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Bible Trivia-The Center of the Bible
1. What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
2. What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
3. Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
4. What is the center verse in the Bible?
How to Worship God with a Deck of Cards
Ace=One God
Two=the two parts of the Bible-Old Testament and New Testament
Three=the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Four=the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Five=the Five virgins that were ten but only five were glorified
Six=the Six days it took God to create the Heavens and the Earth
Seven=the Seventh day when God rested
Eight=the family of Noah (his wife, three sons and their wives) which God saved from the flood that destroyed the earth for the first time
Nine=the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. He cleansed ten but nine never thanked him
Ten=the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets of stone
Jack=a reminder of Satan who was one of God’s first angels, but got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways
Queen=the virgin Mary
King=Jesus, for he is the King of all Kings
Joker=Devil himself
When you count all the dots on all the cards in the deck, you come up with 365-one for every day of the year.
There are 52 cards in a deck-one for each week in a year.
The four suits represent the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.
Each suit has thirteen cards- one for each week in a quarter.
So when you want to worship God and/or talk to God, pull out any old deck of cards and be reminded of all you have to be thankful for.
Things I Never Knew About the Bible
The titles of more than a thousand novels, plays and books of poetry have been taken from The Bible.
Charles Dickens tagged the tale of the Prodigal Son (found in the New Testament) "the best short story ever written."
Sarah is the only woman in the Bible whose age is given. . . She was 127 years old when she died!
The Bible upon which F.D.R. took the oaths of office both as Governor and President was published in 1686 and had been in the Roosevelt family for over 200 years.
The first Bible printed in America was in the Indian language.
The numerals "seven" and "40" are the most frequently used in The Bible . . . "Seven" appears in 250 different verses. . . Here are a few examples of the use of "40". . . Moses was on the Mount 40 days and 40 nights. . . The men who went to Canaan took 40 days. . . Elijah was on Mount Horeb 40 days and nights. . . The Israelites were in the hands of the Philistines for 40 years. . . Christ was tempted by Satan for 40 days. . . Saul, David, Solomon and Joash each reigned as King for 40 years. . . The Israelites ate manna for 40 years.
And finally . . .
Typo and translation errors have made several editions famous. . . "The Bug Bible" gets its name from a line in Psalms 1:5, "Afraid of bugs by night." . . . This line now reads "terror by night." . . . "The Wicked Bible" (1631) is so known because the "not" was omitted from the Seventh Commandment . . . Thou shall (not) commit adultery . . . "The Placemaker's Bible" (1562) carries this line in Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the placemakers." . . . It should read, "peacemakers." . . . Then there's "The Murderer's Bible" . . . In the Epistle of Jude, 16th Verse, "murderers was inadvertently substituted for "murmurers."
Excerpts taken from a Post Dispatch written by Walter Winchel
Here's a Fun Bible Quiz
There are16 books of the Bible hidden in text. See if you can find them!
I once made a remark about the hidden books of the bible. It was a lulu, kept people looking so hard for the facts and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially since the names of the books were not capitalized, but the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be some real easy ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find one of them, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. A little lady says she brews a cup of tea so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now, for there really are sixteen names of books in the bible in this story. The end.
Don't cheat and look at the answers first!
Click HERE for the answers.
Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118. Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118. Add these numbers up and you get 1188. Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and they want to be in the center of God's will, just send them to the center of the Word! Psalms 118:8 (NKJV) "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in people."