KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
August 21, 2022: Dear Friends, Welcome to this blog that focuses on learning and knowing the Bible. The series that is now being focused on discusses specific important people and events that are written about in the Bible. The purpose of this series is to help find in the books of the Bible where events that took place were written and where a specific important person or persons written about can be found to read and study about.
In the past two blogs, the important people and events have been discussed in the books of Genesis and Exodus. As mentioned previously, the other three books that are listed as the Law Books of the Bible, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, focus on commandments and laws that were written for the Israelites to follow in their daily lives. There is in the book of Numbers, chapter 34, verses 1-12 a written land description of “The Promised Land.”
Before starting on today’s lesson, another important occurrence needs to be focused on in the book of Exodus. Return to last week’s blog to review the important happenings and events that are written about in Exodus. The Ark of the Covenant, one of the most holy objects ever built, and is still being searched for here on earth some 3400 years later, was made to place God’s 2 covenant tablets in, as written in Exodus, chapter 25, verses 10-18 and Exodus, chapter 31, verse 1.
In this discussion, the event or person or persons focused on, can be read in the book of Joshua, the first book of the history books of the Old Testament. The book of Joshua is located after the book of Deuteronomy. In Joshua, the main important person written about is Joshua who is thought to be the author. The main event written in Joshua is written about Joshua leading the Israelites into “The Promised Land”, from Moab, which today is located in Southern Jordan. The Israelites crossed over the Jordan river into Israel near Jericho. This event can be read about in Joshua, chapters 1, 2, & 3, and verse 1 of chapter 4. In these readings, the Ark of the covenant is also written about. The writings of the settlement of the Israelites in Israel can be found in Joshua, chapters 4 through chapter 24.
Studying the book of Joshua will provide a strong foundation of knowledge of the early history of the Israelites living in Israel. As progression is made in learning the Bible, one may come across several Bible verses where references are made to the persons and events written in this series. Having knowledge of events and important people written about in the Bible will help in consolidating overall knowledge and understanding of the Bible. Spend some time this week reviewing the book of Joshua to help in continuing to learn and grow in the knowledge of the Bible.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!