PAUL TOLD THE OT (Original Text) WAS INSPIRED BY GOD

PAUL TOLD THE OT (Original Text) WAS INSPIRED BY GOD

By Hugh Fogelman

According to the Christian’s New Testament, Paul and Peter both agreed that God inspired the Hebrew Scriptures. When Christians are asked where does it say the New Testament was/is "inspired" by God Himself, they proudly point to; "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." (Paul’s writing in 2 Timothy 3:16)

You should know that when Paul penned “all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God” ("God-breathed") the New Testament had not yet been written. Paul was referring only to the Hebrew Bible.

The Christian New International Version Study Bible (NIV) [spin city] conjures up this explanation, "When Paul wrote 2 Timothy 3:16 he affirms God’s active involvement in the writing of Scripture, an involvement so powerful and pervasive that what is written is the infallible and authoritative word of God (see 2 Peter 1:20-21 and notes)."

Let’s see what Peter had to say. Remember that Peter was supposedly one of Jesus’ favorite disciples, who supposedly was personally taught by Jesus and walked and slept with him all the way. Yet Peter only wrote three chapters in this one book of his experiences and did not go into details of any events.

"Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God" (2 Peter 1:20-21 NIV)

The NIV associates this to the "transfiguration" that Peter was supposedly witnessed, yet only wrote perhaps two sentences on that very important so-called Godly event.

A very important question needs to be answered. That event, the "transfiguration," happened long before any of Paul’s writings, so Paul had no idea of what Peter wrote supposedly about it 60 or more years later. The question is, why is Paul’s writing associated to events that he had no knowledge of?

Think for yourself, if Paul had knowledge of the "transfiguration, he should/would have mentioned it, but he did not. Why? Because Paul had no idea of that event.

What is important is that Peter (2 Peter 1:20-21) acknowledged what Jews have known for over 3,300 years―that their prophets indeed had God’s will and interpretation and God’s-breath in the Hebrew prophecies. Peter just confirmed that, a lesson that all Christians should learn.

Yes, it was the Hebrew Scriptures (the Original Text – the SOURCE) that were inspired by God Himself―not the nu TESTament. ALWAYS REMEMBER:

“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 13:1-3 (KJV)

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