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Pasa Graphe' Theopneustos Kai Ophelimos (Greek) is one of the most often-repeated passages from the Scriptures, ie, the Bible. The passage appears in the heading of our Facebook page. But what does it say to us in our various tongues? Well, for those of us who speak English, this passage is a bold testimony from the pen of one Paul, a first-century scholar from the Isrealite tribe of Benjamin. It is also a statement steeped in the thelogy of the Biblical narratives. So, Paul wrote to a young ethnic Jew named Timotheus: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable......"
At the time Paul wrote those words, there was not yet a codex known as the "New Testament." The scrolls of papyrus on which were written the Scriptures are what we call today the "Old Testament." In its immediate and limited interpretation, Paul is saying that the messages in the Old Testament are inspired by God. That being so, who is the man who would say that the record of the flood in Noah's day was simply an allegory, and not an historical account?

Isaiah

The book of Isaiah is named after its author, the prophet Isaiah. He lived in Jerusalem and carried on his prophetic ministry during the reigns of at least four kings of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. The period his ministry covered is from about 745 to 685 B.C.

He seems to have spent a considerable amount of time at the royal court as a preacher and counselor. His education and culture are reflected in the unexcelled literary beauty of his writing.

As we read the book of Isaiah, we find warnings of coming judgment upon those who had forsaken God. There are appeals for repentance and reformation. And we find predictions of the wonderful future God had planned for His faithful ones. This future included the coming of the Messiah, or Christ, and establishing an eternal kingdom in a new and beautiful world.

Because of this, Isaiah has come to be called the Messianic or gospel prophet.