Bible ology-2
- 2. Bible in a Nutshell 1. God's Creation! 2. Satan's Deception. Adam's Consumption. 3. Noah's Boat. Abraham's Faith. Joseph's Dreams. 4. Pharaoh’s Oppression. Moses' Escape. Doubters’ Wandering. 5. Joshua's Conquests. Judges’ Strength. David's Slingshot. 6. Solomon's Wisdom. Prophets' Proclamations. Israel’s Scattering. 7. Mary's Delivery! 8. Jesus' Miracles. Rabbi’s Lessons. Lamb’s Death. Resurrection! 9. Spirit's Arrival. Disciples’ Testimony. Paul's Letters. 10. Churches' Multiplication. World's Demise. 11. Heaven's Triumph!
- 3. The number 3 is associated with God and his divine perfection or completeness.
- 4. Perhaps it's significant that the word "God" is the third word in the Bible
- 5. Largest OT book: Psalms Largest NT book: Luke
- 6. “A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.” ― James MacDonald
- 7. “God” appears: 3,358 times “Lord” appears: 7,736 times “Love” occurs 697 times
- 8. “Fear” occurs 397 times “Hate” occurs 128 times “Hell” occurs 53 times
- 9. “All the stories and poems and letters and oracles and wisdom verses of God's Word, like individual instruments in a great orchestra, serve THE WHOLE story.” ― James MacDonald
- 10. Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1) (18 Letters) Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
- 11. Number of books in the Bible: 66
- 12. “I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.” ― Criss Jami
- 13. Number of different authors: 40
- 14. Number of total Bibles Printed 6,001,500,000
- 15. The books of the Old Testament were written before the birth of Jesus Christ and the New Testament covers the life of Christ and beyond.
- 16. Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude are short books which only have verse divisions.
- 17. Chapters were introduced to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro. Verse divisions were not added until 1551 by Robertus Stephanus.
- 18. The Bible was written in 3 different languages! Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
- 19. “When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?” ― Russ Scalzo
- 20. The Bible was written over a period of 1,600 years! Between 1500 B.C. and 100 A.D.
- 21. There are 66 books in the entire Bible! Old Testament = 39 books New Testament = 27 books
- 22. There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible! Old Testament = 929 chapters New Testament = 260 chapters
- 23. “The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.” ― A.W. Tozer