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God wrote the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone. We don't have them now.
Culturally, in first-century Jewish society, most teaching was done orally. Typically, Rabbis taught through spoken word and lived example. His life and teachings were considered more important than written text. Jesus spent his time proclaiming the gospel, healing the sick, performing miracles, and interacting with people. In the end, he died on the cross. He was a man of action.
Jesus cried out and said in John 12:
If Jesus had written a book himself, it might have been treated as the ultimate divine text, overshadowing the rest of Scripture. Instead, he left it to his followers to share his message through inspired writings.
Culturally, in first-century Jewish society, most teaching was done orally. Typically, Rabbis taught through spoken word and lived example. His life and teachings were considered more important than written text. Jesus spent his time proclaiming the gospel, healing the sick, performing miracles, and interacting with people. In the end, he died on the cross. He was a man of action.
Jesus cried out and said in John 12:
Jesus had a speaking ministry. He spoke for God. He was the living Word. It was not a writing ministry. He left that to his witnesses. Even if Jesus had written a book, there was no guarantee that his writing would be preserved perfectly over the millennia. God inspired the apostles to write the original manuscripts. God used fallible copyists to transmit the records.
If Jesus had written a book himself, it might have been treated as the ultimate divine text, overshadowing the rest of Scripture. Instead, he left it to his followers to share his message through inspired writings.
