One natural and proper starting place to study the bible would be at the very beginning with
God as Creator, at the very first chapter of Genesis, and compare the Bible account of creation of man, the origin of satan,the first sin, and then to continue on from there through the old testament. Another natural starting point is the beginning of the New Testament. While the very first words of the entire Bible are “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth” (Genesis 1:1), the real beginning of the new testament, in actual time sequence of events, is John 1:1.In the beginning was “the word”. So the account of the pre-existence, the birth, and work of
Jesus Christ who is called the “word “or spokesman of God also begins with the words “In the beginning”.
There is still another natural starting point the one adopted. To begin with this very present age in which we live this time of upset world conditions, this when science and technology have produced the weapons that threaten the extinction of all life on this planet this time of the end just before the end of this age and the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Bible will mean more to us if we fully understand its vital relations to our life today and its direct connection with current world events. If we were to try to understand a map of the world, it would not mean much to us unless and until we could first put our finger on the precise spot on the map where we were at the moment. Only then could we clearly see and comprehend the rest of the world in relation to our own location on the map.
We will understand the
Bible better, and find it more interesting, if we view it all, its history and prophecy, its teachings and divine revelations from the vantage point of life here and now. The Bible will become clearer if we see how world events have led up to the very time and conditions in which we live, and what the future has in store for all mankind. But before we begin this fascinating study, we need to know why so few really understand the Bible and how to
understand it.
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