Chapter 6. 3
Who wrote
the Bible?
Book
of the Covenant – Pentateuch
Book
of the Law – Septuagint
Moses
Moses
wrote the first five books of the Bible known as the Pentateuch. Originally the Laws
were written as one book known as the Septuagint and were thought to have been
separated by the Alexandrian translators.
The scriptures
say that God commanded Moses to write “The Book of the Covenant”, which was also
known as “The
Book of the Law”.[1]
Moses’
lived with his father in law, Jethro a Priest in Midian for some 40 years. It is thought that this was
where he wrote the “Septuagint” or perhaps just after that on
Mount Sinai near where Moses saw the burning bush.
Before Moses
Other writings suggest that Noah
documented some things as well as other writers down through the ages, which was
passed along to Priest like Jethro and finally to Moses. After Moses’ death someone finished the
recording of the events in the “Book of the Covenant”,[2]
but it was all attributed to Moses as his writings. So there were other writers, but Moses
assembled most of it.
Before Noah
Adam walked with God and taught his
family the things of God. Enoch was
the seventh descendent
from Adam. (Seven is
completeness or perfection) Enoch,
a prophet of God lived 365 years and then was taken by God; he did not
experience death.[3]
Enoch was the father of Methuselah who
lived 969 years and died just before the flood of Noah.
The Apocrypha contains three books of Enoch;
1st
Enoch, 2nd Enoch and 3rd Enoch. They
appear to have been written in 300 B.C.
Revelation of God
We
believe the Bible was written because God wanted to reveal to man the
origin of the heavens and the earth and the creation of all things and to
reveal the character of God and His personal relationship to man.
To record the following
a)
that God existed before there was anything
b)
that the earth did not evolve, but was created
from nothing
c)
that there was a world before Adam and record its
destruction (The Gap Theory)
d)
the re-creation and restoration of the earth; the
restoration of the animals and man.
e)
the law of “Sin and Death” was put into effect
f)
the history of the fall of man
g)
the curse on man
h)
the Mosaic Law; the ten commandments and other
laws
i)
the Covenant of the Old Testament
j)
the Covenant of the New Testament
k)
the redemption of man by the Messiah
l)
the final days
m)
His word as the FINAL
AUTHORITY.
Side
Bar: Many student of the Word
reject the notion of a written language in the early formation of earth and
man, but it must be remembered that God’s instruction were passed down orally
generation to generation until they could be documented in a written language. Adam who walked and talked face to face with
God lived 930 years passing His Law onto Enoch the Seventh of the Godly line who also
walked with God. He was the Father of Methuselah
who lived 969 years and was a contemporary of Moses who he passed on God’s
Law.
The Christian Bible today is
made up of sixty-six books authored by numerous writers guided along by the
Holy Spirit.
In the Old Testament; there was Moses,
Joshua, Samuel, Nathan, Gad, Jeremiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Mordecai, Job, David,
Asaph, Ezra, the Sons of Korah, Heman, Ethan, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
In the New
Testament we have Matthew the tax
collector, John Mark the scribe and apprentice, Doctor Luke, the apostle John
and the apostle Paul with contributors Barnabas and Apollos. Then there was the apostle Simon who Jesus
changed his name to Peter and lastly Jude the half-brother of Jesus. Interestingly Mark and Luke who each wrote
one of the four Gospels were not of the inner circle of 12. I call Matthew and John, the Gospel BOOK ENDS with Mark and Luke in the middle.
You
should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own
interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men
spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.[4]
It’s
in the Book
[1] Exodus 17:14 – God gives
the Law to Moses then he gives it to Joshua -- Exodus 34:27 – Moses gives the Book of the
Law to Israel
[2] Exodus 24:7 – God’s
promises are called the Book of the Covenant -- Deuteronomy 28:58 – The
Covenant is also called the book of the LAW -- Deuteronomy 28:61 – The Covenant
contained promises of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience --
Hebrews 11:5 – Enoch pleased God and did not die, but by faith was translated
[3] Genesis 5:23-24 – Enoch
lived three hundred and sixty five years. -- Jude 14-15 – Enoch was the Seventh
from Adam; A prophet of God -- Hebrews 11:5 – Enoch was
taken by God and did not die
[4] 2 Peter 1:20-21 - Men wrote down as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit
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