Biblical Understanding
Reading God's Word Using God's    
      Method of Comprehension
Progressive Revelation Read In Literary Context
The Holy Spirit Leads Using Written Revelation Read And Understood In Literary Context, All Other Methods Are Not of God  
Bible Reading
At one time or another, most people have considered reading the Bible. It is safe to
say that most people have considered some part of the Bible through one form of
media or another. The source was either positive or negative, approving or
disapproving. There's not many who do not have a stand concerning this old book.

The subject of the Bible is about as diverse as any subject could be, with few subjects
generating as much diverse controversy leading to extreme results in many cases.

Now I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about, so I won't labor the point.
However I would like to state one fact, which is, the majority of people (since the Bible
writings were collected and combined into a group of writings), have attempted to
understand exactly what this collection of writings is, and form a judgment and opinion.

I will make one statement about Bible translations, for this site is not about which
translation is right, nor which ancient manuscripts are of God and therefore right. I will
only say that, I will address the subject of the Bible using the KJV, NKJV, YLT, NIV, and
NASB. I also use all the Bible translations in a Bible program I wrote which compares
as many as 12 translations side by side.

I encourage people to compare, however unless you know Hebrew and Greek, and
biblical writer's contextual backgrounds, I would suggest using one of the many online
Bible study tools which offer lexicons, dictionaries, and customs of Bible times. I would
not encourage using commentators for the simple reason that you will not do the work
yourself and instead rely on someone else who has philosophical and theological
loyalties and influences.

Progressive Revelation and Literary Context Enables the Bible Reader to Bypass          
      Religious Philosophy and Theology Educational Systems and Influences.

The question is: Why are there so many religions, philosophies, and theologies?
The answer is: The arrangement of Bible books, and the placement of chapters and
verses into the written revelation was NOT by God's direction, and therefore not
inspired, which means they were "additions" to God's inspired revelations; an
influencing factor in all reader's comprehension.

The re-arranging of book order, additions of chapter and verse markers, hid the
natural systematic order of God's process of giving revelation, resulting in reliance in
human invention and systems to replace what was originally preserved by the writers
of the Bible automatically; each writer wrote as God moved them, and each one knew
the writings already existing, and some where given information on what writings would
be written in the future. This process was designed by God, and today, is heavily
disputed, with each disputer claiming to have the right system, and therefore of God.

I have not seen one system which offers the reader the simple literary context in the
biblical writer's progressive order position with other biblical writers. Some biblical
teachers do refer to this, but fail to place this truth as the basis for understanding the
Bible writings. Literary context, automatically forces the reader to learn the order of the
giving of the biblical books.

Learning this "Base" truth, essentially provides the Bible reader with a language of
communication to speak and write. It is on this, that a system of reasoning and logic is
provided by God for the biblical readers to comprehend, no matter what age they read
the Bible in. All Bible readers are schooled exactly the same way in the same method.

A short history of the collection of biblical writings, called "The Bible" starts with:

Old Testament:
Job writes sometime between the period of the Noahic flood and Abraham's life. His
writing is the "Basis" upon which Moses wrote. "To Turn" unto the Creator Jehovah.

Seven hundred years or more later Moses writes Genesis and takes it to Egypt and by
faith leads the Exodus. God's nation is given four more writings by Moses during forty
years and a nation moves into the promised land.

One thousand twenty years of Jewish history during which time the Old Testament is
completely given and preserved (Not as it is in the present arrangement).

Four hundred years of silence from God toward Israel, and Jehovah God creates
Himself as a Man called, Jesus of Nazareth. The Messiah King and Creator of all
mankind, who stands on the revelation already given by Job and Jewish writers as His
Decree and Authority over Israel  After Israel's national rejection of Jesus, the Gentile
people of the world are offered this same Decree and Authority as Creator God.

There were four writers who finished the Old Testament period of time, who wrote after
Jesus ascended back to Heaven. The four writers record the end days of the O.T.
times which ended with the death and burial of the Messiah King, Jesus of Nazareth
The life of Jesus did not occur in what we call, "New Testament times", but the Old
Testament times. The New Testament times did not start until Jesus was resurrected
from the dead. Most Bible readers do not realize this fact and therefore mis-apply the
teachings from the four Gospels, Mark, Matthew, Luke, John.
New Testament

The times of the New Testament
started at the resurrection of Jesus
from the dead. The atonement for a
lost human race who could not know
God the Creator, was accomplished
and sacrificial death of the one who
provided the atonement for sins
against the Creator, was the Creator
Himself as a jewish Man from Nazareth.

At this time he prepares those whom
he taught for over three years to ready
themselves to be guided in the
process of writing an additional
testament to be the final writings of
God's revelation for the Jews and
Gentiles.

The teachings of Jesus as recorded by
Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, were
the final chapters in the service of the
O.T. writings, mainly the Law, and not
the Jewish Law, which is to be
distinguished from the Mosiac Laws.
The King always has authority over the
Laws and any additional laws imposed
by those of his Kingdom. In this fact
the writers of the four Gospels penned
their accounts of their King.

After the King ascends into Heaven,
He causes by the Spirit of God as he
promised, to inspire Peter to preach.
Peter has Mark write the first account
of the King's life and work.

Next the King's human brother, James,
writes to the jewish believers of Jesus
as God and King, in Jerusalem.

Several years pass and Jesus
personally converts Saul the killer of
believers in Jesus as King, to become
the messenger of the Good News of
Jesus as King and Saviour of mankind.

He becomes Paul, who writes 13 of the
N.T. writings.

Matthew moves to the southern areas
of Israel and travels to Egypt where
most jewish authorities spend their
lives, and defends the authority of
Jesus as King of Israel and the World.

Luke supports Paul's ministry and in
the process provides an account of
Jesus life as King and then provides
the history of the beginning of an
assembly who wait on the King and
produce the New Testament of the
King to be preserved for all
generations.

Peter writes two letters shortly before
70 A.D. admonishing and teaching
those he had served.

Israel and Jerusalem is judged by
Rome in 70 A.D. Believers in Jesus as
King are scattered throughout Asia
Minor which is the Roman Empire.

Jude, Paul's disciples, and John now
finish the writing process of the
production of the New Testament. John
who waits for His King as a bride waits
for the groom, finishes the writings.
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