Saturday, 11 January 2014

The Chronological Bible Is Beneficial To Many Readers

By Marissa Velazquez


The Bible has earned the title of the greatest story ever told. Year after year, it outsells any other book. It has played a significant role in shaping Western society and laws, and over numerous centuries, millions of individuals have been positively affected by this book. However, research has concluded that there are few people who have read this volume in its entirety, which is perhaps the reason for the popularity of the chronological Bible. The latter makes reading the book simpler for numerous individuals.

Most individuals have heard of Bible; however, some individuals do not realize that it is not presented in chronological order. This means that the books of the Bible do not follow each other in the exact way that history was recorded. Rather, some of the events actually took place in a different order than the way they are arranged in the original transcript.

The aforementioned volume has about thirty-one thousand verses and approximately twelve-hundred chapters. These cover thousands of years of history. Individuals who have studied history and events with care have discovered a way to arrange the Bible in chronological order. The message is not changed of course, but the information is presented in a different order.

It is intriguing to see how this book is changed when put in chronological order. It starts with beginning of creation, but after that, the order is changed considerably. To follow the events in the book in the order in which they actually took place, a person would read the first twenty-two chapters of Genesis, and then the book of Job. After the latter has been read, the person would return and finish the book of Genesis.

After Genesis, the book of Exodus follows, and after this one would have to stop and read Psalm 90. The reader would then go on to the books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. When the latter is finished, Psalm 91 would come next. Following Psalm ninety-one is Chronicles II, which is interrupted with other books approximately 16 times when chronological sequence is followed.

While the New Testament Gospels remain in the same order when one is reading in sequence, from there on things dramatically change. John's gospel is followed immediately by the Acts of the Apostles, but only the first fourteen chapters. After these, James' Epistles are read in their entirety, followed by the fifteenth chapter of Acts. The latter is then interrupted again about eight times before one reaches the end. The book of Colossians comes next.

The Epistles of John, of which there are 3, are interrupted numerous times throughout the last book of the Bible, which is the Revelation. However, Revelation remains the final book, even for those reading in sequence. Numerous individuals discover that this volume can be enjoyed more when read in the aforementioned order. However, not surprisingly, this choice is up to the reader's personal preferences.

Those who are interested in reading chronologically have two choices. They can simply follow an outline that lists the books in this order, or they can purchase a chronological Bible from a Christian bookstore or online. In order to read the entire book in one year, one must devote approximately 20 minutes a day to this task. Those interested in acquiring this version will be happy to discover that it is not difficult to find.




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