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Contrary to popular opinion, the Bible cannot have a variety of interpretations. Just as a combination lock cannot have more than one specific combination of numbers in a preassigned order that will unlock it, so likewise the Bible. The apostle Paul wrote that "God is a God, not of disorder but of peace."(1 Cor 14:33) Our Creator is perfectly organized, not chaotic. Only one interpretation is correct and not the infinite number of interpretations that people propose. For example, concerning the dream of the "immense image" that king Nebuchadnezzar saw, the king asked Daniel: "Are you competent enough to make known to me the dream that I beheld, and its interpretation (not interpretations)?”(Dan 2:26)
King Nebuchadnezzar received no help from his magic-practicing priests, but received only one interpretation that was the truth through Daniel as God's appointed channel, who told him: "The secret that the king himself is asking, the wise men, the conjurers, the magic-practicing priests and the astrologers themselves are unable to show to the king. However, there exists a God in the heavens who is a Revealer of secrets, and he has made known to King Neb·u·chad·nez´zar what is to occur in the final part of the days."(Dan 2:27, 28)
After Jesus had told John the Baptist through his disciples about him being "the Coming One" or Messiah by his works that "the blind are seeing again, and the lame are walking about, the lepers are being cleansed and the deaf are hearing, and the dead are being raised up, and the poor are having the good news declared to them"(Matt 11:5), Jesus then likens the masses of the Jews as "young children playing in a marketplace", speaking deridingly of both John and Jesus.(Matt 11:16-19) Though the evidence of powerful works was unmistakable of Jesus as being from God (Matt 11:20-24), these still found fault and there was a failure of recognition of both who John and Jesus were.
Hence, Jesus said in prayer to his Father: "I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to babes."("babes", Greek nepios) Thus, the understanding of the Bible, is revealed only to 'babes", those who are humble and teachable, like a little child. Only one interpretation is from God; all the rest are of human origin or fleshly thinking.
The apostle Paul had to correct the divisive thinking of the Corinthians, in which some said: "I belong to Paul,” “But I to A·pol´los,” “But I to Ce´phas,” “But I to Christ.” Paul now says that if this is the case, then "the Christ exists divided."(1 Cor 1:12, 13) Paul however, says: "Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought."(1 Cor 1:10) God does not exist divided, as the churches are.
Jesus said: "Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand."(Matt 12:25) This principle is well established, for anything that exhibits disharmony eventually falls apart. How well this speaks of the churches, that of "confusion on top of confusion". The results of a survey in 2008 found that about 86 percent of the world’s population profess some form of religious affiliation. The survey also found that the believers belong to 19 major religions and that those who claim to be Christians belong to an astonishing 37,000 different denominations. This bespeaks of division.
Only one religion on the earth is God using to interpret his word, the Bible, just as he used only one "nation", the Israelites, for the Mosaic Law covenant. Psalms 147:19, 20 says that God "is telling his word to Jacob, his regulations and his judicial decisions to Israel. He has not done that way to any other nation; and as for his judicial decisions, they have not known them."
Only through the proper channel does God reveal his word the Bible, one channel, not a multiplicity of ones, each with their own interpretation. Jesus said that through "a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household", that to his "household" of loyal servants of God that he would "give them meat in due season."(Matt 24:45, King James Bible) Meat, not crumbs, would be provided through this "faithful and discreet slave" (not an individual but the group of those selected as "kings and priests", Rev 1:6) that Jesus appointed in these "last days"(2 Tim 3:1-5), "over his household." The Bible would then begin to be unveiled, properly interpreted.
I agree that the Bible cannot contradict itself, but I am sure the writers were speaking generally quite often in the scriptures, rather than specifically