LIST OF BIBLE BOOKS NOT CLOSED!
The Bible itself says that one day new revelation equal to scripture will be
delivered to the world.
Jesus said that John the Baptist was Elijah and this was in fulfilment of the
prophecy that Elijah would come and restore all things (Matthew 17:11-13).
Bible Christians believe that Malachi 1:2-4 states that the messenger will be
sent to prepare the way for the Lord coming to the temple and the sacrifices of
Judah and Jerusalem will once more please God and the sons of Levi will be
purified that the Baptist is the messenger and his coming before Jesus in the
first century was only a part fulfilment of this prophecy and the rest will be
fulfilled later when the temple and the priesthood are restored. John restored
nothing when he came the first time so that means that John who is Elijah will
come again and give new revelation and he will restore the lost priesthood of
Levi after the temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt. There is no support for the
Catholic fantasy that new revelation will not happen until Jesus returns again
to destroy the world and take his own to Heaven and leave the damned in Hell.
Revelation ends with a warning that anybody who adds any words to it or removes
from it will be severely punished by God and lose salvation. Christians say that
because this is the last chapter of the last book of the Bible that it proves
that the canon is closed. This is wrong for first of all this does not make the
chapter mean the whole Bible. The chapter says it means the prophecy Revelation
makes. And there is the problem of whether Revelation really was the last book
to be written. Nobody can be sure and you can’t make a dogma out of something
that is little more than an assumption. It wouldn’t be fair on God. And the
chapter is referring to unauthorised additions and subtractions from God. If God
wanted to change the book that would be okay. So even if it could mean the whole
Bible it does not eliminate the possibility that God will write further books.
God has to issue new scripture some day.
A clever enough fraud could add to the Bible. He could make people think he is
the Elijah.