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Year after Year, Page after Page, and Teaching after Teaching
Now December 30 was over in Japan.
The sun is coming back to the north hemisphere from the solstitial position.
But it is strange that a man never counts his days since he was born. If you were born 30 years ago, you are now living the 11,000th day or so. If a man lives for 100 years, he would count his 36,500th day.
The number of pages of the Old Testament is 993 and that of the New Testament is 288, total 1,281 pages.
If Christ Jesus had read the Old Testament at a pace of 100 pages per day, he should have needed ten days to read them all. If 200 pages per day, then five days. If His followers had read it at 10 pages per day, they should have read it all in three months.
So, we had better assume that they read and knew the Old Testament very well. Or at least, they must have sufficient knowledge about the Old Testament.
If we read the Old Testament at a pace of 1 page per day, we can accomplish it in three years. If we read the Old Testament at a pace of 1/10 page per day, we can accomplish it in 30 years.
But if you believe teachings of Christ Jesus, you can get rid of the burden of reading the Old Testament.
Matthew 22:36-40New Living Translation (NLT)
36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
In addition, there are 114 chapters in Koran and 5,048 volumes for Buddhist scriptures as specified by Chinese monks in the 8th century.
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Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.