re prophetic warning to new york city in article apr athos rutgers edu evensont spot colorado edu evenson thomas randall writes in article apr athos rutgers edu reid cs uiuc edu jon reid writes deon strydom f n z fidonet org deon strydom writes which brings me around to asking an open question is the bible a closed book of scripture is it okay for us to go around saying god told me this and jesus told me that wouldn t that imply that god is still pouring out new revelation to us i know that some people will feel that is okay and some will not the concept of a closed canon would certainly cast a shadow on contemporary prophets on the other hand an open canon seems to be indicated sometimes let s get back to basics canon from the latin means a rule if we say that a rule is open then its a rule made to be broken there is an issue also of measurement against a rule thus the words that are spoken need to be compared against the rule canon but not added to the canon is new revelation necessary topical current personal revelation i d say is necessary new revelation for all people for all times is not necessary as we have that in scripture you also seem to confuse canon with scripture scripture may speak of itself being open ie god speaking today it would speak that it is closed in the sense that the canon is unchangeable though the concept of canon is later historically also interesting to note is that some so called prophecies are nothing new but rather an inspired translation of scripture is it right to call that prophecy misleading wouldn t that be more having to do with knowledge i know the gift of knowledge may not be as exciting to talk about but shouldn t we call a horse a horse i agree with the problem of confusion if prophecy is meant to encourage exhort or correct then is an overlap with scripture if prophecy is meant to bring a word of the form the man you live with is not your husband then that is knowledge yet the exact words their are scripture i would expect the difference to be the motive and means for delivery the reading of scripture itself can be a powerful force regards david david morgan university of technology sydney morgan socs uts edu au po box broadway nsw ph broadway sydney fax i paid good money to get my opinions you get them for free v
