I am learning the importance of context this week. The Old Testament was presented orally because most people of OT times could not read. Therefore, the people of "Bible times," decoded the Bible via their ears, rather than their eyes as do modern Bible readers. It seems that we interpret meaning differently when we hear words compared to when we read them. I am finding the significance in both reading out loud and hearing the Bible read to me. Try it sometime, BibleGateway.com has an awesome assortment of audio resources.
At the moment I am smack-dab in the middle of Genesis, I tell you, hearing Satan speak through another reader in The Garden of Eden, hearing Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed, and hearing the story of Abraham's complete faith (as he prepares to offer God his son) has come to new meaning for me the past couple of days.
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