GENESIS.  This must be read. It is "the book of beginnings". After the book has

been read, and before the next book is commenced, the reader would be well advised to

read, with the help of a Concordance, what the N.T. says about such typical characters as

Adam, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Joseph.

EXODUS.  This is the book of redemption. The reader should have an eye for its

typical teaching--knowing that the items are divinely selected for our learning. Before

commencing the next book, the reader should note all that is written in the N.T. on Israel

in Egypt, the Passover, the Tabernacle and the law of Moses.

ISAIAH. We pass over the whole of Israel's eventful history and come to the days of

their last Kings, and read of the failure yet ultimate restoration of this people. Every N.T.

reference to Isa. 53: should be read before passing to the next book.

MATTHEW.  We now come to the fulfillment of the promises made unto the

fathers, in the birth, life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, Care should be

taken to observe the emphasis that Matthew lays upon the fact that Jesus Christ was

"King of the Jews", and the parallels in Luke to the genealogy, and birth of Christ, the

testimony of the forerunner, and the opening ministry of the Lord should be noted.

Where Matthew stresses King and Kingdom, Luke stresses Saviour and Gentile blessing.

JOHN.  This Gospel has a message for the world, and the reader should note the

many occurrences of the word "world". It is written with a particular object which is

stated in John 20: 31.

ACTS.  The Acts must be read in order that one may appreciate the grace of God

toward Israel, and His wonderful provision in the ministry of Paul for the Gentiles.

Parallel statements in the Acts concerning Peter and Paul should be looked for. Ponder

the dispensational importance of Acts 28:

GALATIANS. Of all the epistles of Paul, this short letter to the Galatians should be

read first. In it the absolutely independent ministry of Paul is established, and the great

doctrine of justification by faith without legal works is defended and taught.

EPHESIANS. We pass into a different atmosphere when we open this epistle. Israel

is gone. The Gentile is no longer spoken of as an heir of Abraham. New Covenant

blessings are unknown. Here we have the revelation of a secret, the calling of a new

company, the body of Christ, and a new sphere of blessing "in heavenly places".

REVELATIONS.  This book brings the testimony of the Word of prophecy to its

completion. It balances Genesis. Here we find paradise restored, sin and death banished,

and a new heaven and a new earth, after the great and dreadful day of the Lord has

accomplished its purpose.

After the reader has made this selective reading, he will be, or should be, so desirous

of filling in the gaps occasioned by this selection, that he will feel the bulk and mass no