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NASB | Ezra 9:2 "For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezra 9:2 "For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has intermingled with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the officials and chief men have been foremost in this unfaithful act and direct violation [of God's will]." [Deut 7:3, 4] |
Bible Question:
Greetings Ischus! You said in a previous post that you believed that the Bible is God's Word. If you do not believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of Scripture, then in exactly what way is the Bible the Word of God? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: Tim, First of all, as you know,there are not only two choices as far as inspriration goes; verb. plen. or not at all. I believe that the bible is God's word, in that it contains spritual truths, as well as historical facts, which lead us to faith in God. I do not believe that the words of the bible were given orally or verbally or that they were dictated to the writers. I think that it is very much a human work, but that it is all God's will. This is especially true for the original autographs. I think there is sufficient evidence to make valid conclusions that what we read today is basically what was written back then... but there are variants, additions, changes, etc. As someone has already said, these do not effect the theology or other doctrines of the bible, but they are there nonetheless. Verbal inspriration is just not logical when you seriously look at how the bible was put together. There is no doubt in my mind that God was completely involved... I just don't think that he gave the words or thoughts to the writers orally or internally in every case. Now, there are many many places in the bible where a word of the Lord comes to a prophet,etc. There are also many places where the words do not find their origin in God. Much of the Old Testament that we have today is the result of thousands of years of copyists and editors. Even the NT has gone through many changes, but this is beside the point. I think that what we have is very close to what was originally written. Now, inspiration is simply beyond human comprehension, and when we try to explain it, we fail. But, I think that some of the best insights into how the bible was written and inspired can be seen in Jeremiah and Luke. I can't see how you can reconcile their means of obtaining the material that they wrote with verbal inspiration. Plenary is another issue. I can not truly say that what we have is all from God. You know the verses that should not be there, and to say that the whole work of the bible should be called His word is simply not true. However. I do beilieve in the plenary inspiration of the original autographs. ischus |