Bible on file in heaven before writers told a word

One of the great verses Bible defenders use to demonstrate God’s commitment to preserving His Word throughout time is Psalm 119:89: "Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."

The thing about it that's so profound, though, is the verse is saying God’s Word was ALREADY settled in heaven and existed in a written form BEFORE any of it was ever put down on paper on the earth!

In proving this point, California preacher John Verstegen points to Daniel 10 where the angel Gabriel is sent from heaven to convey information in response to Daniel’s prayer to receive it.

Daniel 10 reads: [10] And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
[11] And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
[12] Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

"The information Gabriel gave Daniel is the information in what you have as the Book of Daniel. But watch what he says as he’s telling Daniel this information:

20] Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
[21] But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

“Do you see it says ‘that which IS noted’? He doesn’t say ‘that which you are then going to note in the scripture of truth.’ He doesn’t say ‘that which, Daniel, I want you to write down.’

"The angel says, ‘I will show thee that which IS noted in the Scripture,’ and Daniel hadn’t written the Book of Daniel yet! That’s amazing. The Scripture of truth was already noted before Gabriel even furtively told Daniel the information!”

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In Isaiah 30, God tells Isaiah, ‘Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.’

"Inspiration is God putting His Spirit in the w-o-r-d-s. How did He do it? He spoke. He then caused those words to be written down so they could be preserved.

II Peter 1:21: [21] For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

"So you know what the original writing of the Scripture was? It was an act of preservation. You follow that?!

"The original writing down--script, what’s written--was the preservation of the SPOKEN Word of God!

“That’s why in Romans 16:22, Tertius could say, ‘I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.’ Who wrote Romans? Well, the ‘amanuensis,’ or the secretary who took the dictation from Paul, was a guy named Tertius.

"But the Spirit of God spoke through Paul. All of a sudden this issue of inspiration and preservation becomes ALIVE to you because you’ve got God’s Word!"