Here we present a few slides depicting some brief history of the Bible. The idea is to get "and hold" in mind how some of the more important events and lifetimes fit into the Bible's record of history. That knowledge is a great help in understanding God's Word. Knowing a little about the person speaking [or writing the book], and who they were talking to and/or about, is important. Understanding who the Jews were and that Jesus was a Jew, and that he was speaking mostly to other Jews, can also help. When Jesus said "it is written," we can know he was talking about it being written in the law code given the Jewish nation through Moses and/or the words of the prophets. When Paul said, "When those without law do by nature the things of the law, they demonstrate the matter of the law to be written on their hearts...", for example, we know he was talking about the Gentiles without Law, and that same Jewish nation and the law code [Old Testament] given their nation; and which Jesus quoted from. (Rom 2:14-16) A little history thus helps us understand many things.
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