It is often argued that we should look at the composition of the Bible as we look at the person of Christ, as fully human and fully divine. Some use this analogy to emphasize the God-given nature of Scripture. Others turn around and use the analogy to assert that Scripture errs from time to time. Timothy Ward makes a different claim altogether, arguing that the incarnation is simply not a useful analogy for the inspiration of Scripture.
Later Ward explains:
In other words while it is certainly true that the divine word of Scripture employed human agency, this does not mean the Bible is the union of human and divine akin to the two natures of Christ, for the simply reason that Scripture is not a union of natures. Scripture records linguistic communication of divine origin through human instrumentality. The Bible is a God-breathed book (2 Tim. 3:16) which men spoke as carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). Scripture is not a little human and a little divine. The words are from God. He simply and gloriously used men’s brains (including their personalities and styles) to get his words down on paper.
The analogy of incarnation is not the best analogy anyway. And it certainly should not be used to undermine the full trustworthiness of Scriptures.
