Thursday, 28 April 2011

BASIC THINGS ABOUT BIBLE

                        The bible is divided into two testaments one is 'OLD TESTAMENT' and other one is 'NEW TESTAMENT'.Old testament talks about the creation of the earth and rise and fall of man . In old testament we can see 'COMMANDMENTS' which were given to Moses by gods own hand and hand writing .We can see life histories of God's men and  prophets . Old testament also talks about the prophecy about Jesus birth and his second coming.There are '39' books in old testament .

                                                        The new testament talks about the birth of Jesus Christ and the wonderful things which he has done on this earth.New testament is nothing but the fulfilling of the prophecy about Jesus birth.there are '27' books in the new testament in which one of the very important book is 'REVELATION' . This book talks about the second coming of Jesus Christ , new earth and new heaven and many thing which will really happen in future .

The names of books in old testament 

1)  Genesis
2)  Exodus
3)  Leviticus
4)  Numbers
5)  Deuteronomy
6)  Joshua
7)  Judges
8)  Ruth
9)  I Samuel
10) II Samuel
11) I Kings
12) II Kings
13) I Chronicles
14) II Chronicles
15) Ezra
16) Nehemiah
17) Esther
18) Job
19) Psalms
20) proverbs
21) Ecclesiastes
22) Song of Solomon
23) Isaiah
24) Jeremiah
25) Lamentations 
26) Ezekiel
27) Daniel
28) Hosea
29) Joel
30) Amos
31) Obadiah
32) Jonah
33) Micah
34) Nahum
35) Habakkuk
36) Zephaniah
37) Haggai
38) Zechariah
39) Malachi

The names of books in new testament    

1)  Matthew
2)  Mark
3)  Luke
4)  John
5)  Acts
6)  Romans
7)  I Corinthians
8)  II Corinthians
9)  Galatians
10) Ephesians
11) Philippians
12) Colossians
13) I Thessalonians
14) II Thessalonians
15) I Timothy
16) II Timothy  
17) Titus
18) Philemon
19) Hebrews
20) James
21) I Peter
22) II Peter
23) I John
24) II John
25) III John
26) Jude 
27) Revelation


Genesis 
The first book in the bible is Genesis  it means beginning . It is about the creation of the universe . This first book in the bible is written by Moses. 
1)There are 50 chapters in this book
2)There are 1533 verses in this book
3) The 24th chapter is the biggest  chapter in Genesis
4)The 16th chapter is the smallest chapter in Genesis.

Exodus 
Exodus is the second book in the bible it was written by Moses. Exodus means a journey by  large group of people. In this book we can see the ten commandments which god wrote and gave to Moses. There are 40 chapters in this book.





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