The Bible is not mainly a record of men but a record of God. Furthermore, it is not a record of God in creation; rather it is a history of God in His dealing with man, who is on His heart. You need to read Genesis again according to this principle to see what kind of God is there. Genesis is the first book of God's history. By reading Genesis in this way, you can see this God manifested and shown to us through all the stories of Him with man. When you add all these stories together, you see His history. Without Genesis you cannot know God very well (The History of God in His Union with Man, Page 27).I love reading the Old Testament Bible stories. In fact for about ten years I wrote up day camp plays and skits. When I wrote out the character parts, I tried to make them come alive for the children. I wanted the Bible to be exciting to them. But I have to admit that for all the years I've read my Bible, I haven't seen that much that it was to show me more about what kind of God I have than about the problems people had and how God helped them.
May all those who seek You be glad and rejoice in You; May those who love Your salvation say continually, May Jehovah be magnified! Psalm 40:16
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Did You Know That the Bible is God's Biography?
I read this week that the Bible is the biography of God. I had never thought about the Bible in that way before, and I was thinking how is it like that? As far as biography goes, I'd probably of said it was about the children of Israel. Anyway the book I got this out of was called The History of God in His Union with Man, and it is another incredible book by Witness Lee, and it is an amazing read. He stated that 13 of the 50 chapters in Genesis were not on creation but on Joseph. Then he explains why: "Joseph occupies such a long portion of the record because God wants to show us how much He is there in Joseph's situation" (The History of God in His Union with Man, Page 25). Then he shares about different people in Genesis like Adam, Enosh, and Enoch and how their story tells us something about God. In fact this part was incredible to me:
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