Is It Just a Small Misunderstanding?- WHY IS THE BIBLE SOMETIMES MISUNDERSTOOD?

 2. The Bible is directed to people  who honestly want God's help to understand it.  Jesus showed that people would need help to understand fully what he taught.  How would they receive it?  Jesus explained:  "The helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one wil teach you all things." (John 14:26) So God provides his holy spirit-his powerful active force-to help people understand what they read in the Bible.  However, God withhold his spirit from people who do not rely on him to help them, so the Bible oftens seeems obscure to them.  The holy spirit also moves more knowledgable Christians to come to the aid those seeking greater understanding. - ACTS 8:26-35.

3. Some Bible passages can be understood by humans only at the proper time in history.  For example, the prophet Daniel was told to write down a message for the future.  An angel told him: "Daniel, keep the words secret, and seal up the book until the time of the end."  Over the centuries, many people have read the Bible book of Daniel but could not really understand it.  In fact, even Daniel himself did not understand some of what he wrote down.  He humbly admitted: "I heard, but I could not undertand."  Eventually, people woudl correctly understand God's prophecy written down by Daniel,  but only at the particular time  in history that God selected.  The angel explained: "Go Daniel, because the words are to be kept secret and sealed up until the time of the end."  Who will understand God's messages?  "None of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand." (Daniel 12:4, 8-10)  So God does not reveal the meaning of certain Bible passages until the right time arrives.

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