What Is the Bible In A Literal Sense?

What is the Bible in a literal sense? For me, the Bible is God manifest in language. Everything I believe in life, every decision I make, is built upon this concept. That in no way implies that I always do right or make the right decisions. Believing in gravity did not stop me from jumping out of hay lofts when I was a boy, and suffering the bruises from doing so. But as I have gone through life believing in gravity, I also now go through life believing the Bible is God manifest in language. So, what would be the basis of this belief? Going through Scriptures, it is impossible to separate the Person of God from the Bible 1. The word is the testimony of Jesus Christ - Revelation 1:2,9; 6:9; 20:4 2. They both must be received - John 1:12; 12:48 3. They both will judge - Matt. 7:21-23; John 12:48,
Revelation 20:11-12 4. The Bible is quick [alive] - Hebrews 4:12 5. The Bible is a discerner; it descerns - Hebrews 4:12 6. They both are the seed of eternal life - John 6:35; I Peter 1:23 I am not referring to the cover of my Bible which used to be a cow, nor the pages which used to be a tree. I am referencing the actual words of the Bible which are described as pure and preserved, Psalm 12:6-7. Everybody has a central or core belief that they follow in life. We do not obey it in all situations, but it guides us through life and defines our being. We have all done something that we would say, “that is not really me.” That action defies our core belief in life. But we still have the core belief. It is what the Apostle Paul is describing in Romans 7:15. I believe there is a God. That God spoke and all of creation came into existence. That God also gave us a Book, which would be the most important document in the history of mankind. Considering that Book is also going to be our judge [John 12:48] we might want to find out what it actually says. Every Christian ought to want to find out what God said about any given subject. Our faith comes from hearing what God said [Romans 10:17]. Our obedience is to submit to what God said. Our peace comes from knowing what God said: (1 John 5:13) “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”