The Main Theme of the Bible

"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." (Revelation 4:11 ESV)

The Bible's main theme is the act of God in His redemption of a people from a fallen world for His glory.

Within this main theme, there are some sub-themes. There will be

1. a king, a redeemer anointed by God;
2. a nation or people to be redeemed;
3. a place where God will be worshipped.

All these themes are developed throughout the Bible, from Moses to John.

The Bible was written by more than 40 authors over a period of 1600 years. Yet these themes are consistently developed and maintained. Any other books, authors or prophets who claimed to have received messages from the God of Abraham, but do not focus on these themes, are false prophets, even if they perform miracles.

"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, 'Let us go after other gods,' which you have not known, 'and let us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 13:1-3 ESV)

But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' (Deuteronomy 18:20 ESV)