It is certain that each of the authors of the Bible was a prophet or someone who had the gift of prophecy. It is through this gift that the Bible was inspired as a true revealing of God and His purposes. The Holy Spirit speaks through chosen people who are His prophets (and not throughContinue reading “#25 The Authors of the Bible were Prophets”
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#23 Bible Books, Authors and Dates Summary
Job – from Uz or Edom, written by Jobab around 2200-2500 BC Genesis – compiled by Moses from early sources Exodus – The Israelites flee from Egypt in about 1440 BC, written by Moses Leviticus – Laws received by Moses Numbers – history written by Moses Deuteronomy – summary of events written at the endContinue reading “#23 Bible Books, Authors and Dates Summary”
#10 Lamentations and Baruch
LAMENTATIONS Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes Lamentations to Jeremiah. It is written in the style of the book of Jeremiah by Baruch. Lamentations describes the divine judgment on Jerusalem in 586 BC. Jeremiah and Baruch were eye-witnesses of this event. The book was written after 586 BC and before 575 BC. It is a poeticContinue reading “#10 Lamentations and Baruch”
#3 Old Testament Books Reordered into Chronological Order
After reordering the Protestant canon of Scripture for the Old Testament, I will place the books of the Apocrypha in chronological order in between these Bible books. I have used capital letters for the books belonging to the Protestant canon, and small letters for the additional books of the Catholic canon of Scripture. For eachContinue reading “#3 Old Testament Books Reordered into Chronological Order”
