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Are we just going to all ignore this pic??

Is this for real? How have I never heard anything about this before?

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The Bible contains the divinely inspired Word of God, but it is not divine.

I only mention this because ever since the introduction of Sola Scriptura, some place the Bible as equal to or above God. It is not. His deposit of Faith is larger, and He has the capacity to do with it as He pleases.

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Good question. I assume it may be a result of the revealing knowledge that came when they received the Holy Spirit"

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Peter Addresses the Crowd
14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 “‘In the last days, God says,
   I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
   your young men will see visions,
   your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
   I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
   and they will prophesy.

Again though, this is all speculation on my part, but it seems reasonable that if they could receive the ability to discern foreign languages to aid in the spread of the Gospel that they could receive knowledge of some unseen incidents to also aid in the spread of the Gospel.

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I agree with this answer.

Very little (per se) of what Christ actually said is in the Bible. Like Christ walked around completely silent his entire ministry, and only said and did what comparatively few things was actually written down.

What I believe is the answer is explained in these posts... The Bible contains only a fraction of Christs ministry.

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Wasn't it John who said there weren't enough books in the world to record all of Christ's miracles?

So that must mean the ones that were recorded were selected for a reason.  

Have you noticed most of this healings were on the Sabbath?  Why?  To "stick it" to the religious establishment?  They are the ones who said no work on the Sabbath but as Jesus said "if one you had a sheep fall in a well on the Sabbath, who among you would not fetch it out?"  Clearly some work is then approved and indeed encouraged.  

Let me admit here that l am a simpleton.  In school when we were required to read books and figure out what the author meant, you know,  those classics like "Animal Farm", Slaughterhouse Five, and such,  l always pulled failing grades.  I never could understand them on anything other than the superficial surface.  

I have much the same problem reading the Bible.  I have a hard time gleaning things deeper. Yet l do better than the other readings.

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I'm not sure about this. There are numerous other verses that speak to the preparedness and ambiguity of the end time in a better manner the these. Take the "thief in a night" verses for example.

No, the verses I am referring to are more specific in nature.

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This is easily understood for Catholics as the understanding of Scripture is different is some ways that many Protestants. We take the Bible literally insofar as the author's intent, but not always for the words on the page. This is particularly the case with the Old Testament. Here is a decent article that may help some understand.

The Catholic Approach to Some Parts of Scripture

Paragraph #116 of the Catechism gives us more on the literal sense of Scripture, “The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: ‘All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal.’”

Okay, what is being said here? Yes, Catholics take the Bible literally.  What that means, though, as the Catechism states, is that we look for the meaning that the author of any given Scripture passage meant to convey, we don’t just look at the words on the page and take them at face value.  An example: If I said that I went to a concert last night and there were a million people there, does that mean that I am trying to tell you that there were exactly one million people at the concert?  No, of course not.  Everyone in our particular culture would take that to mean that I went to a concert last night and it was absolutely overflowing with people.  That could mean hundreds, or even thousands, depending on the size of the arena where the concert was held, but it definitely does not mean exactly one million people, even though I actually said there were a million people there.  

This is what is known as an idiom of speech – using words that, taken at face value, actually mean one thing, to mean something else.  Another example: Often, when watching the weather reports on the local news, you’ll hear the weather person say something along the lines of, “The sun came up at 5:33 this morning.”  Everyone knows what that means.  Yet, that word – sunrise – taken at just a surface meaning, actually implies that the weather guy or gal thinks the sun is revolving around the earth.  The truth is, the sun does not rise in the morning.  What actually happens is that the earth’s rotation causes people to be able to see the sun at a particular time each morning. But, instead of saying, “The earth’s rotation caused the sun to come into view at 5:33 this morning,” we just say “the sun rose at 5:33 this morning,” and everyone knows the meaning we are intending to convey."

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He had to be difficult in some ways. Could you imagine having a disagreement with Jesus?  In the book of Mark, everybody seemed scared out their minds whenever he showed up. He even flashed anger on occasion (Mark 3:5).

But did he have belching competitions with his bros around the fire? I want to think he did things like that. Did he pet dogs and make them bicycle? (they have paws and are unclean so likely not). The bible records the dramatic, but what was Jesus like in the mundane. I suspect he was loving, kind, patient, etc.... But did ask his disciples to ponder the question: Why did chicken cross the road?  

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It is not a red herring but a very important clarification of doctrine.

I also have no idea who your "people" are, but it is never good when any group is "destroyed" for their beliefs.

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I mean this sincerely and without any disrespect; What in the world has anything you've posted have to do with the questions being asked?

I really am trying to follow but it's almost as though someone is asking what is the capital of Idaho, and you answer with "Bananas are shaped like a boomerang".

Could you please clarify a bit more? I get the gist of what you are attempting to do, which is sound profound and mysterious in your replies, but I need some context in order to follow along.

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He spoke in parables
if not in parables, he did not spake

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Daniel foretold the date of the Annointing

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It's been a while since I read the Bible.  
It struck me as odd that, at first, God had to look to men for advice.  He is God, he should know everything.