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The Bible
The
Bible was written by about forty human authors over several hundreds of years.
Yet
the entire story has a remarkably coherent flow. How is this possible? Well,
the Bible itself claims Divine inspiration. Consider these two verses:
2
Timothy 3:16 (NLT)
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true
and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are
wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
2
Peter 1:21 (NIV)
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets,
though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Chronological Overview
Bible
Time seeks to provide a clear framework for understanding the Bible. No
previous knowledge is required. There are two key features that are designed to
help you:
1. The Bible
is divided into major Parts and Episodes.
2. The
approach is chronological – the books are presented in time order.
A word about Calendars
You
will probably be familiar with these two:
· Before
Christ (BC) are shown as negative numbers in red, for example -975 BC
· Anno Domini
(AD) in the year of our Lord, shown positive, for example 30 AD
Less
well known, there is a third system:
· Anno Mundi (AM) in the year of
The World, counting forward from Creation. Shown as positive numbers in blue, for
example 3029 AM
Example
The
reign of King Solomon was 2989 AM (-1015) to 3029 AM (-975). A span
of 40 years.
Books in normal Bible Order
The
Bible is a library of books divided into Old and New Testaments.
Old
Testament
New
Testament
Number of Books
The
books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles were so large they each had to be split
into two scrolls. In our modern Bible we have 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1
and 2 Chronicles. In Bible Time they are shown as single books.
In
the New Testament groups of letters: 1 and 2 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians,
1 and 2 Timothy, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John are also shown as single books.
Taking this approach there are 5 x 7 = 35 books in the Old Testament and 3 x 7 = 21 books in the New Testament, that is 8 x 7 = 56 books in all.