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All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness. (NASB) 2 Timothy 3:16  he Bible is a unique book. In it God speaks to us. It is about truth - God’s truth. It is from God’s perspective - how He sees things. It is unlike any other book ever written. God has put prophecy in it to give us confidence that it comes from Him. He wants us to understand our world, ourselves and other spiritual things. Yet, there is one key message that God has placed from the beginning of the Bible to the end. The central theme is Jesus Christ. The Old Testament looked forward in time to the coming of Jesus Christ (Luke 24:44). The New Testament looks back to Jesus Christ, and both look forward to the promise of His future return. This study is about the Bible, its authorship, its message, its truthfulness and the different available Bible translations.
Authorship. The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years by God and about forty human authors. These human authors were kings, prophets, fishermen, priests, peasants, scholars, doctors, rich men and poor. It was written in different places, such as in the wilderness, in homes, in kings’ palaces and in prisons. It was written in different geographic areas, such as Asia, Europe and Africa. The original documents were written in the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages. It is amazing that God wants us to know about Himself. He could have ignored us. God went to a lot of effort to make sure that the Bible was written accurately and contains only truth. How did He do this? The answer is found in the questions below.
God tells us how the Bible was written in 2 Peter 1:21. Here we are told that true prophecy
does not originate with humans. According to 2 Peter 1:21. When God’s prophets wrote, who was really writing?
 While 2 Peter 1:21 tells us how the Bible was written, Acts 28:25-27 gives us an example. It
tells us who the authors are of Isaiah 6:9-10. What are the names of the two authors of the passage?
Each book of the Bible was not written only by a man because God actively controlled what was recorded.
According to 1 Peter 1:10-12, why did God have the Bible written?
Even though prophets wrote the Old Testament books, they did not understand everything they
wrote. What did they not understand? (1 Pet. 1:10-11)
What did the angels long to know? (1 Pet. 1:12)
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