Davy
Well-Known Member
Can I just throw something into this conversation- is ' scripture ' and ' the bible ' the same - when Timothy wrote the words ' all scripture ...ect ect - the bible as we know it did not exist. When he wrote about ' knowing scripture from childhood ect ....... The bible did not exist. Culturally he was talking about the scriptures that did exist at the time and would have been part of the Old Testament
When Jesus himself mentions scripture- did he mean the bible or scripture of his time ?
The written Scripture that existed in the days of Jesus and His disciples was the Old Testament Books. That doesn't mean it was all just the old covenant, for the major and minor prophets, the Psalms, Chronicles, Kings, etc., are also included. Zechariah 14 declares the events of Christ's second coming, so no one can really say the OT Books are limited when it comes to declaring God's Salvation Plan through His Son, just because we don't find the name 'Jesus' in the Old Testament Books. The main difference is the New Testament Books are the Witness of what was prophesied first in the Old Testament Books. In Jeremiah, God proclaimed the day when He would make a new covenant with the house of Judah and the house of Israel, which is repeated in NT Hebrews as a NT Witness to its fulfillment. Even in the Book of Genesis, there is still prophesy that has yet to be fulfilled today.