“I have always been a learner and am grateful to everyone who has been my teacher.”
- (Sirach 51:17).
No doubt I have consulted many books and sought opinions and would have needed to acknowledge and reference directly the many authors and scholars who have helped add value to my understanding. But I beg pardon however for this impossibility. For the making of this book has actually been a long and tedious process of passive and active collating, studying and just leisure skimming from birth to date. And I'll ever remain learning like Sirach (quoted above). I would therefore no doubt not know to go about referencing all the various scholars who have added value to my understanding without being prejudiced. I really am very sorry for any infringements of copyrights or plagiarisms and sincerely do apologize from the bottom of my heart for any inconveniences caused. To this end I must say that I do note and acknowledge them all.
Although most of the ideas generated in the book are original, they are not all absolutely ingenious or novel as said. God mostly has envisioned and imparted them unto me and I have fine-tuned and expounded them through research and discourse. In the light of this therefore, I would firstly and most importantly thank and honor God who blesses me with all wisdom, knowledge and understanding for these and many more. I also thank and honor the Holy Spirit who teaches and reminds me all that I've ever been taught. Then I thank the authors of the Good News Bible, which mostly is quoted in this work, and commend their great effort and conscientiousness to duty in compiling it all. Many thanks also to other version interpreters for their great diligence and commitment to providing diverse meaning and interpretations. Also in this regard, all dedicated ministers and workers in the vineyard of God deserve and reserve my respect in no small measure for nurturing me up in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and in the Bible.
The Scroll is a book in dedication to the glory of the Trinity of God the Father, Holy Spirit, and Son. It is in furtherance of the advancement of knowledge; and the establishment and ordering of the Kingdom of God on Earth from now hence - which all, the Father promises to work out with His power. (Isaiah 9:7).
On a last note, I would like to leave us in contemplation of the subtle admonitions of Jesus son of Sirach in the book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), chapter 50, verses 28-29 : “May God bless everyone who gives attention to this work. Whoever takes them to heart will become wise. Whoever lives by them will be strong enough for any occasion, because he will be walking in the light of God.”
Again, to the TRINITY of God, is all the glory!
DESHINA DAVIDSON
(December, 2015)