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As we study the Bible, we do not understand only the way to live on earth or the blessings that help us live successful life, but also the Bible is described as roadmap understanding life after earthly existence 

B.I.B.L.E. 

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth 

Knowing Beyond 

The eschatological dimension of the word of God

In all of this, the Church gives voice to her awareness that with Jesus Christ she stands before the definitive word of God: he is “the first and the last” (Rev 1:17). He has given creation and history their definitive meaning; and hence we are called to live in time and in God’s creation within this eschatological rhythm of the word; “thus the Christian dispensation, since it is the new and definitive covenant, will never pass away; and no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Tim 6:14 and Tit 2:13)” 
Verbum Domini: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church (30 September 2010)

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Inspiration and Compilation of the Word of God

We approach this topic from three perspectives

Scriptural, Sacred Tradition, and Magisterial Perspective

Proof from the Sacred Scripture

Proof from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

II. Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture and Inerrancy
105 God is the author of Sacred Scripture. "The divinely revealed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."

"For Holy Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, accepts as sacred and canonical the books of the Old and the New Testaments, whole and entire, with all their parts, on the grounds that, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author, and have been handed on as such to the Church herself."

106 God inspired the human authors of the sacred books. "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the while he employed them in this task, made full use of their own faculties and powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as true authors that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no more."

107 The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.

108 Still, the Christian faith is not a "religion of the book". Christianity is the religion of the "Word" of God, "not a written and mute word, but incarnate and living".73 If the Scriptures are not to remain a dead letter, Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit, "open (our) minds to understand the Scriptures.

Proof from the Magisterial / Conciliar Teaching

What we will see in the History below brings us to two points about the origin of the Word of God:

• The Word of God is dictated to human scribes
• The Word of God is written through the cooperation of human author’s gift

Dictation

The Catholic Dominican theologian, Bañez (1528-1604), wrote, “The Holy Spirit not only inspired all that is contained in the Scriptures, he also dictated and suggested every word with which it was written. To dictate means to determine the very words.”

The Council of Trent during its fourth session in 1546 stated, “The Council clearly perceived that this truth and rule are contained in the written books and unwritten traditions which have come down to us, having been received by the apostles from the mouth of Christ Himself, of from the apostles by the dictation [I take it that it does not mean full plenary verbal inspiration] of the Holy Spirit, and have been transmitted as it were from hand to hand. 

Following, then, the example of the orthodox Fathers it received and venerated with the same sense of loyalty and reverence all the books of the Old and New Testaments, for God alone is the author of both – together with all the traditions concerning faith and morals, as coming from the mouth of Christ or being inspired by the Holy Spirit and preserved in continuous succession in the Catholic Church” (DS 1501). This is the first time a magisterial document used the term „dictation‟ of the composition of the Scriptures.

An example of what could be considered a dictation: Ezekiel 37 “I prophesied as I was told”

Combination of Human and Divine Co-operation

In Dei Verbum §11-12 of Vatican II the Church teaches that the Scriptures arose from a combination of human and divine co-operation:

“Those divinely revealed realities which are contained and presented in Sacred Scripture have been committed to writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. For holy mother Church, relying on the belief of the Apostles (see John 20:31; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-20, 3:15-16), holds that the books of both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, with all their parts, are sacred and canonical because written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author and have been handed on as such to the Church herself. 

In composing the sacred books, God chose men and while employed by Him they made use of their powers and abilities, so that with Him acting in them and through them, they, as true authors, consigned to writing everything and only those things which He wanted Therefore, since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be held to be asserted by the Holy Spirit, it follows that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation. 

Therefore “all Scripture is divinely inspired and has its use for teaching the truth and refuting error, for reformation of manners and discipline in right living, so that the man who belongs to God may be efficient and equipped for good work of every kind” (2 Tim. 3:16-17, Greek text).

However, since God speaks in Sacred Scripture through men in human fashion, the interpreter of Sacred Scripture, in order to see clearly what God wanted to communicate to us, should carefully investigate what meaning the sacred writers really intended, and what God wanted to manifest by means of their words. Dei Verbum §11-12.

https://frtommylane.com/bible/introduction/inspiration.pdf
An example of this is the Gospel of Luke using the experience of the profession of medical doctor to analyze the woman with hemorrhage.

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Historical Overview

• Early Church: Fathers debated dictation vs. human creativity.
• Renaissance / Middle Ages: Council of Florence (1442) affirmed one divine author.
• Reformation / Council of Trent (1546): Declared God the author of Scripture and Tradition.
• Modern Time / Vatican I (1870): Affirmed divine authorship and inerrancy (Dei Filius).
• Contemporary / Vatican II: Reaffirmed divine-human cooperation and inspiration (Dei Verbum; CCC 105–106).

Conclusion

We learn another advantage of the reading the Word of God. It reveals who we are. Christ is revelation of what each of us is meant to be which we lost in Adam. The Word of God becomes a pattern to accomplish and arrive at the full stature of our being.

Brief Practical Exegesis

How God’s Word at Jesus’s Baptism — “This is My Beloved Son” — reveals who and how God sees each of us.

Continuing the Discussion

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