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Analysis Of The Book Of Books: How It Came Down To Us

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The Bible The Book of Books – How it Came Down To Us If God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then who can rise above him and deny him the power he once had of speaking to men and women he commissioned and called to be his prophets? Yea, I know not any. Wayne Jackson of ‘Christian Courier” expresses the views of many Christians when he writes: The writer of the book of Hebrews has summarized Heaven’s methods of communication to humanity. “God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son” (Heb. 1:1). The foregoing text states several basic truths. God has spoken to man. He did so in times past in varying degrees and by different methods. …show more content…

The key question to focus upon, however, is this: What is the significance of the phrase “in his Son”? First, let us note some of the ways by which the Lord communicated with various individuals of the past. There is no question but that the Creator of the universe is a God who communicates with humankind. When man was fresh from the hand of his Maker, the Lord spoke to him and said, “I have given you every herb yielding seed ... for food” (Gen. 1:29-30). In Eden, the Lord spoke directly with Adam (Gen. 3:9). There were times when God “appeared” (in a physical form) and engaged the patriarchs in conversation (cf. Gen. 18:1ff). But these episodes say nothing about how Jehovah may communicate with humanity in this post-miraculous, Christian age. See our article on Miracles. In ages of the ancient past, God occasionally spoke to men in dreams as they slept (Gen. 20:1-7; 28:10ff; Mt. 1:20-21), but there is not the slightest evidence that he does so

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