Understanding Old Testament: Word Of God In The Old Testament

The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites.

To understand God’s Word more completely and effectively we must have our spiritual eyes opened. This “opening of spiritual eyes” involves correctly understanding and discerning the different symbols and figures of speech that God has employed in the revelation of his Word. The Bible is radically different from all other books in the world. God has divinely preserved the Bible for centuries and even though powerful leaders throughout the centuries have tried to destroy it, it is still the number one bestseller! No other book comes close to the number and variety of contributors to a single cohesive message like the Bible.