The focus is on the words of the Bible. God uses the vocabulary from the author’s background and education to communicate the message.
This theory was soon rejected. An indication of the direction the church would be heading is found in a General Conference statement made in conjunction with the revision of the book Testimonies to the Church, by E. G. White, in which it was stated: “We believe the light given by God to His servants is by the enlightenment of the mind, thus imparting the thought, and not (except in rare cases) the very words in which the ideas should be expressed.” 2“General Conference Proceedings,” The Review and Herald, November 27, 1883, 741-742. This view came to be known as “thought inspiration.” IRI 1.3
In spite of that statement, most Adventists continued to adhere to verbal inspiration and in some cases to mechanical inspiration. The topic of revelation/inspiration became particularly sensitive during the revision of the book Great Controversy. IRI 1.4