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A task of enormity for man to be sure he had it all right.In 1707 John Mill's Novum testamentum græcum noted over 30,000 discrepancies (a lot of leaven) between some 100 extant manuscripts (most of those MSS were probably not complete New Testaments, nor even complete books). Yet, those 100 manuscripts were likely to represent over 100 believers' precious Bibles. Handwritten Bibles were a fairly scarce commodity. Do we forget that those manuscripts did not just come into existance for the sole purpose of becoming 17th, 19th, or 21st century textual 'evidence'? Did God fail to deliver on His promise for those 100 or more Christians?
Nonsense and makes way for suspicions to take advantage here.Perhaps you think that all 100 were not true believers;
Do you really want to go there? God has not provided anything inferior, unless you want to blame God for allowing inferior Bibles to remain inferior.but do you think God would provide the lost souls of the world with an inferior Bible?
Um, dont we still have the Canon?At about 300 variants on average per document, I doubt these MSS would comply with your qualifications for agreeing accurately with the originals.
Don't know, but since you seem to know, tell us.Today we know of over 5,700 Greek manuscripts alone (each with discrepancies). So, in times past why didn't all those thousands of people (saved or unsaved) receive all the jots & tittles of the text?
As best I can tell, God did not promise a perfect jot-&-tittle preservation of the Scriptures on Earth.... Don't know, but since you seem to know, tell us.
We're not talking "text" when it comes to the Bible, well, you are, but I'm not.As best I can tell, God did not promise a perfect jot-&-tittle preservation of the Scriptures on Earth.
Generations of common people since Moses wrote the first inspired words had limited access to Scripture, and the few handwritten documents they may have seen all had copiest flaws. Literate folks (but non-scholars) before the advent of printing (15th century AD) would not have recognized these errors since they would not likely ever had the opportunity to compare their Bible (probably in Latin) closely with another. They did not get a perfect Bible text, but it was what God provided them. God did not fail them. It was enough.
What about the discrepencies?Despite great efforts to combine the best texts from ancient documents there are still a few small places where it seems the text is uncertain; at least, (lacking originals) we cannot objectively state that we now have a perfect Bible text. This is what God has provided the post-printing generation. God has not failed us. It is enough.
I'm preserved by the Preserved word of God and I'm not in a jar as of yet.:laugh:The only "preserves" I know are sitting in sealed jars in the pantry. They do keep well, and serves us well in time.
Cheers,
Jim
If you're going to make that claim you'll need something to back it up other than your words above.It would seem that (primarily) some single version exclusivists are attempting to hijack the historic meaning of the Doctrine of Preservation. They are compelled by their own presuppositions and convinced in their minds by their own reasoning. They ask: Would God inspire the text and not also 'perfectly' preserve it? (They are also saying that Inspiration is worthless without their particular concept of Preservation).
God is never under any obligation, so you'll never find that one.:sleep:They have not presented a convincing Scriptural argument to support their claim that God "promised" to preserve the Scripture for us on Earth. I believe God has preserved the Scriptures, but I cannot find an obligation in Scripture for Him to do so.