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propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the against the
               corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto
               writing; which maketh  the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary; those former ways of God’s revealing
               His Will unto His people being now ceased.”

               Figure 1.1.0

               Below is a list which shows the divisions of the books of the Bible:


                 LAW       HISTORY     POETRY      PROPHETS      GOSPELS  HISTORY  Letters     PROPHETIC
                                       WISDOM                                                  APOCALYP
                 Genesis   Joshua      Job         Isaiah        Matthew  Acts        Romans  Revelation.
                 Exodus    Judges      Psalms      Jeremiah      Mark                 1-2 Cori
                 Leviticus  Ruth       Proverbs    lamentations  Luke                  Gal.
                 Numbers   1-2 Sam.    Ecclesiastes  Ezekiel     John                 Ephes.
                 Deut.     1-2 King.   Song of     Daniel                             Philipp
                                       songs       Hosea                              Col.
                           1-2 Chr.                Joel                               1-2 The
                           Ezra                    Amos                               1-2 Tim
                           Nehemiah                Obadiah                            Titus
                           Esther                  Jonah                              Phil.
                                                   Micah                              Hebrew
                                                   Nahum                              James
                                                   Habakkuk                           1-2 Pet.
                                                   Zephaniah                          1,2-3Jn.
                                                   Haggai                             Jude
                                                   Zechariah
                                                   Malachi




               in summary, the Bible is primary God’s revelation to mankind that which he expects us to know about
               himself and his actions. Revelations is the process by which God makes this truth about Him known to
               man has two classifications.

               General revelation
               General revelation is that which can be known about God through natural elements, human processes,
               or intuition. (Rom. 1. Ps. 19:1-6). In classic Christian thought two arguments for the existence of God fall
               within the category of general revelation.  First is cosmological argument builds a case for the existence
               of God upon the majesty and beauty of creation. This can be seen from Romans 1:18-20 which says that
               the creation reveals God’s greatness. The second argument is teleological. It looks at the argument from
               nature, but argues that for the existence of God based upon the design and order evidenced in nature.

               Special revelation
               Special revelation is that which can be about God through some means of direct communication from
               him (e.g. The Bible, prophetic utterances, visions. Special revelation shows that there are things about
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