Here it goes, I am now 28 and starting to read the Bible. I actually read this earlier today but got so busy I didn't have a chance to blog about it until now.
Genesis 1-3 and Matthew 1
Genesis 1 - I find this chapter very poetic and I can almost see God creating the Earth in the same way that an artist paints, adding more layers and detail as He goes along.
Genesis 2 + 3 - Ahh, Man and Woman, the way God intended. And then the Fall. What stood out to me was the imagery of the man and woman being naked and unashamed in Chapter 2 and then after they sinned they became afraid because they were naked in Chapter 3. Yet even after they had sinned against God, he clothed them, I see this as God reassuring them that even though they did wrong and were sent away from the garden, He still cared for them and saw to their comfort.
Matthew 1 - I felt this was actually quite appropriate to read today as it's so soon after Christmas. This chapter outlined the geneology of Christ and then went on to tell of the birth of Jesus. To me this chapter was all about how God had a detailed plan as to how Christ was to come to us. Pretty awesome really.
Because you're already reading so much, i will TRY to keep my comments short! =) But I am SO excited to be reading along with you Helen! I've already planned to be that nagging voice, keep you accountable. Mwah ha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteA couple of things i learnt recently:
Heard a message about 'the fall' and i like what stood out to you in the naked and unashamed part. This pastor gave an example of his young son, after going to the bathroom, running into the lounge room, naked, arms flailing around yelling "I'm NAKED!!!!" while he had a room full of guests over. (something you may be able to relate to?? ha ha!)
Everyone laughed and chuckled at his son.
He then asked if he were to go out the back, and get naked, and do the same thing, would it get the same, laughing, happy response??? Not likely! (ewww!)
And then asked why? Is it because his son didn't know better? Because of his innocence?
Interesting! =)
And then Matthew - the geneology of Christ - WOW! Especially if you like numbers! (7) This was a new eye opener to me! I've copied and pasted from this site (http://www.khouse.org/articles/1995/102/) just a SMALL part of how amazing this geneology line is! Only an all powerful God could come up with such an amazing line to welcome His son. Wow!
Happy reading! x Kelly
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The first 17 verses of the Gospel of Matthew are a logical unit, or section, which deals with a single principal subject: the genealogy of Christ. It contains 72 Greek vocabulary words in these initial 17 verses.
The number of words which are nouns is exactly 56, or 7 x 8.
The Greek word "the" occurs most frequently in the passage: exactly 56 times, or 7 x 8. Also, the number of different forms in which the article "the" occurs is exactly 7.
There are two main sections in the passage: verse 1-11, and 12-17. In the first main section, the number of Greek vocabulary words used is 49, or 7 x 7.
Why not 48, or 50?
Of these 49 words, the number of those beginning with a vowel is 28, or 7 x 4. The number of words beginning with a consonant is 21, or 7 x 3.
The total numbers of letters in these 49 words is 266, or 7 x 38 - exactly! The number of vowels among these 266 letters is 140, or 7 x 20. The number of consonants is 126, or 7 x 18 - exactly.
Of the 49 words, the number of words which occur more than once is 35, or 7 x 5. The number of words occurring only once is 14, or 7 x 2. The number of words which occur in only one form is exactly 42, or 7 x 6. The number of words appearing in more than one form is also 7.
The number of the 49 Greek vocabulary words which are nouns is 42, or 7 x 6. The number of words which are not nouns is 7. Of the nouns, 35 are proper names, or exactly 7 x 5. These 35 names are used 63 times, or 7 x 9. The number of male names is exactly 28, or 7 x 4. These male names occur 56 times or 7 x 8. The number which are not male names is 7.
Three women are mentioned - Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. The number of Greek letters in these three names is 14, 7 x 2.
The number of compound nouns is 7. The number of Greek letters in these 7 nouns is 49, or 7 x 7.
Only one city is named in this passage, Babylon, which in Greek contains exactly 7 letters.
And on it goes.
PS - sorry. I will Try harder to be shorter =(
ReplyDeletePPS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =)