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Hello Xirturn. It is so admirable of you to try and read through the whole Bible! The Old Testament is full of history and wonderful stories of God's working in human lives and events. May I recommend that you start with the four Gospels, of which you already read Matthew. The Gospels tell the story of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension back to heaven. Acts is right after John and it tells the story of the early church. Jesus had commanded His disciples to go and share the Gospel, how he lived, died and conquered death, sin, and the grave, and how He's coming back some day. So after Jesus went back up to heaven, the disciples spread out and did just that.
There is no right or wrong of how to read the Bible. All of it is God's inspired Word. It literally is HisStory. Not only is it an amazing piece of history, but it is wonderful literature, as well. The Bible is also real life, full of drama, violence, murder, deceit, dysfunctional families, happiness, joy etc. I'm so happy that you are wanting to read it and desire to do so. That is the Holy Spirit of God working in your heart. The Bible says that if we search for Him, He will make Himself known to us, Deuteronomy 4:29.
Please read my response to AmateurExpert. I am praying that you will seek God with your whole heart and find Him soon! He is there waiting for you to call on His name!
The thing i’m noticing is it looks as though they all tell the same story. Am I reading the same story 4 times? I understand that the disciples were all there basically seeing the same thing but it feels like repetition.
Sorry if i’m sounding ignorant. Like I said I started reading recently and I’ve been wanting to for a while just didn’t know what ti expect.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are very similar, but they also told the story of Jesus through their own eyes. For example, Luke was a physician and Matthew was a tax collector before Jesus called them to follow Him. Some of it is repetitive, but then there are things shared in one or two of them that the others don't have. For example, the genealogy of Jesus is found in both Matthew and Luke, but not Mark and John. The temptation of Jesus by the Devil is mentioned in Mark, but is found in greater detail in Matthew and Luke.
Every book of the Bible is the inspired (God-breathed) Word of God, (2 Timothy 3:16). Men wrote it, but through the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit of God.
No need to apologize! We all had to start at some point and learn as we go. Please reach out with any questions you may have. I'll do my best to answer them. I'm not a Bible theologian, but just a mom and new grandma.