Canon of Scripture-please read and comment

This is a little bit of my understanding on the Canon. Figured I would share it, and try and get a little discussion going on, so....

The Canon is a list of all the books that belong in the Bible. The importance of us knowing the Canon is summed up in two verses in the book of Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy 32:47 Moses says to Israel "These instructions are not empty words-they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordam River", and in Deuteronomy 4:2 Moses says "do not add to or subtract form these commands I am giving you. Just obey the command of the Lord your God that I am giving you". Being that the Canon is a list of all the books that belong in the Bible, and the Bible contains our "life" (Deut 32:47), and no one is to add to nor subtract from it, it is the utmost importance that we know for a fact that the Canon is correct.

The Old Testament Canon
The earlist collection of the written Words of God was the Ten commandments,(written by God Himself, Exodus 31:18/32:16), therefore making the Ten commandments form the beginning of the Old Testament Canon. Although the Holy Spirit was not permanently given to man until after the resurrection of Christ, He did move upon whom He chose and made happen what He wanted to happen, and in this case it would be the fact of writing God's Word, (1 Samuel 10:25, 2 Chron. 26:22). The end of the writing process was approximantly 435 B.C., which were around the time of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. After 435 B.C. the Jewish sect did not accept any other writings for they were not deemed worthy as the Old Testament Scripture are deemed because they knew of no one who could speak with the authority of God as the Old Testament Prophets had done. If we go to the New Testament, we find that there was no disagreement between Jesus and the Jews over the Old Testament Canon. Over 295 times, Jesus and the New Testament authors qouted Scripture from the Old Testament, but no one time was there a quote from the Apocrypha or any other writings.
The Apocrypha was not included in the Canon because 1- they do not claim for themselves the same kind of authority as the Old Tesament writings, 2- they were not considered to be Scripture from the people whom they originated, 3-they were not considered Scripture by Jesus and the New Testament authors, 4- they contain teachings inconsistent with the rest of the Bible.

The New Testament Canon
The New Testament Canon begins with the writings of the apostles, to whom the Holy Spirit was promised and was going to teach and bring to rememberance the things that they had learned from Christ, (John 14:26, 16:13-14). Also, if you held the office of an apostle you were seen to have the same authority as the Old Testament Prophets had held, which was to speak and write the ver words of God, giving there words and writings the same authority as the Old Testament Scriptures. There were some books of the New Tesament that were not writen by an apostle, but the authenticity of these books was affirmed by the apostles, (ex would be Paul affirming the authenticity of Luke).
There is no other writings that are going to be added to the Canon, and we can get this from Hebrews 1:1-2. These facts all indicate that there is a finality to the revelation of God in Christ, and that once this revelation has been completed, there is no more to be expected. Now understanding the fact that a majority of the New Testament was written by apostles, the rest was affirmed by apostles, and that the Son of God is the greatest and final revelation to mankind according to Hebrews 1:1-2, we must conclude that in order for "scripture" to be added to the New Testament Canon it must be: 1-written by an apostle, 2- affirmed by an apostle, or 3- be affirmed by the Son of God Himself.

This is my understanding so far, and so I am up for anymore information or any correction. Hope it helps...

K.P.