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Who wrote the book of Job and the other books of the Bible?
Hello Lance, praise God that he is touching your heart! That is a gift that we could not place a value on, the gift of faith. Before we answer your questions, may I share your favorite Bible verse that you sent along with your question? As you know, when someone fills out the form to submit a Bible question they are asked what their favorite Bible Scripture or Biblical story/event is. Someday soon we might post all those Scriptures/stories in an anonymous format for all to see what other Christians are touched or moved by in the written Word of God. You sent us: "Job chapters 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Where GOD speaks to Job directly face to face." We agree with you that must have been both powerful and humbling to Job. We who overcome in this lifetime shall all one day live with God in Heaven and He will also converse with us face to face. What a time that shall be! And it will be eternal, no more pain and sorrow, no more death and disease. God said so, and He don't lie: "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began" {Titus 1:2}:
You noticed that I put as the italics 'running heading' for the above Scripture: "(John, the scribe of the book of Revelation, speaking of Heaven, which he saw)". I referred to John as the 'Scribe' of the book of Revelation instead of the 'Author' of it. This is most accurate, for while John did put 'the pen to the paper,' our Heavenly Father Almighty God is the author and finisher of the Bible and all it contains. You ask: "is it true that all the books in the bible were written by different men of GOD?" Oh yes lance, chosen men of God were touched by the Holy Spirit and they were moved to write what God told them to write, they wrote down the words that God wanted us to have today and forever to obey and to be comforted by. Let's allow the Apostle Peter, whom wrote the 1st and 2nd Epistles of Peter in the New Testament, tell us how the words in the Bible came to be written for mankind:
The whole of the Bible is written by some thirty-three different men (exact number disputed), but as you study and become more familiar with God's Word you discover that it appears to be written in the same style as though it was authored by one in the same entity. There is a very good reason for this, while the Bible was put to pen and paper by many different men over a long period of time, the content of the sacred writings are directly from Almighty God, holy and unbreakable. God, through the Holy Spirit (which is simply the Spirit of God) moved those men to write the various books of the Bible. God had them to write what He wanted written. Thereby God was able to interrelate the sixty-six separate books that make up our Bibles. It is like one giant puzzle where every piece fits perfectly into its place in relation to all the others. Just as God Himself wrote the Ten Commandments, He also had the rest of the entire Bible written through the pen and paper of man, but always by the power and the influence of His Holy Spirit.
Moses was not yet alive to witness many of the events that he wrote of which are contained in the beginning of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible - Genesis through Deuteronomy), for Moses was born in approximately 1571 BC and Adam and Eve were from 4004 BC.... Nor was St. John, who was the author of the book of Revelation, to be living when the events of that last book of the Bible (Revelation) came to pass. For Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible in, say, 1490 BC, which was some 2500 years after Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, but Moses wrote of them in great detail even giving the names of their descendents with their life spans, that was before man even invented writing, even going back further in time to the first verse of the Bible {Gen 1:1}. this could not Moses do alone! And what about St. John, he wrote the book of Revelation in AD 94, which was at least 1900 years before the events where and are to come to pass. Yes these men wrote those books, but God through His Holy Spirit guided them as to what to write. Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God, and the Bible is the written Word of God. When the Bible utilizes the statement: "The Word," it is a powerful statement indeed:
It is important that we fully understand that the words in our Bibles are the Word of God and they are unbreakable promises paid for by the blood of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. And once it is understood that the words in the Bible are God's words, written by men under the influence and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, then and only then can we hope to benefit from the teachings that God incorporates throughout the entirety of His holy written Word the Bible. You cannot pick and chose what you will or will not believe in the Word of God, either it is all true or it is all a lie, either you believe that the Bible is the inspired and preserved Word of God or you do not, there is no middle ground, there is no such thing as 'a little faith,' either you believe or you do not. Is the Bible the vain words of mere men or it is the Holy Spirit inspired Word of Almighty God? What saith the Word of God on the matter?:
Oh yes lance, the Bible is the written Word of God, scribed by holy men of God who were moved to write the words that we read in our Bibles yesterday, today and forever! As touching on the book of Job, there is much uncertainty and disagreement as to by whom and when the book book of Job was written. But the book of Job probably is the first book written in the Bible, even before the book of Genesis was written. To answer your question, I will reference the matter with the writing of Dr. E.W. Bullinger from the Companion Bible, the Bible that I strongly suggest you acquire: Excerpted from the Companion Bible, preface to the book of Job:
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Jeremiah chapter 35 explained; specifically verse 19 (Kenites)
Answer: Hello Shanoa, interesting question. First of all you must understand that chapter 35 of Jeremiah is a parenthetical chapter (Jeremiah goes back here to explain a preceding event, See {Jere 25:1; 26:1}). To understand the 19th verse (the last) of Jeremiah Cpt. 35 we must understand several other things first. Below is the verse in question:
Ok, we need to understand just who ‘Jonadad‘ is, who his father 'Rechab' is, and subsequently who the 'Rechabite' (of Chpt. 35, verse 2) peoples are. They are Kenites! Shanoa, I do not know on what level you study so I will take this whole issue and bring it all the way down to the base. If you already know some or all of what I am going to be teaching on the subject then please don’t feel that I am speaking down to you. For there are many newer Bible students who study with us and we want them to be able to fully understand your question & answer as well. Ok, first we will document that Jonadad, Rechab, and the Rechabites are Kenites, then we will explain who the Kenites are and who thier father (greatest ancestor0 is.
So the people that God is speaking to in our {Jer 35:19} are Kenites. But who and what are Kenites? Kenites are the offspring of Cain - the first murderer (in Garden of Eden). Below we post the definition of the word 'Kenites' from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance:
So now we further see that our Jonadad, Rechab, and the Rechabites are Kenites, who are the descendants of cain (the first murderer). But who was Cain's father? It was not Adam as many today teach. Eve was Cain's mother but the serpent in the Garden (satan) was Cain's father. We have an in-depth Bible study that fully documents this if you have not been taught the fact. The study is WHAT WAS THE REAL SIN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?!?, but to simply put it here: Cain and Able were twins, but they were what is called Fraternal Twins (having been conceived at two different times, in this case by two different fathers, but developed in the same pregnancy in two separate water sacs in the same womb). This happens to this very day, ask any Nurse or Doctor. Sometimes the Fraternal Twins are conceived by the sperm of the same man at two closely spaced intercourses, and sometimes the sperm of two different men. I'm sure that you have heard of Twins and then Identical Twins, and then there are even today born Twins of different races as is the case of Cain and Able. I know that this may seem remarkable to one who has never been taught this before, but take it for granted for now and then after this study read the WHAT WAS THE REAL SIN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?!? study and it will be settled very well in your mind. It also will open-up the interpretation of many Scriptures to your mind. One example below will show you that Jesus Christ Himself taught that satan has progeny (offspring) on this earth. Below, Jesus is speaking to the Kenite Jews (not all Jews are Kenites!!!). These particular ones below who call themselves Jews are not Jews, but rather Kenites who mixed in with the Tribe of Judah (see: In the Bible, who Are The People Of The House Of Israel, the House Of Judah, The Jews, And The Kenites?). Please note the capitalization of the letter 'F and f' in the word 'Father and father' as it is variously used! It represents the presence of the definite article in the original Greek Manuscripts. Father is Almighty God, and father is satan:
Ok, I hope that explains that our "Jonadad, Rechab, and the Rechabites" are the descendants of the devil (satan, the serpent in the Garden of Eden). Now lets again look at {Jer 35:19} and at what God said to them:
So what is God saying here in the 35th chapter of Jeremiah? He is saying that the children of the satan listen well to satan, but the children of God do not listen to God well. Here is God's pronouncement to His people:
God allows satan to have power on earth (although satan is locked away physically till the end time when he comes as the false christ - the antichrist. (See: THE ANTICHRIST). God allows this to fulfill the negative part of His prophecies. The Kenite Jews (not all Jews are Kenites!!!, and you can't tell which is which without spiritual discernment, so don't even try. God said to leave them alone {Mt 5:25}), the ones that Jesus was speaking to in the above Scripture when he called them the children of the first murderer, were the same ones who rejected Him and called out to the Romans: "Crucify Him, crucify Him" {Lk 23:21}. They rejected Jesus then and they shall reject God and Jesus forever. These Kenites (which are among us even today) can still find salvation if they believe upon Jesus Christ. But it appears that they are right where they want to be, with their father satan doing his evil works. Thus God told them that they shall always reject God because their ancestors (the Kenites, descendents of Cain, the offspring of satan) taught them to. It is just the very evil nature of them, they are of the adversary satan and they are by nature predisposed to be against God just as their father satan is against God alway: "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit" {Matt 7:18}. Let's read our verse one more time:
Approximately 524 years after God spoke the above verse to those Kenites (and Jeremiah the prophet recorded it in our Bible) the descendents of these Kenites delivered the Son of God up to the Romans for crucifixion with a false witness (A.D. 29), they then sealed the deed by yelling: "Crucify Him, crucify Him" {Lk 23:21}, just as their fathers Jonadad, Rechab...Cain, satan (serpent) wanted them to. I hope that helps, God bless you Shanoa! Nick (Editor); WBSG | Back to top |
Where do Homosexuals stand with the Bible and God?
Diane writes:
Thank you Diane for the kind words. Homosexuality is a sin like all other sins, it can be forgiven through repentance to God in the name of Jesus Christ. However, God felt that this was a serious sin among other sins, for God put a death penalty behind it:
Obviously our society does not execute Gays and Lesbians, and we are supposed to live by the laws of our land {Titus 3:1, 1st Pet 2:13-16}. Homosexuality is also spoken against in the New Testament but there is no death penalty mentioned. I only state that because there are 'unbalanced' people who would read something into that. No one could be condemned under God's law without a trial: "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established." {Deut 19:15}, and we don't try Homosexuals in our day so don't anyone think that I am advocating death penalties for Gays. In fact, in the Old Testament the sin of adultery also carries a death sentence, as does idolatry... Enough said about that. God will do the judging and He will administer punish in a number of ways.
Sin is sin, you must repent of every sin you commit or you will be 'charged' with it on Judgment Day. But a Homosexual who has perverted sex with another of his/her gender is no more or less in jeopardy of going to Hell than I would be if I went over to my neighbors house and committed adultery with his wife - we would both be in danger of the Judgment! But then if after the sin was committed, myself and the person who had engaged in prohibited gay sex both were to repent to God for our sins and try harder not to commit them again, then that particular one incident of sin would be forgiven by the Blood of the Lamb Jesus Christ for both of us (if we are Christian believers). What if we do it again? Well we better be trying not to, for God is not one to be 'toyed with,' but He understands the weakness of mankind. repentance means to have a change of heart, to understand that what was done was wrong, and to have a mind to try to change. You cannot simply just go through the motions of 'repenting' to cover your b*tt, you must be sincere; And no, you don't need a Priest to repent with, you repent to God in personal heartfelt prayer (simple words from your heart to your Heavenly Father), not to some man out loud, who may be worse off than you! Along with repentance, ask God for the strength to overcome the urge to participate in whatever thing you are having trouble with, God will help you.
But sin and salvation are two separate things. Salvation is a gift of Grace by God to us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We must believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, who died on the cross, rose again the third day, and is seated at the right hand of God. Do that and you have fulfilled the 'minimum requirements' (for lack of a better term) for salvation:
But there are rewards in Heaven that last an eternity "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." {Rev 19:8}, these rewards are for those who please God. Pray to God to help you with your weaknesses, He will! But there is something far worse and evil indeed going on with the 'Gay issue' than the Gays going about their disobedience. There are supposed men of God, preachers/priests that are telling Gays that what they are doing is Ok with God now. These false teachers/preachers will bear the sins along with those that they have mislead. There will be far more false teachers who lie about God's Word in Hell than there will be those deceived by them! But God be the Judge, and thank God for that, for if man were our Judge none of us would have a chance.
I'll close this with an excerpt from elsewhere on this site along with a picture of a Priestess preaching at the foot of the Altar to little children wearing the 'Gay Pride' colored scarf over her priest robes - how nice. Oh well, I guess 'anything for a buck' in the churches now-a-days - sad! Alternative lifestyles, Homosexuality, and Lesbianism Its against God's law, even though satan's false teachers/preachers whom have infiltrated God's Ministries say it's a-okay. And no this is not an attempt to 'gay bash' anyone, not anymore than we would 'adulterer bash,' or 'thief bash' anyone. We do not have the power nor the right to judge anyone. But they also do not have the power nor the right to say that sin is not sin. And we are to discern the right from the wrong, and it is not passing judgment on someone to observe that they go against what God tells us in His holy written Word, the Bible, because the next thing you know they will be having our children doing it until the wrong becomes right and the right becomes 'ignorance' or 'prejudice.' How far are we really from that now?
In our churches today, over-tolerance is diluting the Word of God
and allowing satan's false religions to creep into Christianity.
Just one example of this is that instead of Christians refraining It is by tactics like these that satan will so blur the lines between good and evil, right and wrong, true and false, that God's truth will be lost to a deceived world. It is that pitifully deceived world that will be led into the great apostasy of worshipping the false christ (antichrist) thinking him to be the True Messiah. And they dare not object for fear of being 'Politically Incorrect,' they just trudge through their useless (to God) lives with an 'anything goes' tolerant attitude that will allow satan to have his way with God's children. The saddest and most revolting fact of all is that the Christian has been brainwashed into thinking that 'tolerance' is what God wants from His people; Or they have been scarred out of making a stand, either way they are of no use to God in these troublous times, they are part of the problem. 'Tolerance' simply means that you agree not to stand against anything no matter how wrong or perverted it is. God knew:
Homosexuality is a sin, but like any sin you commit, God can forgive you of it through the Blood of Christ if you ask and believe upon Him. Honest and heartfelt prayer to our Heavenly Father will help you overcome those urges, just as with any self destructive urges like adultery, alcoholism, pornography, drug addiction, obesity.... And NO! God did not make gay people that way! That's just a lie from those with a gay agenda. Babies don't have sexual desires, but as they grow up they are influenced by perversion and the 'dare to be different' syndrome. If an adolescent as they first begin to experience sexual urges meet with a Homosexual who gratifies them sexually, then they (the adolescent) will unconsciously identify gay sex with pleasure. Then place that poor deceived adolescent into our modern world where those who knew better remained mute for fear of censure, while the perverted with ungodly agendas constantly placed Homosexuality on the television, in movies, rock videos, newspapers, Constitutions, billboards - what do expect? And who really failed God more, the Christian or the Homosexual?!? In most mainstream Universities it is now considered 'cool' to be bi-sexual. And AIDS victims are somehow considered 'victims of the struggle.' Despite what the corrupted compromised media propaganda machine tells you, it is some 1000 times harder for a man to get AIDS from a woman that from another man. But the press has sold it's soul long ago. Just as with any addiction or perversion you will only be in bondage to it as long as you don't stand up and resist it. Satan's false teachers/preachers tell you that it's okay, and that God made you that way because they want you to continue in the sin. Misery loves company and the damned feel they can usurp God by popular opinion, convenience, and sheer numbers. God however, does not rule by popular opinion. God does not honor satan's lies. When some fallen priest/pastor tells you Homosexuality is Ok with God, God does not honor that fools statement, and these men speak with no authority from God, even though they say they are men of God and dress like them. We are no more born gay than we are born adulterers or thieves, it's all about choice and obedience. If you enjoy being 'different' and disobedient, satan then moves into your heart with all manner of perversion. If you ask God to help you do the right thing and live according to His Word, He will!! And He knows none of us is perfect, He only wants us to try. There are Ministries on the Internet that are run by ex-homosexuals who help others out of the cult. Though I cannot endorse thier particular doctrinal teaching without studying it and comparing it to what the Bible teaches, which is something we all must do when studying the Bible with any group (especially on the WWW). But they may be like the AAA who help people get off the booze, maybe they can help you 'get off the guys.' A little pun there - sorry. In a short while we will be preparing an in-depth Bible study into the origins and cause and effect of homosexuality, with a look into the supernatural aspect. Sodom and Gomorrah had a lot of help. And you will notice a certain 'spirit' about most Homosexuals. If you are interested keep checking our 'What's New' section of our Homepage, or sign up for automatic E-mail notification of new study materials on our site. God bless! I hope our answer has not come off as being ‘hateful’ towards Gays, but there is a fine line between compassion and encouraging certain behaviors. It is our prayer that those locked into a Homosexual lifestyle will find freedom from it through Christ Jesus our Savior and the Lord God. Nick; WBSG | Back to top |
Wow! Excellent question, and thank you for the kind words. Allow us to back up a bit and fully explain the situation you are asking about for any newer Bible students who might happen across this. As with all the questions we answer on this site, the answers are geared in such a way as to benefit as many people as possible, both newer and more seasoned Bible students. So don't be offended Betty should it seem as though I am over-explaining something that you already understand. Take from the answer what you will, and others will also take what they need to know from it. Ok, in the 5th Trump in the book of Revelation we see the Locust Army (the fallen angels) being released from the Bottomless Pit {Rev 9:2-3}. Later we see the beast (satan, antichrist, lucifer, devil, serpent...all the same one entity) that ascended out of the Bottomless Pit make war with the Two Witnesses of God and kill them {Rev 11:7}. Betty's question, if I read it right is this: "Do the fallen angels and satan (antichrist) both go into, and come out of the Bottomless pit at the same time? And whence came they there?" Ok, this is gonna get complicated, like I said, it is a very good question. To answer your question about if the fallen angels and satan act in concert (i.e., together), we supply:
And:
The natural next
question would be: "if satan is cast from Heaven WITH his
angels {Rev 12:9}, then who are the Locust Army (fallen angels)
that are released from the Pit on the earth in {Rev 9:11}". We know from the below Scripture that the Bottomless pit is definitely a place that the evil angels and demons do not want to go:
There is also 'another' place mentioned in Scripture of a holding place for certain fallen angels, this place is called Tartaros in the Greek. This word Tartaros is only used once in the entire Bible and it is the place where the fallen angels of {Gen 6:2} are currently being held. This word was simply translated as "hell" in our English Bibles, but this is not the same as the "hell" used elsewhere in the Bible. This is a special mysterious place.
So in this we see that there are different places, or different 'levels' of confinement for angels who sin against God. Some in Heaven {Rev 12:9}, some in the Bottomless pit {Rev 9:2-3...}, and some in Tartarus {2nd Pet 2:4}. Are all these places in the same place? Are all these places the same place? We don't know, at least I don't know, I guess that there are some things that man isn't to know. But when it's all said and done we shall know, because in Heaven we will be "as the angels" {Mt 22:30} in spiritual bodies with full recall of the first earth age - that is the reason that God deals so harshly with a fallen angel, satan being the chiefest one. It would remove a lot of difficulty if we were to allow that there are different 'classes' of satan's angels (as there are of God's Angels) and that they have different specific duties to be carried out at certain different times (as do God's). Would it not? And do not confuse the first beast of {Rev 13:1} and 'it's' "42 months" (3½ years); with the "42 months' (3½ years) of the second beast and his 'crew' in {Rev 11:2 & 13:11}, this later being the same as the "time, times, and a half" (3½ years) of {Dan 12:7}.
There are two beasts, one (the first of {Rev 13:1}) is the one-world religious/political system: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." {Rev 13:1}, it is not supernatural but rather simply a corrupt one-world system (new world order) that has united after some global near catastrophe (deadly wound {Rev 13:3}), and it rises up out of the sea (the peoples {Rev 17:15} waters = peoples, nations): "saw a beast rise up out of the sea" {Rev 13:1}. The second beast is the antichrist (satan): "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." {Rev 13:11}, he rises up out of the earth (Bottomless Pit): " And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth" {Rev 13:11}. This event is synonymous with: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." {Rev 12:9}. Perhaps a brief synopsis would be helpful to tie this all together: The one-world system (first beast {Rev 13:1}) which is in place in the end-time, suffers some unstated catastrophic event (deadly wound). The second beast (satan, antichrist) appears on the earth with his angels and mends the rift thus solidifying the one-world system (first beast) under his direct control. The Elect of God resist this system all the way, are arrested (probably as enemies of God, the false god antichrist who is no god!) and testify at councils against antichrist. The two Witnesses of God {Rev chapter 11} witness against satan's one-world system which now worships satan as the impostor christ, the antichrist. The world believes that satan is in fact the prophesied Messiah and most worship him in ignorance - at least at first. The antichrist kills the Two Witnesses of God thus violating the absolute order given in among other places, in: {Rev 9:4} "...but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." Three and a half (there's that number again!) days later Almighty God raises the Two Witnesses back to life and they ascend into Heaven in front of the whole world. We are now within one literal hour of the Apocalyptic cascade of events that constitute the end of this flesh age - the Second Advent of Jesus Christ Son of God with great wrath and fury. Satan is bound in the Bottomless pit for one-thousand years - the Millennium, then the loosing of satan again from the Bottomless Pit to test those taught in the Millennium, satan and those following him encircle the saints of God and prepare to destroy them, but God intervenes and devours His enemies, satan is cast into the Lake of Fire, then comes judgment day, those who have not overcome are cast into the Lake of Fire where satan is, the new Heaven descends to earth, the Lake of Fire is dried up with it's inhabitants so thoroughly blotted out that there is no memory of their very existence even, and then God dwells with His children (us) on this earth as He did before the fall of satan and the rebellion in the first earth age. All that offends is gone, and the age is eternal. Praise God! Thank-you for a most difficult question and God bless! Nick; WBSG | Back to top |
How can we know that GOD is the true GOD...
Answer: Hello, may we answer your question by repeating it and placing commentary within it in brackets [Commentary]?
Sir, we have a Bible study on our site that deals with your question in-depth. The study gives you undeniable proofs from Scripture. We highly recommend it to you. The study is at: Faith and Belief. Also see: Jesus Christ foretold of in Old Testament Scripture, and, Why I Believe!. God bless you!
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from perversion,
the so-called false preachers are creating entire
congregations for homosexuals embracing the activities that God
commanded that should not be done. They even dare to raise the
standard (flag) of 'gay-pride' in the house of God (notice the
'Gay Pride' rainbow colors on the scarf of the Priestess in photo
at right). (The caption reads: Rev. Karen L. Hutt conducts the
children's message service before the mostly black and gay
congregation at the Church of the Open Door on the Southwest Side
[Chicago]).