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KNOWING YOUR BIBLE August 28, 2022: Dear Friends, Welcome to this blog on learning and knowing the Bible. In this current series, the focus is on where in the Bible is written about important people and events that are so often discussed in different Bible study classes, sermons, and other teaching programs. Learning about some of the important biblical people and events will help to increase knowledge and understanding of the Bible. By using the word “important”, reference is made on commonly known people and events that are learned about when reading and studying the Bible. The Bible verses written about these people and events was inspired by God as written in 2nd Timothy, chapter 3, verses 16-17, that states, “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.” God had a reason to inspire words about these people and events in his Holy Word so that we, as his followers, could discern what God was trying to teach in the  Bible. Return to the last 3 blogs in this series by going to keeganbooks.com, to review the blogs written in this series. Spend some time studying these blogs to help in learning and comprehending what has been written of some of the important people and events written in the first six books of the Old Testament, Genesis through Joshua.                                               In today’s blog, the focus will continue by discussing the important people and events in the books of Judges and Ruth, the seventh and eighth books of the Old Testament. Both books are considered history books. Judges covers a time period of 300 years, between approximately 1450 BCE to 1150 BCE. As the name of the book implies, the book gives information about the lives and leaderships of several of the judges who ruled in Isarel from the time of Moses in the 1400′s BCE until the reign of King Saul and King David in 1000′s BCE.  The story of Samson and Delilah can be read in Judges, chapter 13 verses 2-25; chapters 14 thru 17.                                                          The book of Ruth covers an approximate time period in the 1150 BCE era. The person, Ruth, was the center of the written prose that tells of her life as a young woman through her older years. Much of the story took place in and around Bethlehem. She was King David’s great grandmother. She bore Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.                                                                     Spend some time browsing through the books of Judges and Ruth. Ruth has 4 chapters and can be read quickly. As previously been discussed, the knowledge gained through reading the Bible brings one nearer and closer to God. In James, chapter 4, verse 8, is written as follows: “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.” The more one reads and studies the Bible, the more knowledge and understanding of God is had. As one grows in biblical knowledge, the realization of what God is trying to teach, giving guidance and direction to our lives, becomes much more apparent, bringing us nearer and closer to God. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK.! ..