Bible Read Plan

Bible Read Fast Plan

When you die and if you were to speak with God about your journey to get to know him you may want to think about how much you are doing to read the Bible.  That is a gift God gave the world to get to know him and how much of his gift have you appreciated?  

I'm embarrassed to say how little of the Bible I have read during the duration of my life.  I'm working on this but it is really frightening to think I almost missed it.

SO MAYBE:

You think the Bible is too big to read?  It isn't really.  There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible.  I got this idea from my wife after she read an article on a site we like to visit about reading the Bible and prophecy.

It takes about 10 minutes or less to read a chapter out of the Bible (some less and some more).

Only by prayer and reading the Bible do we grow to know God better.

So how about reading the Bible in its entirety?  You will be one of the few that will have ever done this because we know that most people only read a verse here and there.  The Bible is to be studied in its total work.  All 66 books intertwine with prophecy and the consistent message God has for us.

LIST OF BOOKS IN THE BIBLE AND WHEN THEY WERE WRITTEN DOWN

Book	Author	Date Written
Genesis	Moses	? - 1445 B.C.
Exodus	Moses	1445 - 1405 B.C.
Leviticus	Moses	1405 B.C.
Numbers	Moses	1444 - 1405 B.C.
Deuteronomy	Moses	1405 B.C.
Joshua	Joshua	1404-1390 B.C.
Judges	Samuel	1374-1129 B.C.
Ruth	Samuel	1150? B.C.
First Samuel	Samuel	1043-1011 B.C.
Second Samuel	Ezra?	1011-1004 B.C.
First Kings	Jeremiah?	971-852 B.C.
Second Kings	Jeremiah?	852-587 B.C.
First Chronicles	Ezra?	450 - 425 B.C.
Second Chronicles	Ezra?	450 - 425 B.C.
Ezra	Ezra	538-520 B.C.
Nehemiah	Nehemiah	445 - 425 B.C.
Esther	Mordecai?	465 B.C.
Job	Job?	??
Psalms	David	1000? B.C.
	Sons of Korah wrote Psalms 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87; Asaph wrote Psalms 50, 73-83; Heman wrote Psalm 88; Ethan wrote Psalm 89; Hezekiah wrote Psalms 120-123, 128-130, 132, 134-136; Solomon wrote Psalms 72, 127.
Proverbs	Solomon wrote 1-29 Agur wrote 30 Lemuel wrote 31	950 - 700 B.C.
Ecclesiastes	Solomon	935 B.C.
Song of Solomon	Solomon	965 B.C.
Isaiah	Isaiah	740 - 680 B.C.
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	627 - 585 B.C.
Lamentations	Jeremiah	586 B.C.
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	593-560 B.C.
Daniel	Daniel	605-536 B.C.
Hosea	Hosea	710 B.C.
Joel	Joel	835 B.C.
Amos	Amos	755 B.C.
Obadiah	Obadiah	840 or 586 B.C.
Jonah	Jonah	760 B.C.
Micah	Micah	700 B.C.
Nahum	Nahum	663 - 612 B.C.
Habakkuk	Habakkuk	607 B.C.
Zephaniah	Zephaniah	625 B.C.
Haggai	Haggai	520 B.C.
Zechariah	Zechariah	520 - 518 B.C.
Malachi	Malachi	450 - 600 B.C.

New Testament

Book	Author	Date Written (A.D)
Matthew	Matthew	60's
Mark	John Mark	late 50's early 60's
Luke	Luke	60
John	John	late 80's early 90's
Acts	Luke	61
Romans	Paul	55
1 Corinthians	Paul	54
2 Corinthians	Paul	55
Galatians	Paul	49
Ephesians	Paul	60
Philippians	Paul	61
Colossians	Paul	60
1 Thessalonians	Paul	50 - 51
2 Thessalonians	Paul	50 - 51
1 Timothy	Paul	62
2 Timothy	Paul	63
Titus	Paul	62
Philemon	Paul	60
Hebrews	(Paul, Apollos, Barnabas...?)	60's
James	James, half brother of Jesus	40's or 50's
1 Peter	Peter	63
2 Peter	Peter	63 - 64
1 John	John	late 80's early 90's
2 John	John	late 80's early 90's
3 John	John	late 80's early 90's
Jude	Jude, half brother of Jesus	60's or 70's
Revelation	John	late 80's early 90's

Daily Bible Reading 

Bible read in its entirety in 298 days or approximately 10 months

1,189 Chapters in the Bible

4 Chapters a day

Time invested is probably about 40 minutes a day.

OR 

Bible read in its entirety in 99 days (15 weeks or less or 3.5 months)

Read 12 Chapters a day

Read 2 Chapters from the New Testament

Read 2 Chapters from the Old Testament

Read 1 Chapter from Psalms or Proverbs

Read 1 Chapter from Jewish History

Bible read in 2 months

Read 3.5 hours per day or about 20 chapters a day

Tips:

You can download Bible.is to listen to the Bible while you are alone or in your car.

You can listen to the Bible at work.

You can read the Bible while driving (not a good idea).

You can read the Bible in bed before you wake get up and before you go to bed.

I'd suggest starting with the New Testament first but you can mix it up.  Here are the books of the New Testament and my progress on reading all the books of the Bible.  I started the beginning of April 2013 and have continued through May 20th, 2013 and this is my progress so far.

Need to finish: 1 out of 27

Matthew - Completed

Mark - Completed

Luke - Completed

John - Formerly read this but will reread again

Acts - Completed

Romans - Completed

1 Corinthians - Completed

2 Corinthians - Completed

Galations - Completed

Ephesians - Completed

Philippians - Completed

Colossians - Completed

1 Thesselonians - Completed

2 Thesselonians - Completed

1 Timothy - Completed

2 Timothy - Completed

Titus - Completed

Philemon - Completed

Hebrews - Completed

James - Completed

1 Peter - Completed

2 Peter - Completed

1 John - Completed

2 John - Completed

3 John - Completed

Jude - Completed

Revelation - Completed x 2

Old Testament:

I've read most of the OT over the past 7 weeks. I love the Old Testament by the way. But I still need to get through: 12 out of 39

1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles

Ezra
Nehemiah


Psalms
Proverbs - Working through this now (5/20/2013)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs

Jeremiah
Ezekiel