Sunday, January 26, 2014

Better Understanding With Chronological Bible

By Eliza Mendoza


The current order of books makes biblical study tedious and confusing. It requires readers to move back and forth in order to find the connection between one story and the other. This problem has been solved with the availability of the chronological bible. It has the books and chapter arranged in the order that event happened. This creates a clear flow of event from the old to the New Testament that makes it easy to understand.

Many people have been reading from Genesis to Revelation the way the books were arranged. Another reading option is tackling each testament at a time. Historic reading is where you read the books according to when they were written. Reading using a particular order allows you to have a unique experience of the reality of Christian life. The message becomes clearer.

Bibles are available in different versions despite adopting this order. There are common versions like King James, Good News, New International Version and Revised Standard Version. The books in these bibles are arranged in whichever way you wish to read them. They are also available in different languages to cater for the interests of readers in different corners of the world.

Historians and theologians have spent a lot of time and resources researching on the order of events. The outcome of this process has seen some chapters of certain books interjected by stories from other books. An example is Samuel whose events intersect with those of psalms. Other books that were penned on the same year include Kings and Chronicles. Reading these from ordinary bibles would require you to keep going back and forth.

Reading the books online is simplified because the order is already provided. When using ordinary bibles written on paper, one would have to flip numerous chapters and pages back and forth. Researches have had to delve through a lot of books to find a parallel between events given in reality and those found in the scripture.

In order to cover the entire biblical chronology fully, a reader is required to device a reading plan. The plan allows you to complete the old and the new testaments within a specified period of time. This could be one year, two years and even three years. You can log in your reading through the system to ensure that you do not skip any book or chapter.

There are authors and publishers who have provided hard copies of such bibles. They are sold from online outlets at reasonable prices. The nature of research conducted guarantees accuracy to the last chapter or verse. Some have included the extra canonical books found in orthodox and catholic bibles.

Reading a chronological Bible makes it easier to understand the story of creation and salvation of mankind. It presents all the events just as they happened in one continuous narrative. Some authors have included comments to help you understand the context and therefore be in a position to understand the message.




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