Inspiration and the Bible

Bible is hard to know and understand.

Many times, even people think they knew, that could be just the illusion. Because the Bible is completely written in parables.

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: (Matthew 13:34, King James Version)

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. (Isaiah 6:9-10, King James Version)

And of course, to interpret or understand the Bible for the hidden meaning, we definitely need spiritual inspiration from God.

But the problem lies here:

Many times or most times, the one who had the inspiration and the listeners value the inspiration or the interpretation more than the Bible itself. What we have to believe is not the interpretation or the inspiration. We have to believe the Bible itself through the interpretation and the inspiration.

Any inspiration should be used only to interpret or explain the Bible, not to replace it.

Just let me make it easy: the Bible says the boys should be circumcised on eighth day (Genesis 17:12). Now,

if someone says, the eighth days means preparing for God and something like blah blah…, that’s fine.

if someone says, the Bible says 8th day, but actually it is 7th day. I got it by the inspiration from God., then this is wrong.

And I have to say this is how the most heresies and heterodoxies came out.

Any inspiration is NOT superior to the original Bible. It cannot replace or correct any part of the Bible.

Korean version of this posting is at (한글로 쓴 글의 위치는) http://crinje.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/%EC%98%81%EA%B0%90%EA%B3%BC-%EC%84%B1%EA%B2%BD/