![]() Most people assume the books of the Bible are in chronological order, but they are not. No other religious book shares the uniqueness of the Bible. The likelihood that 40-plus people, who wrote in three different languages, lived on three different continents, in different eras, would come up with one continual message, one continual theme, and one continual plan of salvation, is nothing short of miraculous. But, in fact, the Bible has one continuing, unifying message from the first book to the last. With this much disparity, one might expect the Bible to contain different assertions of the truth. The variation in the author’s backgrounds is enormous, to say the least. Some were religious leaders, some were political leaders, some were prophets, and some were simply ordinary, everyday folks. Some were highly educated and some had little formal education. Some were Jews and some were Gentiles (non-Jews). The biblical authors lived in different eras, and came from different cultures. Much of the New Testament was written by the apostle Paul, who wrote letters of encouragement and instruction to churches in various cities throughout Europe and Asia. For example, the prophet Isaiah wrote the book of Isaiah, Hosea wrote the book of Hosea, and so on. The prophetic books of the Old Testament bear the names of their author. The first five books of the Old Testament are attributed to Moses. Humanly speaking, the Bible was penned by 40-plus authors.
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