The Word of God

Is the Bible the Word of God?

No, the Bible is not the Word of God, and those who claim the Bible to be the Word of God, have missed one of the most profound messages contained in the Bible.

The Word of God is God, not the Bible. 

God as He lovingly and fully gives Himself to 'other than God'

The infinitely good and loving God does not change - the Word of God does not change.  What changes is the way in which in history the 'other' has known, perceived, and heard the Word of God.

As the philosophical idealist George Berkeley correctly understood, perception is the substratum of reality.

There are three dispensations or 'hearings' of the Word of God in history, three dispensations of God.  All three hearings are dependent on the activity of the Holy Spirit of God, and the fruit of the Spirit, the Virtues.

The Word of Creation - God perceived imperfectly by 'other than God'
The Word of Redemption - God perceived perfectly though partially within 'other than God'
The Word of Consummation - God perceived fully and perfectly by 'other than God'

We live within the second dispensation, and are on the verge of the third - the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven in fullness.