Is the Bible God's Word?

To really understand the Bible, we need to basically review what we know and see if it goes with what History confirms and what the original wording of the Bible Meant. Think of this common thought: "These are Man's words, not God's." Well it is true that Man wrote the Bible, yes, but he did so because of being divinely inspired of God. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, or the New Testament, Paul wrote many letters. He wrote two letters to his friend, Timothy. In the 2nd letter, in the 3rd Chapter and verse 16, He said: "All Scripture Is inspired of God and Beneficial for teaching, for Reproving, for setting things straight." The Latin for Inspired of God means by Divine Influence. The Greek word rendered “inspired of God” literally means “God-breathed.” That is, God used an invisible force to influence the minds of human writers, transmitting his message to them. In the Book of Exodus 34:27 it is brought out that God dictated his message when he said to Moses, "Write Down for yourself these words." Just as when a secretary will take notes or write letters for their boss, and sign it in his name, so it is also with the Bible, in that these Men were told to write this. Another fact about the Bible is the time-line. The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years. The first book, Genesis, written by Moses, covered the time from the Beginning of creation to 1657 B.C.E. and it was completed in 1513 B.C.E. The next to the Last book of the Hebrew Scriptures, Zechariah, covered the time from 520-518 and was completed in 518 B.C.E. The Next book, Malachi, has some understanding on when it was written. The book of Malachi was written during the administration of a governor, as brought out at Malachi 1:8, which places it in the time of the restoration of Jerusalem following the 70 years of desolation of Judah. (Of which will be discussed later). Now Temple Service is mentioned but without reference to building the temple, so it was after the time of Governor Zerubbabel, during whose tenure of office the temple was completed. The writing was completed after 443 B.C.E. As for the Christian Greek Scriptures, The first book, Matthew, it is not known when he started writing it, But subscriptions at the end of some manuscripts (all later than the 10th century C.E.) say it was 41 C.E. It gives an account of Jesus' life, 42% of which is not found in the other 3 Gospels. The Time it covers is from the Birth of Jesus, 2 B.C.E., until his meeting with disciples prior to his ascension in 33 C.E. and was completed about 41 C.E. Then the last book of the Bible, Revelation, was written by John about the year of 96 C.E., approximately 26 years after destruction of Jerusalem. This timing would be toward the close of the reign of Emperor Domitian. Domitian was the brother of Titus, who led the Roman armies to destroy Jerusalem. He became Emperor at the death of Titus, 15 years before Revelation was written. Toward the end of Domitian's rule, which was from 81 to 96 C.E. severe persecution came upon Christians. John might have been exiled to Patmos by Domitian, and it was during his imprisonment that He received the visions he wrote down. So from going off these times, we see that the period is 1,600 years. As for the other books of the Bible, of which will also be discussed in later postings, of all the writers, the number comes to be around 40 different men. With there being harmony within all it's pages, and With the Time-line being so long and there being so many writers, we can see that the Bible is Divinely Inspired.