The Bible has the highest place on earth in the sight of God. Through it, God speaks to man, making known His thoughts, His purposes and His plans for man upon the earth. Through it, He reveals His thoughts about heaven.
The Word of God is absolute, and God has magnified it above all His name. What God has done, what God is doing, what God will do, is made known to us in the Scriptures. Although we have had no further communication for almost 2000 years there is no need, for the Word of God is complete. He has "made known unto us the mystery of His will."
The Bible therefore leaves no room for speculation or for the development of the mind of man as time rolls on. It is true today, as it was in the days of Isaiah the prophet, that God's thoughts are not man's thoughts and God's ways are not man's ways.
"Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord." Jeremiah 9:23, 2423Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23‑24).