Many people have called the Bible the greatest story ever told. It is consistently the biggest bestseller in the world. Western laws and cultures have been shaped by this book, and it has affected millions of people in a positive way for thousands of years. Statistics, however, indicate that not many people have read this volume in its entirety, which may be why the chronological Bible is so popular among certain individuals. This version of the book is thought to make reading the volume easier for most people.
Virtually all men and women have at least heard of the aforementioned book. However, some people are unaware of the fact that the Bible is not arranged in order. Its books do not follow one another in the precise way they were recorded by the historians who penned each volume. Instead, they are arranged in the original transcript differently from how the actual order of events took place.
The aforementioned book contains approximately 1,200 chapters and over 31,000 verses. These cover centuries of history. Those who have carefully researched times and events have managed to arrange the Bible into chronological order. This does not change the message, but merely the order in which the facts are presented.
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.
The next book would be Exodus in its entirety, followed by the ninetieth Psalm, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the ninety-first Psalm. Chronicles II would follow; however, it would be interrupted about sixteen times with other sections if one was reading the volume chronologically.
The New Testament begins with four books referred to as the Gospels. The order of these remain the same, but after they are read the sequence changes substantially. The first through the fourteenth chapters of Acts immediately follow John's Gospel, and then the Epistle of James is read, followed by the fifteenth chapter of Acts. The reader continues through Acts, but the latter is interrupted eight additional times before the end. Colossians is the next book in the sequence.
The Epistles of John, which total three volumes, interrupt the book of Revelation several times. However, the latter is the last book, in both the traditional Bible and the chronological version. Many people find that the this book is more enjoyable when it is read in this way, but as one would suspect, this is largely a matter of personal preference.
Those who wish to read chronologically will find that two options are available: following an outline listing the chapters and verses in sequence, or buying a chronological version of the book on the Internet or in a Christian bookstore. To read the book in its entirety in a single year, about 20 minutes a day must be dedicated to this task. Fortunately, it is not difficult to find a chronological Bible if one prefers this version.
Virtually all men and women have at least heard of the aforementioned book. However, some people are unaware of the fact that the Bible is not arranged in order. Its books do not follow one another in the precise way they were recorded by the historians who penned each volume. Instead, they are arranged in the original transcript differently from how the actual order of events took place.
The aforementioned book contains approximately 1,200 chapters and over 31,000 verses. These cover centuries of history. Those who have carefully researched times and events have managed to arrange the Bible into chronological order. This does not change the message, but merely the order in which the facts are presented.
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.
The next book would be Exodus in its entirety, followed by the ninetieth Psalm, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the ninety-first Psalm. Chronicles II would follow; however, it would be interrupted about sixteen times with other sections if one was reading the volume chronologically.
The New Testament begins with four books referred to as the Gospels. The order of these remain the same, but after they are read the sequence changes substantially. The first through the fourteenth chapters of Acts immediately follow John's Gospel, and then the Epistle of James is read, followed by the fifteenth chapter of Acts. The reader continues through Acts, but the latter is interrupted eight additional times before the end. Colossians is the next book in the sequence.
The Epistles of John, which total three volumes, interrupt the book of Revelation several times. However, the latter is the last book, in both the traditional Bible and the chronological version. Many people find that the this book is more enjoyable when it is read in this way, but as one would suspect, this is largely a matter of personal preference.
Those who wish to read chronologically will find that two options are available: following an outline listing the chapters and verses in sequence, or buying a chronological version of the book on the Internet or in a Christian bookstore. To read the book in its entirety in a single year, about 20 minutes a day must be dedicated to this task. Fortunately, it is not difficult to find a chronological Bible if one prefers this version.
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