How did Jesus know the Bible would be written and perserved?

[Golden Maven]

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

 

[ephraimanesti]

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

MY FRIEND,

Our Lord, through and for Whom the Universe was created, through the Power of the Holy Spirit guided both the writing of Scriptures and their unpolluted transmission. The Bible, through His care and Grace is complete, contains all things necessary and needful for our relationship with Him and our consequent Salvation, and has been distributed to all according to His foreknowledge and design.

The Bible does indeed contain His entire Message! The question is: ARE WE LISTENING?

A BOND-SLAVE/FRIEND/BROTHER OF OUR LORD/GOD/SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,
ephraim

 

[marktheblake]

Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

The Gospels are the best preserved historical document of antiquity that we have, by many times more than anything else.

further, it is a fact that what we now called the "old testament" was the one and the same that Jesus taught from and attested to its truthfulness.
(the Dead Sea Scrolls proved this)

The writings of the early Christian fathers quoted the gospels so much, that you could reproduce them almost entirely without actually having any original copies.

and The list goes on.

 

[drich0150]

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

I know my answer is simple, but Jesus Knew because he is God. And God not only had his word written he also has protected it.. Even if it is not 110% complete we are still responsible for what we do have..

 

[Van]

Hi Golden Maven, you ask several questions.
1) How did Jesus know the Bible would be written? First of course, the Old Testament had already been written during the time of Jesus, He studied it and spoke of it and fulfilled prophecies in it. So your question really is, how did Jesus know the New Testament would be written? The short answer is Jesus knew it was God's plan and trusted that God would fulfill His plan. In John 17 we see where Jesus gave his disciples the word that God had given him, and then Jesus prayed for God to protect His disciples, not only for their sake, but also for the sake of those who would believe "through their word." Thus Jesus knew the plan.

2) How did Jesus know the original autographs, the handwritten writings of the authors or their scribes, would be "preserved without any modifications." I do not think Jesus knew or claimed this. I am unfamiliar with any scripture that makes this claim. What we know is that our scripture has been passed down to us and that it is remarkably close to what was contained in the original autographs.

3) How did He know His word, the gospel of Christ, would be translated into many languages and be carried worldwide? Again, He commanded his disciples to do just that.

4) Is the Bible complete? It is certainly sufficient. Is our understanding of His message complete? Probably not. Since there are different views, at least some of us have it wrong.

5) How do we know the Bible has not been corrupted so much that we cannot rely upon it? We know that at the time of Jesus, the Old Testament had not been corrupted too much, because Paul wrote that all scripture was profitable. And we know that at least some of the new testament, including the writings of Paul, were written and considered to accurately reflect Christ's word, according to Peter. And since we have copies that are within 50 years of some of those new testament writings, that does not leave room for wholesale corruption. Secondly, when you push back another 100 years or so, we can compare copies from diverse locations by diverse scribes, and they still say much the same thing. Thus we can have high confidence in the trustworthiness and reliability of the Bible.

 

[ebia]

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

In Acts the last think Jesus said was to command his followers to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. He knew part of his vocation was to build a community that would, enabled by the Holy Spirit, do that. I don't have any reason to think he knew exactly how that would pan out in terms of writing documents, etc.

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

As the gospel of John notes, it could never be complete. The question is whether it is cohesive and sufficient. IMO when one begins to get one's head around it one can see that it is the former, and history bears out that it is the latter.

As for corruption, if those first disciples had their whole worldview turned inside out by the resurrection, why would they then corrupt the message, and could they do so in a way that was not self-evidently inconsistant when examined?

 

[sinner/SAVED]

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

Jesus knew that the church would carry the Good News to the world. The Bible is one vehicle that the church uses.

 

[Bro_Sam]

How did Jesus know the Bible would be written and perserved?

Because He is God. How can God not know these things?

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

Again, because He is God. How can God not know these things?

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have.

So, He can create the entire universe out of nothing, but He can't protect the integrity of a couple of books?

 

[freeport]

How did Jesus know that the Bible would be not only written, but supposedly preserved without any modifications? How did he know His Word/message would get translated into different languages and reach people worldwide thousands of years later?

I know He is the Son of God, but anybody could corrupt the Word before transmitting it to someone. Fact is, we don't know that what we have now is what He intended us to have. Is the Bible even complete? Does it have His entire message?

You don't know, I know. God is everywhere. The Heavens and the earth are just a wrapping around the story designed for the Children of God. Who are the Children of God? Anyone who believes Jesus, for Jesus spoke of God, who alone is good. Everything He said and did was good.

The Bible has everything anyone needs to know.

John 21

"25Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."

 

[ebia]

You don't know, I know. God is everywhere. The Heavens and the earth are just a wrapping around the story designed for the Children of God.

What?

 

[freeport]

What?

What do you not understand? That God created the Heavens and the earth for the purpose of many Children of God?

 

[Ether64]

If you want to know how Christ knew that His word would be put into written form for us, here it is:

Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:

The bible, and our faith is all about the revelation of Jesus Christ. God Gave Christ that revelation to show us, his servants the things that would happen, and he sent it to John, and signified it by his angel.

Everything that has happened, and that will happen has already been written. You and I are part of a scripted story, and God knew you would ask this question, and that I would give you this answer. As to whether or not you will understand the answer, I don't know, but God does. Peace and blessings.

Sandy