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Books of the Bible

What is your favorite book of the Bible? I really don't know if anyone does, but when I was asked what my favorite verse was, I had to narrow down the books of the Bible, and then I chose my favorite verse in that book. It so happens that my favorite chapter holds my favorite verse, too. Anyway, I was thinking if there was a way that you could tell more about a person just because of their favorite book of the Bible. Please tell me how accurate you think this is.

First off, I would love to hear what you think your favorite book of the Bible is. Take some time to think about it if you do not know off the top of your head right now. If your pastor chose a book to teach on, what excites you the most? If you were asked what is your favorite Bible story, what book is it in? Who is the most inspirational character in the Bible to you, and what book is he/she in? If you don't have a favorite book of the Bible, or even if you do, I would not mind if you took the time to read all of the predictions I had. I am also working on keeping them one line each, so there are many reasons why you might like the book that I did not mention.

If your favorite book is ________, then you probably ________________.

Old Testament (OT):
Genesis, care about the beginnings and new starts
Exodus, appreciate the long journey and difficulties that were encountered.
Leviticus, love Old Testament (OT) rules. Maybe just to think about what it would have been like.
Numbers, like learning about how the Israelite's survived through the desert.
Deuteronomy, enjoy hearing speeches by Moses to the leaders and people of Israel.
Joshua, love hearing about how God helped Israel gain their homeland.
Judges, don't mind hearing about the struggles of Israel but appreciate each rescue story.
Ruth, are female (or male, that works, too). You love the love story, and how God had it all planned.
1 Samuel, enjoy learning about how God used King Saul and Samuel.
2 Samuel, prefer to hear more about David's life as King of Israel.
1 Kings, think the story of Saul is an interesting one.
2 Kings, prefer to hear about David and his experience as King than when he was not crowned yet.
1 Chronicles enjoy numbers and lists. Have you put it into a table yet?
2 Chronicles think summaries are better than all the details.
Ezra, appreciate hearing about the rebuilding of the Temple.
Nehemiah, understand the work it took to build a wall and protect the workers.
Esther, are female (or male, that is fine, too). You enjoy how Israel was saved because of one person.
Job, enjoy intense theology. Possibly as a pastor?
Psalms, love songs, and the poetic messages behind them. Maybe you have mixed emotions.
Proverbs, love wisdom, and want to be as wise as you can. Maybe you are studying the 31st chapter.
Ecclesiastes, understand the briefness of life. Maybe you think that your life has no meaning.
Songs of Solomon (Song of Songs), are married.
Isaiah, love hearing about prophecies of the Messiah and some that came to take place in other books.
Jeremiah, look for promises of the coming Messiah, yet hear about how far Israel is from the Lord.
Lamentations, lament with Jeremiah about Israel.
Ezekiel, pay close attention to the specific visions and promises that Ezekiel receives.
Daniel, appreciate his story and prophecies.
Hosea, understand the importance of symbolism and know that God is able to use one person's life as a display for the nation of Israel to understand the message.
Joel, understand that Israel needed to repent of there sin and turn back to God again, just like the rest of us.
Amos, know very well that Israel did not understand that they, too, would be punished in end times.
Obediah, enjoy short books or care a whole ton about Edom.
Jonah, enjoy the story of Jonah, don't mind a book with no real ending, or appreciate what Jonah did.
Micah, are learning about the destruction that was promised to both Israel and Judah.
Nahum, understand that cites can rise and fall- like Ninevah.
Habakkuk, enjoy the change in events compared to the other prophets and agree with Habakkuk's thinking.
Zephaniah, remember that judgment is coming, but God still loves you and has the power to save.
Haggai, are reminded to live for God instead of other people.
Zachariah, understand the promise that was given to Israel to live for God.
Malachi, are reminded (as was Israel) yet again that we need to live for God and Him alone.

New Testament (NT):
Matthew, enjoy hearing about Jesus from an outcast's POV.
Mark, like Jesus' life, summed up into a few chapters & know you don't hear about Peter's downfalls.
Luke, appreciate the POV of Jesus from a doctor and in the correct order.
John, enjoy the random details added, including specifically what disciple did or said what.
Acts, love learning about Paul's life to know that you are not alone in your struggles.
Romans, enjoy the gospel message put in Paul's words.
1 Corinthians, enjoy the message about how to live for Christ and not for the world.
2 Corinthians, know a lot about Paul's love for Titus.
Galatians, respect justification by faith and remember that we are free.
Ephesians, understand how important it is for us believers to stand together.
Philippians, receive joy remembering that as believers, we can be truly joyful in all circumstances.
Colossians, remember that we need to be new creations.
1 Thessalonians, enjoy reading about the second coming from Paul's POV.
2 Thessalonians, need to be reminded to stand firm even when the world is against us.
1 Timothy, enjoy learning about how the church should function as a body of believers.
2 Timothy, are reminded that we need to live as ambassadors for Christ.
Titus, understand the roles for leaders of the church.
Philemon, enjoy the idea of accepting all people into Christ's family.
Hebrews, understand how everything in the Jewish religion points to Christ as the Messiah.
James, understand the importance of works as well as faith.
1 Peter, understand that life is not meant to be easy, but we need to live for Christ.
2 Peter, are looking forward to the End Times.
1 John, comprehend the importance of obedience to God's Word.
2 John, are reminded that you need to love others and have peace about who Jesus really was.
3 John, are all about hospitality.
Jude, focus on persevering and not giving up.
Revelation, are looking forward to ending times and want to learn as much as you can about it.

Sorry for the long article. I hope you enjoyed this and I would love to know if I got it correct or not. I am aware that some of them may not be completely accurate. I really struggled with the OT prophets because they all seemed to have similar messages. Again, I would love to hear feedback about how I could better word why you love each book or anything else you want to add. I have been working on creating summaries of each book of the Bible into about a paragraph, but I do not have all of them digitally, so it is still a work in progress. Please let me know if you enjoy this kind of content or prefer more stories/life updates.


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