information.

Answer 5

That is a good question. I agree. Like, when the Nag Hammadi collection of scriptures was found in 1945, maybe they should have been added to the Bible. However, these scriptures were considered of no importance because it was declared that they were of Gnostic origin and not "What is considered Christian belief". However, maybe they really are the true Christian belief I mean wasn't it the Catholic church that originally made that decision. I don't remember getting a vote.

Answer 6

Unfortunately it is because many Christian Leaders believe in a stupid religious doctrine called "dispensationalism" which indicates that God quit working supernaturally or being prophetic with the death of the last biblical apostle (even though the Bible itself indicates that Apostles and Prophets will ALWAYS exist).

Answer 7

Because the original authors have all passed on and the potential younger ones got caught up in The Lord Of The Rings

Answer 8

Divine revelation officially ended with the death of St. John, the last remaining apostle.

Anything God chooses to reveal today is considered a personal revelation, and none of the faithful are requireded to accept it, although they may, if they wish to.

There is a huge body of saintly and scholarly religious works available from later periods.

They're just not considered to be the inspired Word of God.

Answer 9

I could say something like one of the other answers, but I'll give you something else. They don't make new versions, because it's history. It's they same reason why people don't paint like the old masters. One because there are new techniques and two that particular art is gone. Now people think that painting like that and making new bibles is something they did in the past, so no new ones are made.

Answer 10

"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."-2 Timothy 3:16. This scriptures means that everything we need to know right now is already in the bible (including prophecies that speak of what things will be like even after Armaggedon). We may receive more information about God after Armaggedon, but right now we should be concerned with what we should be doing to please Jehovah.

Answer 11

The Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, revolves around Jesus Christ. The entire Old Testament leads up to His birth, giving signs, prophecies, shadows, typologies, and other symbols that represents what people were to look for, and when, for when Jesus came. One day, Jesus was born (Starting the New Testament now). When He was grown up, He explained the things God taught them in the Old Testament. He explained that, highly nutshelled, everything in the OT was put into place to 1.) show them that God wants them to live by loving God above all else, and treating one another the way you wanted to be treated, and 2.) all the rituals were to show what God's Son, the Messiah, would be like, so people would know who He was, and to follow Him and listen to Him. (Those were the four Gospels). Then the Bible shows what the Apostles (those who followed Jesus) did, where they went, and how the Church grew in size, as well as the many things the Apostles suffered for their faith. Most of the rest of the Bible deals with individuals, or individual churches, asking questions of the Apostles, and the actual books themselves are the replies given. The final book deals with what to look for, for when Christ returns.

The reason no more books are added, is that 1.) no one has physically spoken to Jesus in about 2,000 years. There are no certainties to anyone's story who's said they've literally spoken to Jesus in modern times, and cannot be relied upon. 2.) We have everything we need to know already within the Bible. To those who study it, and are guided by the Holy Spirit, it makes complete sense. 3.) The Bible ends with, nutshelled, "Here is what happens at the end of this age, when Christ returns, and now time no longer exists, but rather we now exist in eternity and this is what it's like". What more is there to add after "and they lived happily eternally after" (so to speak)? and finally 4.) If God says "These things will happen for this to happen", that's it. Nothing is to be added, or taken away from that. Simple example: There are four horsemen mentioned in the beginning of Revelation. By saying there are now 5, or only 3, is to try to negate God's word with your word... and it's not gonna happen. Since we live in the end times now, there is nothing left to say, other than what's already been said. To add more would either be putting man's word as superiour to God's word, or to merely reiterate what the Bible already says. (And we have those, and they're called "Commentaries, Books, Blogs, and Webpages").

The Bible, as is, is a complete book. It is the story of Jesus Christ, as told by God, lived in the lives of the Israelites, come to fruition in His birth, death, and resurrection, the deeds of those who physically walked and talked with Him, and His soon return. To add in the lives of modern 'prophets' (whether they're truly prophets, or false prophets) and 'saints' (whom only the Catholic church recognizes; we Protestants see them as 'yeah, they were pretty good people, but no better than the average-Joe Christian down the street. To Protestants, everyone who is born-again is a 'saint') would be spurious and about as pointless as writing about the individual lives of the millions of fleas that lives in the grass outside the White House, when you're writing a book detailing the life of George Washington.