BIBLE READING ORDER

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To get a full understanding of the Bible, you must read it in order.

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Many saints do not realize that there is a specific order in which to read the Bible to get clear understanding of it. You cannot read it in the exact order that it is written in and get the full understanding it. Below I will show the order in which it should be read, with dates to verify it. At the end I will give a brief explanation as to why it should be read this way.

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Old Testament: 3607 years (4004 BC - 1640 BC)

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1st: GENESIS: 2369 years (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph)

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2nd: JOB: 1640 BC

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3rd: EXODUS: 150 years (1640 BC - 1490 BC)

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4th: LEVITICUS: 2 month (Law and Priesthood)

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5th: NUMBERS: 39 years (1490 BC - 1449 BC) - Census, 11 tribes = 603,550 and Levites = 22,300

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6th: DEUTERONOMY: 5 Weeks (2nd statement of law and death of Moses)

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7th: JOSHUA: 25 years (1449 BC - 1426 BC) Passage over the Jordan & inheritance of Land of Promise.

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8th: JUDGES: 271 years (1426 BC - 1155 BC) Inheritance of Land of Promise - Samson

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9th: RUTH:

 

10th: 1 SAMUEL: 115 years (1170 BC - 1055 BC) From Eli -Saul / David

 

11th: PSALMS:

 

12th: 2 SAMUEL: 38 years (1055 BC - 1017 BC) David vs Goliath - King David

 

13th: 1 KINGS: 119 years (1017 BC - 898 BC) Solomon to the splitting of the Kingdom

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Israel was split into two kingdoms, Israel / Samaria to the north and Judah / Jerusalem to the south. Jeroboam became king of the north and Rehoboam became king of the south. This book continues to Ahaziah king of the north and Jehoshophat king of the south. There are three other books that should be read with 1 Kings. These books are: #14 PROVERBS, # 15 ECCLESIASTES and #16 SONGS OF SOLOMON. These books were written during the time of 1017 BC - 898 BC.

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14th: PROVERBS

15th: ECCLESIASTES

16th: SONG OF SOLOMON

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17th: 2 KINGS: 308 years (898 BC - 590 BC) Both Kingdoms fall - Israel to Assyria in 721 BC under King Hoshea / Jeroboam

 

Israel fell in 721 BC with Hoshea as king. Before their fall, God sent Prophets to them to tell them of their wicked ways, and to turn back to God. They refused, and God caused Israel to be sieged by Assyria. This is when they became known as the Lost Tribes of Israel. Below are the Prophets and their years of prophecy. 

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18th: JONAH: 43 years (822 BC - 778 BC) Prophet to Nenevah

19th: JOEL: 23 years (791 BC - 768 BC) Prophet to Israel of their destiny and of Holy Spirit

20th: AMOS: 21 years (790 BC - 768 BC) Prophet to Israel

21st: HOSEA: 60 years (785 BC - 725 BC) marry a whore - to prophesy the fall of Israel - destiny of Lost Tribes

22nd: ISAIAH: 62 years (761 BC - 695 BC) prophesied to Israel and Judah before their fall

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23rd: 1 CHRONICLES: (Recap; from Adam - Solomon)

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24th: 2 CHRONICLES: (Solomon - the fall of Judah under Zedekiah as King)

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Judah was besieged in 606 BC and the final captivity was in 586 BC. As with Israel, God sent prophets to Judah to tell them to turn from their wicked ways. As with Israel, they refused and did not turn from their wicked ways. God then allowed them to fall into captivity. Taken by Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar. Below are the Prophets and their years of prophecy.

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25th: MICAH: 48 years (758 BC - 710 BC) Prophet

26th: NAHUM: 21 years (713 BC - 692 BC) Prophet

27th: ZEPHANIAH: 20 years (642 BC - 622 BC) Prophet

28th: JEREMIAH: 41 years (629 BC - 588 BC) main prophet to Judah before their fall.

29th: HABAKKUK: 20 years (611 BC - 588 BC)

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30th: LAMENTATIONS: 1 year (586 BC)

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31st: DANIEL: 72 years (606 BC - 534 BC) Prophecy and vision into the last days

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Daniel is given visions into the book of Revelations and the last days. Things that must come to past. Daniel prophesied to Judah and also prophesied about the five kingdoms that would suppress God's people. Daniel went into captivity with God's people for 70 years. Being released in 536 BC.

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32nd: EZEKIEL: 21 years (595 BC - 574 BC) Prophesied of the restoration of lost Israel. God tells Ezekiel of His plans to restore Israel back to Himself.

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33rd: OBADIAH: 26 years (588 BC - 562 BC) Prophet

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When Cyrus released Judah from captivity in 536 BC he issued a decree to rebuild God's temple. Darius also issued a decree in 519 BC to finish rebuilding after the work of the temple had stopped. The temple was finished in 515 BC through the Prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah.

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34th: EZRA: 80 years (536 BC - 456 BC) returning from captivity' rebuilt the temple and restored order of the temple.

35th: HAGGAI: 21 years (533 BC - 512 BC) Prophet

36th: ZECHARIAH: 21 years (533 BC - 512 BC) Prophet

37th: ESTHER: 12 years (460 BC - 448 BC)

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The temple was rebuilt but the walls of the temple were left undone. Nehemiah realized the walls was undone, so he went to king Artaxerxes to request of him to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. Artaxerxes gave a decree in 446 BC to rebuild the wall in troublesome times. The walls and gates to the temple was finished in 433 BC. The temple had to be built because it had to be finished and ready for when Jesus came to the earth. After the temple was finished and some years had pass, the people went back to their wicked ways. God sent one final Prophet, Malachi to warn the people to turn from their ways or be cursed. They refused and they were cursed and God refuse to speak to them for about 400 years (the book of the Maccabees). God did not speak again until John the Baptist of the New Testament.

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38th: NEHEMIAH: 12 years (445 BC - 433 BC) Prophet - rebuilding of the temple walls

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39th: MALACHI: 23 years (420 BC - 397 BC) last Prophet of the Old Testament 

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In this last book of the Old Testament, God is saying, do it His way or not at all. God is letting you know that He does not change. After the curse is lifted, God will send John the Baptist to set things straight. To make the crooked path straight, before the coming of God in the flesh (Jesus). John sees Jesus coming and says; behold! the Lamb of God who comes to take away the sins of the world.

 

 Remember this: the Dispensation of Grace (CHURCH) was hidden from the foundation of the world!