| > I'm always a bit wary of anyone who comes along to "rewrite" the Word of
> God because "something was left out".
Actually, I'm *A LOT* wary.
There have been thousands of pages of writings since (and before) the writing
of the Bible that have expanded on, illuminated, and brought fresh
perspectives on the Word. I've read works by many authors that have helped
me greatly in pursuing the Way of Christ.
But those works do not 'write a new bible,' or fill in parts that are 'left
out.' When someone says they are doing something 'new,' then watch out!
If you look at the history of God's prophets, they have two main functions:
Call people *back* to what God has already said, which the people
have strayed from.
Speak of a new thing that the Lord will do in the future.
The prophets NEVER, NEVER, NEVER *CALL* people to something new. When God
wants to do a new thing, He does it Himself. When He gave people the Law,
the first covenant, He came Himself with great signs and wonders, leading the
people out of Egypt, even writing the ten commandments Himself. When He gave
the new covenant, He came Himself in the person of Jesus, with great signs
and wonders, and established the new covenant in His own blood.
When a 'prophet' comes along saying that they are calling people to something
'new' that is in conflict with what God has said before, that's a nearly sure
sign that they are not from God. God's prophets have never been given such a
calling. Something that is truly from God may *seem* new, having been
forgotten for a long time, but if it is not in accord with who the Lord has
revealed Himself to be, then it is not to be trusted as from the Lord.
When it's time for something new, the Lord will come again and do it Himself.
Maranatha!
Paul
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| ...and from what I understand, the next NEW thing that He will do
personally is establish the millenial reign of Christ.
The reason for expounding of the word by authors is many (all having to
do with furhter understanding of what is written), there is no
reason to "rewrite" the Bible due to "missing" parts, however.
There is a big difference between putting things into historical
context (by expanding on what is written in a way that we can understand
it in our language), and adding in new parts. Put me into the "wary"
category, as well.
-steve
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| Hi,
Thanks for the replies sofar, when I got enough material,
I'm thinking of making a hardcopy and send this to my brother.
My brother just keeps wondering, why I keep refusing reading
this books too!
He said that there's nothing wrong with it, because it does
not denied what the Bible say, but it adds new visions to it,
because like my brother said, it tells things about the invisible
world and the world of life upon other planets and things like that
which could not be understand by people in the time the bible was
written.
But now my brother said we can understand much more and God has given
new visions to Jacob Lorber and he wrote them down for the whole world
to read.
L.B.W.
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