Opus 2025-502: Lost Books of the Old Testament

No I’m not aware of any lost books that I really need to read.  I do have a volume that is labeled Lost Books of the Bible.  It’s mainly things that were written long after the death of Jesus and the death of the apostles.  The church knew they were not to be included, but liked to read them I guess for entertainment or possible insights.  It is possible to get inspiration from books not in the Bible, but we need to be careful not to consider them as containing genuine truth.

That having been said, there are certain books that I wish I had that I know were never written.

The first book that I wish I had would be The Memoirs of Adam and Eve.  Wouldn’t it be great if they could have written out some of the conversations they had with God as they walked in the garden before the fall.  There was no gossip to be had.  I doubt if they talked about the weather because it was always perfect.  Politics was not on the agenda.  Was God giving them instructions on how to fertilize the vegetables or to graft new types of apples onto the trees?  Was He talking about deep hidden truths that we don’t have any clue about?  I think it would be interesting to know.

Or how about the conversations that had to go on between Moses and God.  A lot of it probably would be Moses complaining about the children of Israel.  We know that eventually Moses had to talk God out of destroying them, but I’m guessing that there were probably times when the conversation with the other way.  There were probably times when God pointed out their positive points.  There could have also been in-depth discussions about the meanings of the law.  God might have given him some insight on where they were going, and what that was going to happen in the future.  I somehow believe that there is more that went on between God and Moses than what we have recorded.  Perhaps when we get to the great library of eternity, we will be able to look at some of those.

What about Jesus when He went a way to pray to His Father?  What kind of incredible insights would we have received if we could hear Him communicating?  I for one would like to have an insight into what that kind of communication was like.  We have the Lord’s prayer, true, but wouldn’t it be awesome to have more in-depth samples of what it means to really come before the Father?

I might like a book of sermons that Paul had preached at different times or perhaps some of his lecture notes for when he went into new churches.  We have reference to at least one other letter to the Corinthians and I have to believe that Paul did more writing than we have passed down to us.  God, in His wisdom chose which ones we would receive and which ones we wouldn’t.  That’s part of the inspiration of scripture.  The Holy Spirit has preserved and interpreted what we have for generations.  But wouldn’t it be nice to have even more?

I don’t expect these books to show up in this life.  If they did, I wouldn’t accept them because I would figure they were written by some screenwriter for a Hollywood movie.  God has given us what we need.  We’re not even following what we know to follow so why would we need more.

But someday…

homo unius libri