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@moonbus saidI do not believe anyone claimed the books of the Bible are in order based on date written.
The question is moot. The books do not appear in the order in which they were written. And even if they did, it would have no theological significance.
@sonship saidIf you were looking for nuggets in that area of the bible surely this is the best, and would give people the most hope in the current deceitful (Rev 13:14) and worrying times
The last word of a long message is often the most important word.
What is the final, concluding and last word of the entire sixty six books of the Bible?
" The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen."
That is the last word Revelation 22:21. What does it mean to you? I hope to speak of what it means to the Christians - "the saints".
The order of the books in the Bible is arbitrary and was not fixed in the order we are familiar with today until the 15 c. The order we are familiar with today had more to do with the advent of printing than any theological significance.
If you were looking for nuggets in that area of the bible surely this is the best, and would give people the most hope in the current deceitful (Rev 13:14) and worrying times
21:3-4
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
The message that we should be telling people is: - There is hope !!!
@sonship saidBut they were assembled into their current order by human beings.
I don't believe the order is arbitrary for a moment.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidApparently so...
But they were assembled into their current order by human beings.
Are you unaware of this?