2007-09-02 04:24:32 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Holy Bible was written by the prophets of God through dictates of God to them. They were anointed by God to write in place of God to let people know tht there is God who created mankind and a loving God to his creatures.
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2007-09-02 04:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Hi and good morning....The Bible states that the writings and the Scriptures were inspired by God in the book Timothy and in the book Peter. Now the Dead Sea Scrolls had all the writings of the Old Testament except for Esther. In some of my research regarding this issue, I had come to find out that the Roman Christian scholars and 'others alike' decided what to place in the Holy Book and what not to place in the Book. Who inspired them on what to place or delete from the Holy Book? This is what puzzles me. It has been said and written that not all the Scriptures or writings were placed in the Holy Book. Why? What were in those other books or Scriptures that the Scholars didn't want us to know about? Why didn't they place all the Scriptures or writings in the Holy Book? Archaelogists had discovered books and writings from Judas and Mary Magdelene but they weren't placed in the Holy Book...why? They were both followers of Jesus. Mathew, Mark, Luke and John were disciples of Christ and their writings were placed in the Holy Book so why not Judas or Mary? In my opinion, and I'm a firm believer in my Lord, that the Old Testament was written by Divine-Inspirated prophets, however in the New Testament I feel that the writings were written by the Disciples that knew Jesus and had followed His teachings and His Father's teachings so they wrote what had been said and taught for future generations and believers in Christ. I wouldn't necessarily call the Disciples prophets but teachers and or scholars perhaps that devoted their lives to Christ. Have a very blessed day!
2007-09-02 11:49:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Name one other publication with 39 writers that agree? The fact that over a 1500 year span, these men wrote something that does agree and is found to be true is testimony to divine inspiration. The fact that Jehovah allowed them to use their own experiences and words shows His faith in these men as men have today with their secretaries. No one would disagree that without their help in improving the language of correspondences, companies might be at war with each other by now.
Matthew wrote in detail about numbers and facts from background as a tax collector. Luke was much more interested in the personal interactions and human side of the story from his being a physician. Moses had access to a great deal of information at that time and families concerned him as he dealt with large groups in his background. Paul was a lawyer and certainly wrote like one. Why use 3 words when 30 will do?
The point is, with all these diverse backgrounds, still 66 books were written in harmony with the overall theme of Jehovah's name is to be glorified by His creations and His original purpose for earth and man will happen just as He desires it no matter what man or Satan tries.
2007-09-02 13:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by grnlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I truly believe the bible was written by divinely-inspired prophets.
2007-09-02 11:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Brackon 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Which bible? If they were written by divine inspired prophets then there would only be one bible. There are differences in content that imply different sources. I am not referring to differences in style here.
2007-09-02 11:29:58 · answer #5 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all the writers of the Bible were Prophets, but they definitely were all God-inspired.
THEMES OF THE 66 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Consider the themes of the sixty-six books:
In Genesis, He is the Creator God.
In Exodus, He is the Redeemer.
In Leviticus, He is your sanctification.
In Numbers, He is your guide.
In Deuteronomy, He is your teacher.
In Joshua, He is the mighty conqueror.
In Judges, He gives victory over enemies.
In Ruth, He is your kinsman, your lover, your redeemer.
In I Samuel, he is the root of Jesse;
In 2 Samuel, He is the Son of David.
In 1 Kings and 2 Kings, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords
In 1st and 2nd Chronicles, He is your intercessor and High Priest.
In Ezra, He is your temple, your house of worship.
In Nehemiah, He is your mighty wall, protecting you from your enemies.
In Esther, He stands in the gap to deliver you from your enemies.
In Job, He is the arbitrator who not only understands your struggles,
but has the power to do something about them.
In Psalms, He is your song-and your reason to sing.
In Proverbs, He is your wisdom, helping you make sense of life and live
it successfully.
In Ecclesiastes, He is your purpose, delivering you from vanity.
In the Song of Solomon, He is your lover, your Rose of Sharon.
In Isaiah, He is the mighty counselor, the prince of peace, the
everlasting father, and more. In short, He's everything you need.
In Jeremiah, He is your balm of Gilead, the soothing salve for your
sin-sick soul.
In Lamentations, He is the ever-faithful one upon whom you can depend.
In Ezekiel, He is your wheel in the middle of a wheel-the one who
assures that dry, dead bones will come alive again.
In Daniel, He is the ancient of days, the everlasting God who never runs
out of time.
In Hosea, He is your faithful lover, always beckoning you to come
back-even when you have abandoned Him.
In Joel, He is your refuge, keeping you safe in times of trouble.
In Amos, He is the husbandman, the one you can depend on to stay by your
side.
In Obadiah, He is Lord of the Kingdom.
In Jonah, He is your salvation, bringing you back within His will.
In Micah, He is judge of the nation.
In Nahum, He is the jealous God.
In Habakkuk, He is the Holy One.
In Zephaniah, He is the witness.
In Haggai, He overthrows the enemies
In Zechariah, He is Lord of Hosts.
In Malachi, He is the messenger God.
In Matthew, He is king of the Jews.
In Mark, He is the servant.
In Luke, He is the Son of Man, feeling what you feel.
In John, He is the Son of God.
In Acts, He is Savior of the world.
In Romans, He is the righteousness of God.
In I Corinthians, He is the rock that followed Israel.
In II Corinthians, He is the triumphant one, giving victory.
In Galatians, He is your liberty; He sets you free.
In Ephesians, He is head of the Church.
In Philippians, He is your joy.
In Colossians, He is your completeness.
In I Thessalonians, He is your hope.
In II Thessalonians, He is your patience and discipline.
In I Timothy, He is your faith.
In II Timothy, He is your stability.
In Titus, He is the truth.
In Philemon, He is your benefactor.
In Hebrews, He is your perfection.
In James, He is the power behind your faith.
In I Peter, He is your example.
In II Peter, He is your purity.
In I John, He is your life.
In II John, He is your pattern.
In III John, He is your motivation.
In Jude, He is the foundation of your faith.
In the Revelation, He is your coming King.
From the beginning of the world to its end, there is no place you can
look and not see Jesus. He is everywhere. He is everything. "He is
before all things, and in Him all things hold together."
- Colossians 1:17
2007-09-02 11:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? I've received divine inspiration and have written it down. What's the problem with believing I'm not the only one?
2007-09-02 11:36:28 · answer #7 · answered by judysbookshop 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, if it was truly inspired by the divine and not written by the hand of man there would be no hatred within those pages.
2007-09-02 11:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by indithought 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-09-02 11:29:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-09-02 11:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by drg5609 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think some of it was.
Some, I think, was written by men who "thought" they were hearing God's voice.
If this were not the case, God would not have given the warning in Revelations about adding and taking away from the Bible.
He expected the Bible to be tampered with.
2007-09-02 11:31:19 · answer #11 · answered by Me 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋