Just to start a discussion of studying the bible chronologically.
Why would I do this?
In my studies, I found out to my surprise, that the Old and New Testament were neither assembled chronologically, as they were written catagorically in groupings of topics, and being that I was deep into studying the New Testament at the time, I wanted to approach it in the order it was written, and see if that had an affect on any bible doctrines that we accept today.
The New Testament wasn't assembled chronologically, or in the order, date wise, that it was written.
It was assembled in groupings, using the Old Testament as a model, which made the New Testament flow better, in some cases. The Old Testament too.
I spent nearly a year researching the accepted Chronological order of the New Testament by scholars. As in most biblical topics there are a number of opinions, and so I researched and read hundreds of opinions and commentaries, until I was able to come to a conclusion for myself that would give me a proper foundation for my study.
What I ended up doing was wanting to purchase a chronological bible that would represent something I could read and study as the initial bible was written, with each book in order as it was written.
Unfortunately the chronological bibles I did find were incredibly complicated, and almost impossible to follow, at least for me.
So what do I do?
I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to lead me, and I would be patient, as I felt I was being led into this.
At some point I decided to create a chronological bible for myself, one of three bibles I rearranged or modified to better study the fullness of scripture, and Gods intentions, as it had been initially delivered by God to man.
I went on a website where they sell everything by bidding or buy it now, and eventually found a used bible that was in very good shape.
It turned out this was a very popular publication and there was quite a number of these for sale all the time, so later on I could use the same bibles for some other projects too, to help me in my deeper studies.
I cut the first bible up, separating each New Testament book, and got some New Testament tabs for identifying each book, and proceeded to reassemble my bible "CHRONOLOGICALLY."
What I will say here, as I'd like this to be a challenge to do the same thing, when reading in the order the books were written, it becomes obvious that some things we believe today are impossible to be true, because the order of things in their proper place don't support some of today's doctrinal beliefs, because dates are out of order for them to be accurate.
I did the work, so I'm suggesting that others here do the same. Many of you will be surprised if you set out as I did.
This is part of the process of maturing, so don't ask me what the questions or answers are to what I discovered, as that is a theological discussion, best left to those who put in the time and invest their money as I did, for new deeper discoveries in Christ, led by the Holy Spirit, otherwise what I tell you won't make any sense because you won't have the learning and knowledge foundation to mature properly, and go deeper into understanding God's word, and be able to ask the proper educated questions.
Personal research is the ultimate key to personal growth.
God bless you all
My name is OLIGOS
Why would I do this?
In my studies, I found out to my surprise, that the Old and New Testament were neither assembled chronologically, as they were written catagorically in groupings of topics, and being that I was deep into studying the New Testament at the time, I wanted to approach it in the order it was written, and see if that had an affect on any bible doctrines that we accept today.
The New Testament wasn't assembled chronologically, or in the order, date wise, that it was written.
It was assembled in groupings, using the Old Testament as a model, which made the New Testament flow better, in some cases. The Old Testament too.
I spent nearly a year researching the accepted Chronological order of the New Testament by scholars. As in most biblical topics there are a number of opinions, and so I researched and read hundreds of opinions and commentaries, until I was able to come to a conclusion for myself that would give me a proper foundation for my study.
What I ended up doing was wanting to purchase a chronological bible that would represent something I could read and study as the initial bible was written, with each book in order as it was written.
Unfortunately the chronological bibles I did find were incredibly complicated, and almost impossible to follow, at least for me.
So what do I do?
I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to lead me, and I would be patient, as I felt I was being led into this.
At some point I decided to create a chronological bible for myself, one of three bibles I rearranged or modified to better study the fullness of scripture, and Gods intentions, as it had been initially delivered by God to man.
I went on a website where they sell everything by bidding or buy it now, and eventually found a used bible that was in very good shape.
It turned out this was a very popular publication and there was quite a number of these for sale all the time, so later on I could use the same bibles for some other projects too, to help me in my deeper studies.
I cut the first bible up, separating each New Testament book, and got some New Testament tabs for identifying each book, and proceeded to reassemble my bible "CHRONOLOGICALLY."
What I will say here, as I'd like this to be a challenge to do the same thing, when reading in the order the books were written, it becomes obvious that some things we believe today are impossible to be true, because the order of things in their proper place don't support some of today's doctrinal beliefs, because dates are out of order for them to be accurate.
I did the work, so I'm suggesting that others here do the same. Many of you will be surprised if you set out as I did.
This is part of the process of maturing, so don't ask me what the questions or answers are to what I discovered, as that is a theological discussion, best left to those who put in the time and invest their money as I did, for new deeper discoveries in Christ, led by the Holy Spirit, otherwise what I tell you won't make any sense because you won't have the learning and knowledge foundation to mature properly, and go deeper into understanding God's word, and be able to ask the proper educated questions.
Personal research is the ultimate key to personal growth.
God bless you all
My name is OLIGOS
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