Why Is It Important To Read The Bible?

The Bible is the word of God. It explains to us God’s purpose with all creation. Genesis explains how and why God created what he did. This book of the Bible has always been fascinating to me. To think that this whole world was created by God is just so amazing. Creating things such as land and water, man and woman, animals of all kinds, the trees and different plants, along with so much more is a beautiful thing. Making sense of the Bible can take a lot of thought and concentration; I know for me it does. One major thing I learned from reading Genesis and listening to our lectures is that we are not the original audience. I never thought of it that way before. We have to think what the word of God meant to the audience it was first intended for in order for it to make sense to us. Learning about the different gaps definitely helped me understand to Bible a little better. The most obvious gap to me was the time gap, yet that one made the biggest impact on my reading. Considering the Bible was written so long ago, the initial meaning of what they wrote back …show more content…
God chose Abraham and his descendants to sustain the faith of the people in Him. God made Abraham many promises throughout Genesis because Abraham obeyed God. God chose to bless his creation through one person, and that one person was Abraham. While he chose Abraham to bring forth redemption to his creation, we also learned that Abraham was not always faithful to God. He was selfish sometimes and didn’t always do as God asked. Covenant is a word that shows up a lot throughout the Bible. It is a formal agreement between two parties and is legally binding. Covenant is a core concept in the Bible. A covenant community is a group of religious followers that bind themselves to one another and to the whole group by agreement. The Israelites are what I thought of when I thought of a covenant