For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:21
The public library in most medium to large cities is usually extensive. So when you search the catalog for a book by a particular author, you can see there are many thousands of authors. Each author may have written one book, or hundreds of them. Each author usually writes on one particular topic or in one specific genre. Some authors write based on their expertise or knowledge in their specific field, while other authors write based on their ability to generate something that people will read. Some writers are profound, others are nonsensical, yet others are anywhere on the spectrum between idiotic and sublime. Every author’s writings eventually become outdated; even the classics need to have at least their language modernized once every couple of hundred years or so. Almost no author who ever lived agrees one hundred percent with any other author, and most of them are poles apart from each other in many things. With all this variety among the authors of this world, how amazing to realize that over the course of 1500 years, holy men of God wrote in total harmony. And yes, it’s a miracle.
As a writer, I know how extremely difficult it is to achieve harmony among authors. Even the writing of highly technical material is different from one writer to another. Even in its precision, the output of one technical writer will show a different presentation and approach from the next technical writer. So how did the Bible get to be so harmonized? Although the hands of different men wielded the quill, only one Mind directed all of those hands, because the minds of those ancient writers were also in harmony with that of the Holy Spirit.
And let’s not forget that the men chosen to write the Bible were holy men, persons of impeccable character and unquestionable reputation, good and godly vessels, unlike the common criminal who wrote the book of Mormon or the deluded self-proclaimed prophet who wrote the Koran. Those holy men of God had proven themselves before their Lord and before the people among whom they lived that they were worthy for the task.
Just as we can trust the holy men who wrote it, we can trust every word found in the Scriptures. -Jim MacIntosh