A Bible Reading Plan Proposed by Dr. Duke Jeyaraj
Since the Bible has 1189 chapters in total (approx 1200 chapters) you will have to read approximately 6 chapters a day to complete all of it in just 240 days (8 MONTHS).
This year, STARTING MAY 1, 2018, we will read through all of the Bible, a little differently. We will read from different sections of the Bible, each day – Sandwich Scripture Reading Method, as Duke calls it. The Subway Way of Reading the Way (one of the many names for the Bible is ‘The Way’), as Duke labels it!
We have 6 different sections in the Bible.
They are:
The Law Books Section – Genesis to Deuteronomy – 5 books – 187 chapters in total
The Old Testament History Books Section – Joshua to Esther – 12 books – 249 chapters in all.
The Poetry Books Section – Job to Song of Songs – 5 books in all – 243 chapters in all.
The Prophetic Books Section – Isaiah to Malachi – 17 books in all – 250 chapters in all.
The New Testament History Books Section – Mathew to Acts – 5 books in all – 117 chapters in all.
The Letters Section – Romans to Revelation – 22 books – 143 chapters in all.
That makes it a grand total of 1189 chapters, that includes 929 from the OT and 260 from the NT.
Let us read 1 chapter each from one different section of the Bible! For example: On May 1st we will read, Genesis 1, Joshua 1, Job1, Isaiah 1, Mathew 1 and Romans 1 (6 chapters from six different Bible sections)! Once we exhaust one section, we will go back to the start of that section.
The OT Poetry section has 243 chapters. So we will need 243 days to finish it. But we have at least 3 months with more than 30 days from May to Dec 2018 and so that problem is taken care of. The OT Prophetic section has 250 chapters in all. So during the fag end of Dec 2018, please read two chapters from this section and that will ensure we complete reading 250 OT Prophetic Book chapters in about 240 days (8 months!).
Buy a highlighter pen (green in color or pink in color or whatever color). Highlight atleast one verse from each chapter you read that speaks personally to you. You may share that verse or a thought from that verse on social media – Facebook or WhatsApp or Twitter or Instagram. This way you will not lose track of what you read.
If you download a Bible App such as ESV Bible, you have the option of listening the chapters to be read for that particular day to you. As plan B you can do the relevant search on YouTube and hear audios of the chapters for any given day. Datasha Duke, my daughter has a audio Bible channel featuring The Voice Version of the Bible. This version of the Bible is a contemporary English version of the Bible done by a team of Scholars. So it is quite reliable unlike one-man works like The Message. Here is the link to the youtube playlist with the books of the Bible she has read from this version: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpX9bz5C8afGhkn4Ps48GFBTEuHiG3DJq
So, let us enjoy reading from every section of the Bible, every day! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sandwich-way-reading-all-bible-240-days-duke-jeyaraj-duke-jeyaraj/ Reading God’s Word, the Bible, which is compared to honey, repeatedly, would be a tasty experience – as tasty as eating a six layered sandwich! Sandwich and Scripture are connected. Did not the Lord Jesus say, “Man shall not live by bread alone?” (Matt. 4:4).
(This article was published as a Facebook post in July 2018. Reach the writer via Whatsapp at 918886040605. G4 Mission, the ministry the writer founded in 2006 is reader-supported)
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