KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
MAY 21, 2023: Dear Friends, Thank you for following this blog on learning to know and understand the Bible, God’s Holy Word to it’s readers. We are currently in a series that is teaching learning the Bible by how to search for and find Bible verses to read and contemplate, learning the locations of the books of the Bible, including which books are in the Old Testament and which are in the New testament of the Bible, the approximate timeframe of when the books were written or when the events written about in a book took place, and learning how the books of the Bible are related to each other. Go to keeganbooks.com to review the past 5 blogs on learning the Bible.
The focus this week will be on continuing our study of how the books of the Bible are related. We are currently learning how specific geographic sites, like the town of Bethlehem that is written about in many books of the Bible, helped relate some books of the Bible to each other. To add interest to the Bible study, add the timeframe of the books that had the geographic site (Bethlehem) written in the books to add and broaden perspective on what is being read.
In this week’s study, the geographic sites of Jericho and the Sea of Galillee will be followed through the books of the Bible. Return to the previous blogs mentioned above to learn the approximate timeframe of when the book that the site is written in was written. Growth in knowledge and understanding of the Bible will increase, allowing one to gain confidence in what is being learned in Bible.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!
Geographic Sites: Be aware that there may be hundreds of years between the books with the site named, but the geographic site was still there in the timeframe written and is still there today. JERICHO: Joshua, chapter 2 and chapter 3: (1500 BCE). Luke, chapter 18 verses35, through chapter 19, through verse 28. (approx 28 AD. more than 1500 years since the Israelites crossed over into the Promised Land into Jericho) THE SEA OF GALILEE: Also known as the Sea of Chinnereth: Numbers, chapter 34, verses 11-12 (1500 BCE) and Joshua, chapter 12, verse 3. (1500 BCE) also known as the Lake of Gennesaret: Luke, chapter 5, verse 1: (Approx 28. AD). and the Sea of Tiberias: John, chapter 6, verse 1.(approx 28 AD, approximately 1500 years from when first written in Joshua).