Interesting Bible Facts

Bible as literature, understanding your Bible

There is law in the books of Moses. History is found in Samuel, Kings, Chronicles and other books. Philosophy is in Job and Ecclesiastes. Poetry is in Psalms and the Song of Solomon. Prophecy is in Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Daniel and the Minor Prophets. You can find doctrine in the epistles and Revelation in the Apocalypse and Daniel.

Remember, these were given to us by 40 different men over about 1,600 years. They were brought together, bound, and called “The Book”. Begin at Genesis and read through to the end and the book is seamless and timeless. We pass from one style of literature to another as easily as if we were reading a story. Well, indeed, we do have here a story produced by One Mind, (II Peter 1:21), though not written by one hand.

While divine, it is human. The thought is divine, the revelation is divine, the expression is human. Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Here is a book unlike all others. The Book, a divine revelation, a revelation from God to man communicated through men, moves smoothly from its beginning to its great end.

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