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The reason scholars need to believe in mythical scriptures is because they do not understand where Matthew and Luke (and John), many years later, got the material that wasn't available to Mark. | The reason scholars need to believe in mythical scriptures is because they do not understand where Matthew and Luke (and John), many years later, got the material that wasn't available to Mark. | ||
| − | The answer is plain. The mystery which was hidden from the beginning was revealed through Christ and the cross. | + | The answer is plain. The mystery which was hidden from the beginning was revealed through Christ and the cross. The apostles did not get magic knowledge, or a tiny taste of omniscience, but they studied the scriptures in the context of the resurrection, to understand the mystery. The more they studied, the more they understood, and so the more they shared. <ref>[[2Ti 2:15]] Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.</ref> |
As mentioned earlier: | As mentioned earlier: | ||
Revision as of 16:01, 4 March 2017
Many Biblical scholars look for subtle ways to discredit the Bible. Such is the invention of the 'Q' document. It is an imaginary document said to predate Matthew and Luke, from which Matthew and Luke drew their material. They theoretically used it to embellish the Book of Mark to produce their own books.
Consider the ramifications if that were true. It would mean that there was a source which was more authoritative than Matthew and Luke which has been lost. The reason given that no one mentions it is that it was confusing, and Matthew and Luke had to make it's teachings more understandable.
The claim then is that God inspired a work which no one could understand and so the Greeks had to interpret God to man in a way he could understand. Furthermore, it implies that many jots and tittles from Gods word were lost.
The reason scholars need to believe in mythical scriptures is because they do not understand where Matthew and Luke (and John), many years later, got the material that wasn't available to Mark.
The answer is plain. The mystery which was hidden from the beginning was revealed through Christ and the cross. The apostles did not get magic knowledge, or a tiny taste of omniscience, but they studied the scriptures in the context of the resurrection, to understand the mystery. The more they studied, the more they understood, and so the more they shared. [1]
As mentioned earlier:
- Mark wrote that the story began with the preaching of John the Baptist. [2] Later, with more time to study, they saw the prophetic riddles extending back to Abraham. Matthew begins his gospel there.[3] With more time, Luke was able to push the beginning of the story back to Adam. [4] And with the most time, and isolation on a prison island, John was able to push the start of the story all the way back to the first words of Genesis. [5]
- The differences in how stories are told between the gospel authors tell us how much more they could understand the prophetic riddles of the Old Testament. They were able to correlate even more details concerning the life of Christ with the prophetic riddles. Some details did not need repeated since they were well known from previous teachings.
