The Scriptures were given to man piece meal
Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Holy men of God spake (wrote) as they were moved by God
2 Peter 1:21 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.
During a 1600 year period (BC 1492 – AD 100), 40 different men wrote 66 separate books (39 prior to 400 BC and 27 in 54-100 AD)
The Authors included:
- Men learned in World Power ⭢⭢ Moses
- Warriors ⭢⭢ Joshua
- Kings ⭢⭢ David, Solomon
- Statesmen ⭢⭢ Daniel
- Servants (cupbearer) to a king ⭢⭢ Nehemiah
- Uncle of a Queen ⭢⭢ Mordecai (Queen Esther)
- Rich men ⭢⭢ Job
- Priests ⭢⭢ Samuel, Ezra
- Seers ⭢⭢ Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
- Prophets ⭢⭢ Hosea, Joel, Jonah, Micah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
- Herdsmen ⭢⭢ Amos
- Tax Men ⭢⭢ Matthew
- Disciples ⭢⭢ Mark
- Physician ⭢⭢ Luke
- Unlearned, Ignorant Fishermen ⭢⭢ John, Peter, James
- Brother of Christ ⭢⭢ Jude
- Men learned in Jewish Law ⭢⭢ Paul
It was written in such places as:
- Wilderness of Sinai
- Cliffs of Arabia
- Hills & Towns of Palestine
- Courts of Temples
- Towns of Bethel and Jericho
- Palaces of Shushan in Persia
- The River Chebar in Babylonia
- The dungeons of Rome
- The Island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea
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