Bible Question:
In the old and new testiment,why are there more than one on some. Samuel,Kings,Corinthians,Thessalonians, Timothy,Peter John |
Bible Answer: With this question, one has to remember the timeframe as part of the context. Its helpful to remember that the OT was written in Hebrew on scrolls and these scrolls took up quite a bit of room in someone's library. In the case of those Books like 1, 2 Sam, 1, 2 Kings, 1, 2 Chron, the author(s) had much to say and took up a lot of scrolls and thus a little more room in our OT. However, the mode of thought was completely different in the case of the Epistles. In this case, the authors like Paul and Peter were writing to a specific audience, including us BTW. But they were each dealing with specific issues and correcting very specific problems. Thus they were short and to the point with a certain amount of greetings and salutations, etc. The second letters from Paul, Peter and John were those of a follow-up nature. They were checking to see how everyone was making out with previous guidance and answered any further issues of one kind or another. Notice that there are rumors and even hints in Paul's letters that there were most likely a third or even a fourth letter to Corinth. Remember the Corinthians had many, severe problems and Paul felt like a "mother hen" to these people. It's quite obvious that God in His Wisdom didn't think we needed these letters or we would have them in our Bibles. It's quite possible they were just suggested guidance from Paul, not Inspired Commands from God, as Paul did in other letters. We should remember that the Bible was a Process that took over 1600 years to complete with about 40 authors, from all occupations and backgrounds, reflecting the distinct personalities in their writing style. But make no mistake, the whole Bible from Gen 1 to Rev 22 is all Inspired by God Almighty. He just allowed His Message to be given through the pens of these authors to reflect all the wonderful and majestic facets of our God. I think it's noteworthy to see and appreciate the Hand of Providence in protecting and maintaining the Bible throughout these thousands of years. We should revere the tremendous amount of care and respect by the copiers over the ages in this sacred Process. I understand throughout all these copies and the best translations, there's not much more than the tiniest bit of variation and those few are negligible. Hope this helps; Go with God in all things, Bill |
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