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MARGINAL NOTES FOR YOUR STUDY BIBLE
Middle chapter of the Bible— Psalm 117. See if you can find every le tte r of th e alphabet in E zra 7:21. Longest verse in the Bible— E sther 8:9. Longest book in the New Testament is Luke, having 25,654 words. In th e Old Testam ent, th e book of Psalms has 42,823 words. God’s word to the Christian paren t— Ex. 2:9. John the B aptist said: “Behold the Lamb of God” as th e sacrifice of God— John 1:29. John th e beloved disciple points to “ th e Lamb in the m idst of the th rone,” th e Bread of God— Rev. 7:17. 2 Cor. 3:2. Christians are either Bibles or libels. The “Stop-Look-Listen” sig,_ of the Bible— Prov. 4:14., 15. A pointer for profiteers.Prov. 11:26. The Jew ignored the Christ of the cross— Matt. 27:40. Some Christians today ignore the Christ of the crown—• 2 Pet. 3:3, 4. In the Old Testament holiness is de manded. In the New Testam ent holi ness is provided. The Old Testam ent begins, “Where a rt th o u ?” The New Testament be gins, “Where is H e?” (Gen. 3 :9 ; Matt. 2 :2 ). The sem inary course of th e Apostle Paul— Gal. 1:15-24. Heb. ll-i&The W estm inster Abbey of th e Royal Dead. Near-sighted Christians— See 2 Pet. 1:9. Seven story and basement building. See 2 Pet. 1:4, 5. Gen. 4:20 probably m arks the in tro duction of animal food, to escape the
labor of producing from the cursed ground. Adam lived 930 years (Gen. 5 :5 ). The earliest known human remains in dicate longevity of life. Enoch was tra n sla te d (Gen. 5:24) and, like the church, which will be translated, was not left to see the world’s evil rise to a head. The earth was filled w ith violence (Gen. 6 :1 1 ). The earliest skeletons show th a t man' had g reat muscular powers and th ere are indications of vio lence and brutality. “Noah found grace” (Gen. 6 :8 ). The first thing said of Noah. Grace is the foundation of every life pleasing to God. F irst use of the word “ grace” in th e Bible. “The w aters prevailed” (Gen. 7 :1 8 ). Science says th a t if the ea rth were level, th ere is enough w ater in the seas to cover th e earth to a depth of two miles. Cf. v. 20—-“ fifteen cubits”— 20 or 30 feet. The raven is th e first, bird mentioned by name in th e Bible (Gen. 8 :7 ). Gen. 9:13— “Bow in the cloud.” The rainbow is the jo in t product of storm and sunshine. God’s grace may be seen on the background of m an’s sin. The temperance question was first raised in Gen. 9:21. Confusion of tongues in Gen. 11:7 is seen as an expression of judgment. In Acts 2 as an expression of grace. “Babel” (Gen. 11:9) means “ confu sion.” F ederated selfishness will al ways end in confusion. Abraham is th e only man called “ the friend of God”— Is. 41:8; 2 Chron. 2 0 :' 7; Jas. 2:23. There are th irte en recorded famines in th e Bible.
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