2007-03-09 00:14:14 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
how do we know that was the last book? there could be more and not found.
2007-03-09 00:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by holeeycow 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It's not that there aren't any more; there are many old scripture that are not included in the canon of the Bible. Too, there are many different collections of books contained in the various Bibles. The shortest is the Samaritan Bible which contains only five books, and the largest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible which contains 81 books.
As far as books after the Revelation, it's difficult to imagine anything coming after what is essentially the end of the world as we know it, which is what the Revelation is about.
2007-03-09 08:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Lets reason this out. Who was the last living apostle? -It was John the beloved. When did he die? -95A.D. When was Revelations written and by whom? -John, 95 A.D.
Every New Testament book was written by an apostle or someone who saw the resurrected Christ Jesus. There is only one possible exception, being Paul's servant Dr. Luke, who wrote Luke and Acts.
Your answer- Revelations was the last book written that was part of the Bible because the person who wrote it was the last person alive who could have written a canonical book.
Research 'canon' . See the requirements for a book to be canonical.
2007-03-09 08:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by John S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The criteria for books to be in our bibles was met and the others were deleted a great many years ago.
They remain in print and can be bought at many book stores, but they are not of a holy nature and don't belong in the bible.
Anyone can see that they aren't of Divine origin, that is why God had them removed.
2007-03-09 08:37:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dramatic effect. The Church decided that the best way to end the Bible was to use the book that is supposed to get people thinking about the future. Which is fair enough, I suppose. That's quite standard in literary works.
2007-03-09 08:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
From a Christian standpoint:
With Revelation, the end of human history is revealed, so there is nothing left to be said after Revelation. The Bible is God's Word for us... He tells us what we need to know for our earthly lives within it.
Sure, there's more information in existence, but Revelation is the final thing that God decided to get across to us in His written Word.
God bless.
2007-03-09 08:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
anything after the book of revelations would be a waste. its the best bit
2007-03-09 08:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the storytellers back then ran out of ideas.... they had done walking on water etc and thought... can make up much more than this so lets give up after we do a story about the 'beast' and the number 666.
Ops, looks like i wont get best answer for not being in the god squad.
2007-03-09 08:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply because people realized that religion is no true way to become one with GOD. The greatest manipulatin of ouer time is the religion. ( Have you evar entered a church ? Or other religious building ((exept monaseries)) ? Look aroud and you will see all the expensive decorations and stuff. NO ofences ! I am not saying that all religious people are using the church for theier oun benefet.
2007-03-09 08:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mirrar 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the Book of Revelation is a love letter to the Bride of Christ. & it speaks of the final outcome into the eternal age. That is why many can not understand it, It is for the Bride only to see & understand, In my 37 yrs as a Christian, I find it very easy to understand.
2007-03-09 08:22:06 · answer #10 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Basically The Bible is a selection of writings put together by a church committee. There are many more including gospels which are freely available.
2007-03-09 08:33:28 · answer #11 · answered by fred35 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋