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Mar 21, 2013
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So lets assume the bible is getting an update, the original bible stays intact but more books are added to it to
Feature important people and events that have taken place since the bible was compiled.

Has anything biblically significant happened since then? Have there been any people worthy of making a contribution? Bear in mind people would still be reading this for thousands of years to come and would be influencing millions of future lives.

What would you include? And who should contribute?
 
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Ariel82

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assume..... mmmm... I wouldn't add to the Bible.

that is what the Mormons, Muslim (though they did a lot of editing to the original before adding their spin to it), JW etc do.

Has anything biblically significant happened since then?
yes there were the fulfillment of some prophecies but I don't think they need to be added to the Bible so much as understood by God's people.

Have there been any people worthy of making a contribution?
no. even those who contributed were not worthy but moved by God's Holy Spirit to write what they wrote as a message to the world about Jesus and His Salvation.
 
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check out the book of enoch, it's not of the bible, but it's a interesting book nonetheless and none of it is unbiblical.
 
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kenisyes

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Jesus is the word of God, and Jesus lives in us. We don't need any more written books than we needed to get us to that place. Now, we are the new unfolding of God to the earth.
 
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Actually - a third section wouldn't be a problem.

If one thinks of the first section showing how Israel was set up and their history of messing up their opportunities and being wicked while pretending to worship God.

The second part shows us the life of Jesus and how, even though he was the son of God, he did not fall to temptation but did God's will, even to dying so we, in believing in him could be allowed into the Kingdom of God.

A third book could show (honestly for a change) how the church of Christ (which he said would be persecuted) gained favour with a pagan Emperor and all leaders in the church became rich and powerful (just as Jesus was not) and subverted the gospel message to control people and continue their wealth and power.
Then they stopped most people reading the last gift of the spirit of God - the word of God. Only those taught what to believe it said could tell others (who were not allowed to read it) what it said.
Anyone that disagreed would be killed.
Anyone.
Love was no longer something afforded to you neighbour - it was only afforded to anyone that agreed with you (just exactly not like Jesus).

The first part was history and a message.
So is the third part.

But no-one cares about the third part -
The history is treated as "the wickedness of others that doesn't involve us now" - even though it is the basis for almost all popular doctrine today.
The message that the church has become wicked and astray from what Jesus expected is lost on almost all.
Because they like the lovey-dovey glow of their comfy life in Christ. Give $5 to charity a week and I'm doing well...

"Lord Lord" they say each day...
there will be a gnashing of teeth.
 
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So lets assume the bible is getting an update, the original bible stays intact but more books are added to it to
Feature important people and events that have taken place since the bible was compiled.

Has anything biblically significant happened since then? Have there been any people worthy of making a contribution? Bear in mind people would still be reading this for thousands of years to come and would be influencing millions of future lives.

What would you include? And who should contribute?

No there is no " updates ". The manuscripts never change. Unless they find older manuscripts that fall in line with the ones we have, and can add more insight. but every time older ones are found, they repeat what we have already....

The world changes, even the languages of the world. But the languages in the manuscripts never change. The Hebrew & Greek that most reliable manuscripts are written in, are fixed languages. They never change.

Nothing takes place after that. Only what is written will happen. For example Revelation. that is a book of the future. and it concludes the end of the world. There is nothing more written nor will be.



The only other reliable accepted manuscripts that are not part of modern printed Bibles are the Apocrypha of the Old testament.

They were in the manuscripts and for some reason later on, they were taken out. No biggy, if you want to read them by this book.

Apocrypha by Edgar J. Goodspeed - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists < decent translation.

Or read some online .
 
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nathan3

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meaning, " they were taken out" from modern printed copies.
 
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Do you not see the OT as a history?
Is the history of the church not worthy of record?
You're talking about the times of Christ - the Bible has that covered.
But it does not cover the church of Christ that ensued.

I think it is - as it is 'as bad' if not worse than the history of Israel that the OT shows.

How far the church has moved away from Christ Jesus is important.

Only the church will want to avoid thinking about that fact.
I used to have a link of a picture of the Anglican 'Pope' and the Catholic Pope together - in their riches and finery worth thousands or hundreds of thousands (there is real gold in that thread).

The exact opposite of Jesus and what he wanted.

The history of the church will remain quiet because it went wrong 1900 years ago and is still wrong - by tradition.
 
Mar 21, 2013
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Interesting how nothing bible worthy has happened since.

Sorry Ariel this wasn't intended to be a Mormon or JV attempt to twist things. More an attempt to record modern events/disasters from a religious perspective.

Another question, is The Bible the only concise historical account of things that happened way back when? Do any other historical texts of the time exist and describe events from a non religious perspective?
 
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Interesting how nothing bible worthy has happened since.

Your talking about Prophecy .that is how you want to word this, or no one will help you with it.

Prophecy is for the believer, through the Holy spirit to guide some one to understand it. So it might be hard to grasp .Your going to need a learned teacher.


But here are two note worth prophecies that have come to pass


Israel returning as a nation; that happened in 1948. ( after that, all things Christ outlines in Mark 13 , must come to pass , event.

Jeremiah 24: having to do with the Parable of the Fig tree that Christ Himself taught in Mark 13:28-37 King James Version



Below is a simple straight forward prophecy that has come to pass today :



Amos 8:11

King James Version (KJV)

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:


Though there is a Church on every street corner .There is a famine for the true Word of God.

This all leads up to the ultimate prophecy, of the great deception that will fall on all the world in the very near future, then after that Christ true return .


""Interesting things ""are happening on a daily basis now. Prophecy is coming to pass. The question is are you watching ,or are you sleeping ?
 
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Another question, is The Bible the only concise historical account of things that happened way back when? Do any other historical texts of the time exist and describe events from a non religious perspective?

The answer to this is Yes. Take a look at the finds in the British Museum of History. Take a look at Biblical archeology .

here are just a small handful of the thousands of secular historic accounts also recorded in one form or another in the Bible.


http://christianchat.com/album.php?albumid=9329
 

Angela53510

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The Bible is the revelation of Jesus Christ from start to end. Since we actually know the ending - that Jesus will return for his people, and the in-between is the work of the Holy Spirit in spreading the gospel, I don't think anything is missing from the Bible from creation to eschaton!
 
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So lets assume the bible is getting an update, the original bible stays intact but more books are added to it to
Feature important people and events that have taken place since the bible was compiled.

Has anything biblically significant happened since then? Have there been any people worthy of making a contribution? Bear in mind people would still be reading this for thousands of years to come and would be influencing millions of future lives.

What would you include? And who should contribute?
I have actually thought about this and I think one day there will be a real addition to the Bible. I don't mean the Qur'an or the Book of Mormon. No I think it will be written on the new earth. This is the one event on the prophetic calender of which very little is known. It would not surprise me if Jesus wrote it Himself.

There have been some things that have been "Bible worthy" but have there been any Bible worthy men so inspired by the Holy Spirit to write such an account? I truly do not believe so. Further, I do not believe the various traditions of Christendom could or would unite in agreement. Rather, they would likely try to find someway to either raise themselves up over the others or more likely, to push the others down.

500 or so years ago the Roman Church tried to force additions to the Bible. They still use them even though history shows that the Early Church Father's rejected them as Scripture but only good for edification. The result has been an all out war within Christendom. Some are more tactful, others...well... not so much.

As to the first part, that is just a feeling not prophecy. In truth, each and every believer is a new book of the Bible.They are a Testament read by the Lord. Each is a witness to the combined work of the Holy Spirit and themselves. Some resist other do not. All are loved by God and He loves to read our lives.

In Christ,

Bishop SEH
 

TheAristocat

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So lets assume the bible is getting an update, the original bible stays intact but more books are added to it [...]What would you include?
Something fancy sounding about how I dug up and translated some golden tablets by stuffing my face into a hat and stared at a couple of rocks until I saw letters appear.
 
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Ah, yes, and I was really a con-man/con-artist who had private revelation from some angels about the 'true' Gospel, when I was really consulting with demonic spirits.

Joseph Smith, you have a lot to answer for!
 
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Everything needed is already in there......
 

TheAristocat

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Interesting how nothing bible worthy has happened since.

Sorry Ariel this wasn't intended to be a Mormon or JV attempt to twist things. More an attempt to record modern events/disasters from a religious perspective.

Another question, is The Bible the only concise historical account of things that happened way back when? Do any other historical texts of the time exist and describe events from a non religious perspective?
From a non-religious perspective? Doesn't necessarily have to be from a non-religious perspective, does it? What about the Mesha Stele? The Balaam Inscription? The Jezebel Seal? The Tel Dan Stele. There are some others that are pretty interesting, but these that are listed record historical events recorded in the Bible or allude to historical figures found therein. And they're not really non-religious, seeing how many early civilizations had beliefs in different gods, but they don't all come from Israel. Some come from Israel's enemies.
 
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The bible is about past, present and future. It also says no one is to add or take away from it. To make your consideration is to make a theory completely against what the bible says, so i won't bother with this theoretical question. God gave us what He intended, nothing more needs to be added.

No, nothing significant has happened since, that would be bible worthy. The priorities of the bible are first Christ, his crucifixion and resurrection. Then we have the ways we are to live our lives. True, there is an element of history in parts of the bible, but that is not the goal of the bible. Its point is not a record of history and events. Its to share the news of Christ and his forgiveness and reconciling our relationship with God. Adding modern situations to the bible would be irrelevant.
 
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Something fancy sounding about how I dug up and translated some golden tablets by stuffing my face into a hat and stared at a couple of rocks until I saw letters appear.
Surely people can't believe that. I also like how something that written in the 19th century is written in a 14th Century style. Lol
 
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Because everything God has to say He said it in Jesus Christ. Can anything compare to that, and He did lay out the last events of the church age and his millennial reign. If you are looking for God to reveal Himself, He has already done that and the people said please don't do that again. Send us your prphets and we will listen to them, but do not show yourself again lest we die.