The Reason for Reading the Bible

What is the reason 

for reading the bible?

When reading the Bible ...

When reading the Bible, one should start from the cover of the Bible and the table of contents.  Then, he should read in detail starting from the first book of the Old Testament, Genesis 1:1.  He must pray before and after reading. The words he read must remain in his heart, and he must think about those words as if he is breathing them. The words of the Bible are the teachings of God, and they are the true food for one’s mind (heart).

The Bible explains who recorded the books, whose sons they are (lineage), and the content of what they saw and heard from God.  By reading from the first to the last chapters, one can understand the content of the book.

Whenever someone reads or hears the Word, he must do so based on the 5 'Wh's and 1 H—meaning, he must always think, “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” when reading the Word.

God is in the “heavens,” while the people (entities) who appear throughout the content of the Bible are mostly the chosen people on “earth.” Those who saw and heard the things from God were the people who recorded the Bible (prophets, and others).  And “I” (the one reading the Bible) am the one who reads the words recorded by those who heard and saw the things from God.

The reason for reading the Bible is to know what God and the prophets spoke about (the content). When the reader comes across content he does not understand or cannot know, he must make separate notes of those verses.