Introduction to Wholly English Translation (WET)

THE PSALMS

The third book revealed in the Final Testament according to Jesus and His disciple, Luke, is the Book of Psalms (Luke 20:42; Acts 1:20) or the Psalms (Acts 24:44). Although the Final Testament does not give any clue as to the number of psalms in the book, we know from Acts 13:33 that they were numbered, and seeing that the second psalm still retains its position in our current Bible, we have every reason to believe that the same book called the Book of Psalms then is what we read now.

When the twenty-three books ascribed to Ezra and the fifteen books ascribed to Nehemiah are added together, they become thirty-nine books. Accordingly, this is the only grouping of the First Testament that can be taken to be authentic. Nowhere in the Final Testament is anything said about Historical Books, Poetic Books, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets. Also, taking the prophets whose writings were much as the major and the prophets whose writings were few as the minor, is, as far as spiritual things are concerned, an aberration!

We submit that, as long as the Book of Psalms is kept intact, the other two books should not be disjointed!

 

2. Re-arrangement of the books of the Bible: With so many infallible proofs of the authors of two of the books of the First Testament under point 1, and in order to correct the error and restore the books to their original divine arrangement, re-arrangement of the books of the First Testament becomes a must. Accordingly, in WET, the books have been grouped into three in line with the Final Testament’s grouping in Luke 24:44: The Book of the History of Adam by Ezra, the Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah and the Psalms, putting the earlier book first. The Book of the History of Adam by Ezra being I Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, the Book of Joel, the Book of Amos, the Book of Hosea, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Micah, the Book of Nahum, Zephaniah, the Book of Jeremiah/Lamentation, the Book of Habakkuk, the Book of Obadiah, the Book of Ezekiel/Job, the Book of Daniel, the Book of Ezra, the Book of Haggai, the Book of Zechariah and the Book of Malachi, each book shown as a volume of the Book of the History of Adam by Ezra. The Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah being Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges, the Book of Ruth, the First Book of Samuel, the Second Book of Samuel, the First Book of the Kings, the Second Book of the Kings, the Book of Jonah, the Book of Esther and the Book of Nehemiah, each book shown as a volume in the Book. It is good to follow this arrangement not only because Ezra wrote his first, but also because the leadership position was given to Judah – Gen. 49:10.

 

Accordingly, the current titles given to the volumes of the two books need to be revisited; from the first volume of the Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah, called “the First Book of Moses called Genesis” to the last volume of the Book of the History of Adam by Ezra called “The Book of Malachi,” the titles do not really capture the contents.

 

To be a book, a write-up or literary work must have a beginning and an ending perfectly packaged by the writer, and the writer identifiable, except a compilation like “the Book of Psalms,” “the Book of Quotes,” or “the Book of Songs.” One definition of “Book” is “A long work fit for publication.” In effect, apart from the Psalms, none of the books of the First Testament is qualified to be called a book – none is fit for publication. As already shown, even the first “five books” are not qualified to be called a book, because, though it has a beginning, it does not have an ending, the reason theologians have begun to think of Sextateuch, that is, “six books,” instead of Pentateuch which is “five books.” Surely, if the Pentateuch is ascribed to Moses, the Sextateuch must be ascribed to Joshua. Even then, it will not pass the test of a book in that the narrative does not end in Joshua. Any piece of a write-up before the narrative is rounded off can best be described as “a book in the making” or “certain volume of a book,” like volume 1, volume 2, volume 3, etc.

 

Accordingly, in WET, each of the books making up the Book of the History of Adam by Ezra and the Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah has been rightly shown as a volume of one of the two publications. By that, the First Testament is now made up of the following books – The Book of the History of Adam by Ezra comprising twenty-three volumes, the Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah comprising fifteen volumes and the Psalms, as shown below:

 

S/N	THE BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF ADAM BY EZRA, CALLED IN THE FINAL TESTAMENT, “THE PROPHETS,” “THE BOOK OF THE PROPHETS,” “THE BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE PROPHET” OR “THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ESAIAS,” BEING ABRIDGED FORMS OF “THE BOOK CONTAINING THE WRITINGS OF THE PROPHETS”		THE BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF ADAM BY NEHEMIAH, CALLED IN THE FINAL TESTAMENT, “THE BOOK OF MOSES,” OR “THE BOOK OF THE LAW,” BEING ABRIDGED FORMS OF “THE BOOK CONTAINING THE LAW”
1	Ezra’s Book – Vol. 1 (1 Chronicles)	1	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. 1 (Genesis)
2	Ezra’s Book – Vol. II (2 Chronicles)	2	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. II (Exodus)
3	Ezra’s Book – Vol. III (Proverbs)	3	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. III (Leviticus)
4	Ezra’s Book – Vol. IV (Ecclesiastes)	4	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. IV (Numbers)
5	Ezra’s Book – Vol. V (Song of Solomon)	5	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. V (Deuteronomy)
6	Ezra’s Book – Vol. VI (Joel)	6	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. VI (Joshua)
7	Ezra’s Book – Vol. VII (Amos)	7	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. VII (Judges)
8	Ezra’s Book – Vol. VIII (Hosea)	8	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. VIII (Ruth)
9	Ezra’s Book – Vol. IX (Isaiah)	9	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. IX (I Samuel)
10	Ezra’s Book – Vol. X (Micah)	10	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. X (II Samuel)
11	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XI (Nahum)	11	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. XI (I Kings)
12	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XII (Zephaniah)	12	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. XII (II Kings)
13	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XIII (Jeremiah)	13	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. XIII (Jonah)
14	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XIV (Lamentations)	14	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. XIV (Esther)
15	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XV (Habakkuk)	15	Nehemiah’s Book – Vol. XV (Nehemiah)
16	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XVI (Obadiah)
17	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XVII (Ezekiel)
18	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XVIII (Job)	1	THE PSALMS OR THE BOOK OF
19	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XIX (Daniel)		PSALMS, THE NAME GIVEN TO A
20	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XX (Ezra)		COLLECTION OF SONGS AND PRAYERS OF
21	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XXI (Haggai)		PEOPLE OF JUDAH, THE SOUTHERN
22	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XXII (Zechariah)		KINGDOM
23	Ezra’s Book – Vol. XXIII (Malachi)

 

Each of these two historical books evidently qualifies to be called a book by any standard in that it does not only have its beginning and ending, it is chronological, and the author is identifiable. The third - the Book of Psalms - also has a beginning and an ending numerically.

 

The Bible arrangement above nullifies the present grouping of the First Testament (The Law, Torah or Pentateuch – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy; Historical Books – Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther; the Poetic Books – Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon; the Major Prophets – Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Ezekiel; and the Minor Prophets – Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi) which does not have any basis in the Final Testament, and brings the search for the authors, and the proper arrangement, of the books of the First Testament, to a close. There is no more need, either, for a chronological Bible! In fact, the word, chronological, in itself, indirectly desecrates the Book and cast aspersion on the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] the Brain behind it, in that it presents the Bible as being disorderly! The three books making up the First Testament were chronologic originally (far be it from the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] to inspire a book arranged disorderly); they were misarranged by those who did the categorization! (Because all divine or celestial messengers - angels - are holy spirits, WET has chosen to call their Head, the Emissary of the Self-existent, the Invisible, the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit.) Anyone who professes to be a follower of Jesus the Anointed, then, must take, as authentic, whatever came out of the mouth of Jesus the Anointed, notwithstanding the theory any theologian has propounded.

 

That the Self-existent, the Son of man, Jesus, and the Final Testament writers made reference to the three finally authenticates the submission.