Interesting facts about the bible

•          The last word in the Bible is AMEN

•          About 50 Bibles are sold every minute

•          The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek.

•          Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.

•          The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

•       The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.

•          The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

•          Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."

•          There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.

•          The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James version)

•          The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).

•         The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.

•          The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.

•         The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."

•          The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.

•          There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.

•         Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."

•          Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible.

•          II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible - it is the shortest book in the Bible.

•         III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.

•          Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.

•          Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.

•         James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.

•          Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.

•          The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8. There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.

•          St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.

•          The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.

•          Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts. More

•          The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.

•          The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.

•          The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.

•          The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.

•          Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

•          In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.

•          There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

•          The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.

•         Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

•          A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.

•         The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.

•           Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).

update: Genesis 1-6

I am just at the 6th chapter of Genesis. I know, this is gonna be a very slow process but I am devoted to do it. As for a timeline as previously stated, there is none. I am just taking my time. I read when I can but will try my best to read as often as possible. The point is to read it trough . I would like to invite you to join me in this special journey.

On the very first verse of the first chapter of Genesis: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We all know that some scientists are trying to prove that the earth is rather the product of an explosion and that we are a matter of evolution. The bible goes on:

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷ So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (New International Version)

So, that tells me I am the product of evolution but rather was created in the image of God. I am His child and he thought me through.

Then things start getting scary when mankind start straying away from God and became evil and ill-spirited but Noah was an exception, he was still abiding by the Lord's rule.

 Are you doing what is right in the eyes of God? I am not talking about eyes of man cause the eyes of man are not everywhere. You can not pretend with God he sees you when no else can't. We should not only be a christian when people are watching us but also when we are alone.

Walking toward the goal!

What is this blog about?

As opposed to this blog and this one, the goal of this blog is simply and purely to motivate me and any others who wants to read the bible more and like in my case read it through at least a second time.

As of today I am starting ready the bible starting on the very first verse, so from the old testament to the new one. I plan to have update on my progress as often as possible and hope to have others join me in this endeavour. As a kid there is a song I use to sing: "read your bible and pray everyday and you will grow up." I believe that I am literally going to do that and no I am not rushing either, there is no time limit and yes I have a full time job, a family of four including my wife to take care of.

What I plan to do however is cutting off on my TV time and on my down time instead of watching TV I plan to read my bible.

I am doing a blog about it just because it keeeps me engage and accountable and moreover my ultimate goal is to help someone with not that much motivation to do so like myself. One thing I know is that there are blessings reading the word.

I know some days I might read a lot and others not enough but this is going to be fun! You are all invited to comment and follow me in this wonderful journey and who knows you can as well be a part of it as well.

David says: "thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" let us enjoy His word and see what he has in store for us.

I am telling you it is going to be very interesting!!!

God bless you all and happy reading!