I have written a lot about rapture of the church and second coming of Christ in my previous articles. So, I thought of writing about something different, something that I recently found about the chapters and verses of the Bible. I have found the center versus speak about praising God and no wonder the center of the Bible falls in Psalms. Found them in wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible)
1. There are 929 chapters in the old testament and 260 chapters in the old testament. So, there are totally 1189 chapters in the Bible. The middle chapter is the 595th chapter which is Psalm 117. Just wondered how the smallest of chapters in the Bible that contains just 2 versus becomes the center chapter of the entire Bible. In that the first verse praises God saying "O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people." and the second verse speaks "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Praise ye the LORD." This speaks about Grace (merciful kindness) and Truth which refers to Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:17 Grace and Truth came by Lord Jesus Christ). Praise God for everything. Praise God for His wonderful word.
2. There are 23145 verses in the old testament and 7957 verses in the new testament. In total, there are 31102 verses in the Bible leading to two middle verses. The two middle verses are Psalm 103:1,2 "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:", the start of the famous Praise Psalm. These two verses are spoken at the end of every prayer as closing praise verses in Tamil and I believe in many other languages as well. Again, I wondered how the central verses are the most repeated ones by being prayed as closing versus of every prayer. The beautiful award winning song 10000 reasons written and sung by Matt Redman start with these verses.
3. One of the very important Psalms is Psalm 118 that speaks the important prophecy of headstone (cornerstone) in verse 22. This is in between the smallest and longest Psalms (117 and 119). This Psalms start and end with the praise verse "Praise God, He is good, His mercy endures forever".
4. The middle verse of Psalm 118 is v15 says "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly." The voice of rejoicing of righteous is again Praising the Lord.
5. Israelites pass through the center of red sea and Jordan when waters stood at both sides. Moses stretched out his hands in the mountain when Joshua fought with Amalekites symbolizing Jesus would stretch out His arms in cross for salvation. During that, Aaron and Hur stood at both side of Moses to uplift His arms. Exodus 17:8-16. Our Lord is Jehovah Nissi. When God's wrath was burning among Israelites, Aaron, the High Priest (who symbolized the Great High Priest Jesus) stood between the living and the dead. Numbers 16:47 and 48.
6. Jesus was crucified and hung between two thieves separating the two of them and then eventually one turn to be landing in Paradise. He was hung between heavens and earth symbolizing standing between sinful man and holy God. Psalms 103 v 11 says for as high as heavens and earth, His grace is that great. Next verse 12 says As far as east and west, he removed our transgressions, again representing His two stretched out arms so that we can become children of heavenly Father as verse 13 says Like as Father pitieth His children, Lord pitieth them that fear Him. In Matthew 25, versus 32-34, Jesus splits the goat and sheep for judgement. He stands at centre. Bible scholars say Jesus was crucified in the middle of seven jubilee cycle. (for more information, http://www.markbeast.com/70jubilees/middle.htm)
7. In between the Old Testament and New Testament, we see the center page says, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who just is the centerpiece of everything and He stoods between man and God, the Father as our representative. He stood between jews and the gentiles. Though He is equivalent to God, He stood in the right hand side of Father as a Man representing us. How much privileged we are? Paul writes in Colossians 1:17 By Him all things consist.
So, we saw Jesus and Praise are at the center. Lets think whether we keep Praise at the center of our lives. We might have plenty of problems everyday and it looks like the problems are never ending. But, we should praise God that we are alive this day and God has not marked for condemnation but for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Thess 5:9. Sometimes, He leads us through rough and difficult paths to make us strong, teach us some important spiritual lesson. But, at the end it will all turn for good as the famous verse in Romans 8:28 says "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." So, Lets all praise God for He is good and His mercy endures forever.
Before closing, I just thought of saying my favorite verse, chapter and book of the Bible. My favorite and the most important core verse of the Bible as everyone knows is John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The most important chapter for me in the Bible is Romans 8 which is key to understand many important things past, present and future. The most important book for me in the Bible is Isaiah as the core theme of the book is Salvation. The name Isaiah means God is Salvation. It contains 66 chapters, first 39 focus on Israel representing old testament and next 27 on the Lord Himself, reflection of New Testament.
All Praise, Honor and Glory to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us praise God with psalmist by quoting verse in Psalms 18:46, "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. Amen."
1. There are 929 chapters in the old testament and 260 chapters in the old testament. So, there are totally 1189 chapters in the Bible. The middle chapter is the 595th chapter which is Psalm 117. Just wondered how the smallest of chapters in the Bible that contains just 2 versus becomes the center chapter of the entire Bible. In that the first verse praises God saying "O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people." and the second verse speaks "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Praise ye the LORD." This speaks about Grace (merciful kindness) and Truth which refers to Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:17 Grace and Truth came by Lord Jesus Christ). Praise God for everything. Praise God for His wonderful word.
2. There are 23145 verses in the old testament and 7957 verses in the new testament. In total, there are 31102 verses in the Bible leading to two middle verses. The two middle verses are Psalm 103:1,2 "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:", the start of the famous Praise Psalm. These two verses are spoken at the end of every prayer as closing praise verses in Tamil and I believe in many other languages as well. Again, I wondered how the central verses are the most repeated ones by being prayed as closing versus of every prayer. The beautiful award winning song 10000 reasons written and sung by Matt Redman start with these verses.
3. One of the very important Psalms is Psalm 118 that speaks the important prophecy of headstone (cornerstone) in verse 22. This is in between the smallest and longest Psalms (117 and 119). This Psalms start and end with the praise verse "Praise God, He is good, His mercy endures forever".
4. The middle verse of Psalm 118 is v15 says "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly." The voice of rejoicing of righteous is again Praising the Lord.
5. Israelites pass through the center of red sea and Jordan when waters stood at both sides. Moses stretched out his hands in the mountain when Joshua fought with Amalekites symbolizing Jesus would stretch out His arms in cross for salvation. During that, Aaron and Hur stood at both side of Moses to uplift His arms. Exodus 17:8-16. Our Lord is Jehovah Nissi. When God's wrath was burning among Israelites, Aaron, the High Priest (who symbolized the Great High Priest Jesus) stood between the living and the dead. Numbers 16:47 and 48.
6. Jesus was crucified and hung between two thieves separating the two of them and then eventually one turn to be landing in Paradise. He was hung between heavens and earth symbolizing standing between sinful man and holy God. Psalms 103 v 11 says for as high as heavens and earth, His grace is that great. Next verse 12 says As far as east and west, he removed our transgressions, again representing His two stretched out arms so that we can become children of heavenly Father as verse 13 says Like as Father pitieth His children, Lord pitieth them that fear Him. In Matthew 25, versus 32-34, Jesus splits the goat and sheep for judgement. He stands at centre. Bible scholars say Jesus was crucified in the middle of seven jubilee cycle. (for more information, http://www.markbeast.com/70jubilees/middle.htm)
7. In between the Old Testament and New Testament, we see the center page says, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who just is the centerpiece of everything and He stoods between man and God, the Father as our representative. He stood between jews and the gentiles. Though He is equivalent to God, He stood in the right hand side of Father as a Man representing us. How much privileged we are? Paul writes in Colossians 1:17 By Him all things consist.
So, we saw Jesus and Praise are at the center. Lets think whether we keep Praise at the center of our lives. We might have plenty of problems everyday and it looks like the problems are never ending. But, we should praise God that we are alive this day and God has not marked for condemnation but for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Thess 5:9. Sometimes, He leads us through rough and difficult paths to make us strong, teach us some important spiritual lesson. But, at the end it will all turn for good as the famous verse in Romans 8:28 says "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." So, Lets all praise God for He is good and His mercy endures forever.
Before closing, I just thought of saying my favorite verse, chapter and book of the Bible. My favorite and the most important core verse of the Bible as everyone knows is John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The most important chapter for me in the Bible is Romans 8 which is key to understand many important things past, present and future. The most important book for me in the Bible is Isaiah as the core theme of the book is Salvation. The name Isaiah means God is Salvation. It contains 66 chapters, first 39 focus on Israel representing old testament and next 27 on the Lord Himself, reflection of New Testament.
All Praise, Honor and Glory to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us praise God with psalmist by quoting verse in Psalms 18:46, "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. Amen."
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