[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]karite36 wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]karite36 wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
As a kid I was SENT to a Bible School (not sunday school) every day after regular school for 3 hours from the age of 12-15. My mother wanted me to become a minister. I have went cover to cover at least 3 times.
We gave each book of the bible 2 weeks of study and moved on. Genesis “In the Beinning” and end with Revelations “The grace of our lord Jesus Christ Be with you all, Amen”.
If you want to read the bible read it first then pick up study material later. You can cover the book faster than you think. No matter what translation you start with read it from page A-Z.
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Agreed.
BTW, despite the advice to the contrary from many here, Genesis, the “book of beginnings”, is THE place to start a study of the Bible. All of the rest of the books are essentially useless without it. In other words, NONE of the other books really makes sense without the first one. That’s obviously the case with almost any other non-Bible book as well.
The Bible is NOT just a compilation of books. It truly is one book with one central theme - Redemption - and that theme cannot be properly understood without Genesis, especially the first 11 chapters.
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The Bible is not a book of simply redemption, it is a book of Law & Order, and what you can expect if you abide by the law.[/quote]
You are wrong.[/quote]
Wow that was a very in depth come back. How am I wrong?
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You were wrong because you insisted the Bible (not just the Torah) was a book of Law & Order and not redemption. The Bible certainly includes the Law but does so as part of the plot…and the plot is Redemption.
Genesis though part of the Torah does not include the (Hebrew) law. It does include some universal laws (see Gen 9). It, Genesis, explains why the Law was needed. The Law was needed in order to sanctify or set aside a people - a nation - who would produce the Messiah, the Redeemer. The world needed a Redeemer because of the events in early Genesis hence my earlier suggestion to always start a comprehensive Bible study with a study of Genesis. And that my friend, is the essence of the Old Testament.
The New Testament, of course, finishes the saga with the advent of that Redeemer, his legacy - the church - and the future of the universe, God’s creation.
Genesis = the Beginning.
Revelation = the End.
Stuff in between is the narrative that gets us from beginning to end.
One book. One overall message. One theme. One plot.[/quote]
The law is not merely some “backdrop”. The law is the foundation of Gods government; that’s kind of how governments work. And again, Christ didn’t abolish the Law, so the whole Redemption thing is still only for those who follow the rules, you know, the Law.