Reading The Chronological Bible Is Enjoyable To Many Individuals

By Marissa Velazquez


The Bible is often referred to as the greatest story ever told. It is the world's largest best-seller of all times, year after year. It is responsible for shaping Western culture and laws, and it has positively affected millions of individuals over numerous centuries. However, statistics indicate that few individuals have read the book in its entirety, which has made the chronological Bible highly popular. This is because this version makes reading the book much easier for most people.

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, 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 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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