Bible Book OrderUsing Scripture to Order the Books of the Bible
This website defines a new book order for the Bible based on the book of Isaiah. By matching each book of the Bible to a chapter in Isaiah an inspired book order emerges. We refer to this book order as the Bible's Book Order (or Isaiah's Book Order).
Since each book of the Bible has a matched chapter in Isaiah, the strategy for setting the books in order simultaneously demonstrates what books truly belong in the Bible and settles the longstanding lack of proof for the true canon. It might help to think of Isaiah as the roll-call sheet of the Bible. This corollary use of Isaiah was not anticipated, but makes sense given the idea that any good strategy for settling the canon would naturally spring from Scripture. Isaiah just happens to be that place in Scripture where book order and canon are defined.
In addition to seeing Isaiah as the key for defining the book order and canon, Isaiah functions as a prophetic commentary on the books of the Bible. As each chapter is correctly matched to it's corollary book we find the prophetic content of Isaiah revealing hidden or background information needed to understand certain stories in the matched books. In other words, the interaction between Isaiah and the matched book makes sense of both. This too was not an intended use of Isaiah, but one that is difficult to deny none the less and has huge potential for some real pioneering in Bible interpretation.
Once into Isaiah there were several other studies that came to life rather spontaneously in support of the book order that emerged from Isaiah. These are described below.
Isaiah's Book Order
Isaiah's Book Order has an introduction to the study with several examples of how chapters and books match. The goal for the section is to match every stanza in Isaiah to the rest of the Bible in order. For now that means a growing set of Scripture quotes side by side that are considered matches with zero or very few notes at this time. More prose and explanation will come.
Title Sentences
Title Sentences shows how translating the names of the books of the Bible, in order, reveals a hidden message about the Bible. When translated, the titles of the 66 books form a message 12 sentences long. This is a tremendous revelation that came simply by putting the books in order with Isaiah and using a standard Bible names dictionary to translate the names of the books in that new order. This study can be audited by anyone able to use a Bible names dictionary.
The Book Chain
The Book Chain study asserts that the books of the Bible should flow together in context when correctly ordered. We've all seen commercials where the spoken script runs from start to finish but every few seconds the speaker changes. The Bible is no different, there's a discernable flow from beginning to end when the books are in order, despite the constant change of speaker. The book chain shows how the books connect.
Refactored Book Order
The Refactor study folds the 66 books onto the 22 letter Hebrew/Aramaic alphabet. The result is 22 triads where the 3 books in a triad share many remarkable correlations. This refactor of Isaiah's Book Order presents an alternative reading plan. Note, this would not be possible without first using Isaiah to put the books in order and this does not change the fact that Isaiah's Book Order is the correct order of the books. This is simply a refactor of the order that provides additional insight into the Bible.
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