Does Isaiah 65 Support a Millennial Kingdom?
Q: Does Isaiah 65 support the idea of a millennial kingdom? Or does it refer to a different time altogether?
A friend of mine went out with a guy who believes that books like the book of Enoch and the suffering of Moses should be read along with the scripture and thus be treated as inerrant. Is this a new thing or have people always tried to include these books in scripture? Obviously in Catholicism they add books to the bible, so I’m guessing this is a similar situation. I’ve heard the teaching that Jude quotes the book of Enoch in his letter. So, should Christians study extra Biblical books?
“In general, extra biblical books are fine to read if you understand they are not considered part of the canon of Scripture. Simply, we do not recognize them as inerrant or authoritative.
It is understandable that books like the Didache, Enoch, gospel of Mary, Gospel of Judas, Epistle of Barnabas, and many others are not considered inerrant. Apart from the 66 books of the Bible we have, there are more helpful books than some of the above. For example, Augustine’s Confessions, the early Creeds, Nicene, Paradise Lost, etc. None of these are biblical but they can be helpful.”
The Chicago Council on Biblical Inerrancy
Defending Inerrancy by Norman Geisler and William Roach
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