Bible Questions
Answered:
“Can you tell me how did
God give us the bible...”
Anzu/Tokyo, Japan
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The first thing we must
realize is that The Word Of God, is holy, and inspired by The Holy
Spirit Of God.
II Timothy 3:16 KJV
All scripture is given
by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
So
that we realize that through whatever means, The Word was given, it
was by the inspiration of
God
The Holy Spirit. Here are 10 means of Revelation and Inspiration, God
has used to convey His message to mankind.
DICTATION:
Revelation
2:1-29 - 3:22 KJV
1 Unto the angel of the
church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the
seven stars in His Right Hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven
golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and
thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which
are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and
are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and
hast patience, and for My name's sake hast labored, and hast not
fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have
somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or
else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast,
that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that
over cometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.
8 And unto the angel of
the church in Smyrna write; These things saith The First And
The Last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and
tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the
blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the
synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those
things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation
ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life.
11 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches; He that over
cometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
12 And to the angel of
the church in Pergamos write; These things saith He which hath
the sharp sword with two edges;
13
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat
is: and thou holdest fast My name, and hast not denied My
faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was My faithful martyr, who
was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few
things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before
the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to
commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also
them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I
will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the
sword of My mouth.
17 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that
over cometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him
a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
18 And unto the angel
of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith The Son Of
God, who hath His eyes like unto a flame of fire, and His feet are
like fine brass;
19 I know thy works,
and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works;
and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I
have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman
Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce
My servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto
idols.
21 And I gave her space
to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast
her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her
children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am He
which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one
of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say,
and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and
which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put
upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye
have already hold fast till I come.
26 And he that over
cometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power
over the nations:
27 And he shall rule
them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be
broken to shivers: even as I received of My Father.
28 And I will give him
The Morning Star.
29 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
3:1-22 KJV
1 And unto the angel of
the church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath
The Seven Spirits Of
God (The Seven fold Spirit Of God -NLT), and the seven stars; I know
thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be watchful, and
strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have
not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore
how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and
thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names
even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall
walk with Me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that over cometh,
the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out
his name out of the book of Life, but I will confess his name before
My Father, and before His angels.
6 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of
the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that
is Holy, He that is True, He that hath the key of David, He that
openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works:
behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My Word, and hast not
denied My name.
9 Behold, I will make
them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not,
but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast
kept The Word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that
dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come
quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that over cometh
will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more
out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of
the city of My God, which is
new Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My
new name.
13 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel
of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith
The Amen, The faithful
And True Witness, The Beginning Of The Creation of God;
15 I know thy works,
that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou were cold or hot.
16 So then because thou
art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My
mouth.
17 Because thou sayest,
I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to
buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that
thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at
the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.
21 To him that over
cometh will I grant to sit with Me in My Throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with My Father in His Throne.
22 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what The Spirit saith unto the churches.
DREAMS:
Daniel
7:1 KJV
In the first year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head
upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the
matters.
OBSERVER:
I
John 1:1-3 KJV
1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have
seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have
handled, of The Word of Life;
2
(For The Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,
and shew unto you that Eternal Life, which was with The Father, and
was manifested unto us;)
3
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also
may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with The
Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
Revelation
1:2 KJV
Who
bare record of The Word Of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that He saw.
TESTIMONY
OF MEN:
Psalm
23:1-6 KJV
1
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the
still waters.
3
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
His name's sake.
4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in
The
House Of the Lord for ever.
Psalm
51:1-19 KJV
1
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
2
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be
clear when thou judgest.
5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive
me.
6
Behold, thou desirest Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from
me.
12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
Spirit.
13
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
14
Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.
17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
19
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer
bullocks upon thine altar.
HOLY
SPIRIT GUIDANCE:
II
Peter 1:21 KJV
For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of
God spake as they were moved by The Holy Ghost.
HISTORICAL
INVESTIGATION:
Luke
1:1-4 KJV
1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a
declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of The Word;
3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most
excellent Theophilus,
4
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou
hast been instructed.
JESUS
CHRIST:
John
1:14 KJV
And
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of
The
Only Begotten Of The Father,) full of Grace and Truth.
Hebrews
1:1,2 KJV
1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past
unto the fathers by the prophets,
2
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath
appointed Heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
OBJECT
LESSONS (SYMBOLS):
Jeremiah
19:1-15 NLT
1
This is what The Lord said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask
some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.
2
Go out through the Gate of Broken Pots to the garbage dump in the
valley of Ben-Hinnom, and give them this message.
3
Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from The Lord, you kings of
Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what The Lord Of Heaven’s
Armies, The God Of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on
this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!
4
“‘For Israel has forsaken Me and turned this valley into a place
of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never
before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the
kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of
innocent children.
5
They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons
as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed;
it never even crossed My mind to command such a thing!
6
So beware, for the time is coming, says The Lord, when this garbage
dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom,
but The Valley Of Slaughter.
7
“‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I
will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I
will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild
animals.
8
I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their
stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the
destruction they see there.
9
I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all
the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons
and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.’
10
“As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.
11
Then say to them, ‘This is what The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies says:
As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and
Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here
in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
12
This is what I will do to this place and its people, says The Lord. I
will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.
13
Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah’s
kings, will become like Topheth—all the houses where you burned
incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where liquid offerings
were poured out to your idols.’”
14
Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had
delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of The
Lord. He said to the people there,
15
“This is what The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies, The God Of Israel,
says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding
towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to
Me.’”
GOD'S
VOICE:
Leviticus
1:1 KJV
And
The Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle
of the congregation, saying,
VISIONS:
Ezekiel
1:1 KJV
Now
it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of
Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Whatever means of Revelation God chooses, we must always
remember...
II Peter 1:20,21 KJV
20 Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as they were moved by The Holy Ghost.
I John 5:11-13 KJV
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal Life, and this Life is in
His Son.
12 He that hath The Son hath Life; and he that hath not The Son Of God hath not Life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of The Son Of God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal Life, and that ye may believe on the name of The Son Of God.
