Gordon,
Thank you for your tacit acceptance of my thesis. Perhaps we can now
begin discussing some of the many significant implications of the OBC
phenomena.
To answer your comment on my recent closing remarks:
(1) God's revelation to man has surely taken the form of a progression -
as we find it briefly summarised in Hebrews 1:1,2.
(2) I cannot agree that Rev.22:18,19 refers to the whole Bible. Reading
the warnings carefully we observe the phrase "the plagues that are
written in this book" appears to be only relevant to the Book of
Revelation.
(3) The Canon did not become a fixed entity until the 4th century.
So, beginning with the pure (and short!) revelation of Eden - and the
severing of man's relationship with his Maker - we have the process of
rapprochement described in the pages of Scripture. The ultimate stage -
the Incarnation and what followed - was preceded by a series of steps
which, at times, involved God's dealing directly with certain
individuals, and at others, his performing open miracles and instituting
general forms of worship. Throughout all this, the Lord has ever
graciously provided all that man has required to re-establish a close
personal relationship with him.
Vernon
gordon brown wrote:
>
> On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
>
> > Concerning your closing comments: who are we to question what God
> > deems sufficient and appropriate revelation for any particular age?
>
> Vernon,
>
> I am not sure how to interpret the foregoing remarks. Do you believe
> that the Scripture was not completed in the first century and that
> additions made since that time and appearing in the King James Version
> are to be regarded as inspired along with the first century writings?
> If so, I disagree with you and note that you are going against the
> interpretation of Rev. 22:18-19 that applies it to all the Scripture
> written up to that time.
>
> Gordon Brown
> Department of Mathematics
> University of Colorado
> Boulder, CO 80309-0395
Vernon had written:
I think it important that we see these remarkable coincidences (which
you believe 'somehow stand out from most of the rest of Scripture.') -
as a facet of the wider OBC phenomena. In a recent email to Moorad I
sketched a scenario - or 'Theory of Divine Intent' (TDI)* - that alone
appears to provide a reasonable explanation of the totality of the
empirical data. As a mathematician you will already be aware of the
strength of my case - though you have yet to admit as much.
I therefore suggest that a rebuttal of my claim re the English KJV
cannot succeed until a reasonable naturalistic explanation be found for
the whole body of OBC phenomena.
Concerning your closing comments: who are we to question what God deems
sufficient and appropriate revelation for any particular age?
Vernon
* "That the Creator, in his wisdom, has underwritten his word with
specific evidences of his being and sovereignty - these to be revealed
at the appointed time (ie, now)."
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