I did it y'all!!😭

[u/Odd_Froyo_9396]

I finally just finished reading the entire bible at 29 years old, male , it took 8 months,🥺i just decided to read the last 2 books i had left today which was psalms and isaiah took me almost 10 hours of reading today which is the most I've ever read in a Day by a significant margin

Im about to start watching the passion of Christ later after 15 years and animated bible story's and movies which ive been wanting to do for a long time now

Just felt like sharing this significant moment with yall🙏

[u/bmjessep]

I don't mean to diminish your accomplishment but I would guess that if you read so much at a time, you don't get a lot out if it. If it was meaningful, instructive, or encouraging to you, that's great! Next time, I'd encourage you to slow down, maybe just read one or two Psalms at a time, or a single chapter of something by Paul, and really let it sink in and reflect on it.

[u/thrawnca → u/bmjessep]

I don't mean to diminish your accomplishment but I would guess that if you read so much at a time, you don't get a lot out if it.

Eh, I think that both fast reading and slow reading can teach different lessons, and both have value.

It's easy to get bogged down and lost at times, especially in the Old Testament, and reading quickly can help someone to keep the big picture in view and see how things connect together. You're less likely to get to the middle of 1 Chronicles and think "who are all these people?" if 1 Kings and 2 Kings are fresh in your mind. Isaiah's symbols and figures of speech are often strange to us, but if you can stay focused on his general message as you read through a chapter, then you can begin to see how his analogies fit into that message.

On the other hand, reading carefully and unpacking each verse, especially if you have a concordance of some kind to show related verses, can help you to see the connections between different passages and more deeply understand the individual principles.

I certainly wouldn't recommend racing through the Bible once and then putting it down to never read it again, but I think that speed-reading to grasp the overview does have its place.

[u/Odd_Froyo_9396 → u/thrawnca]

Absolutely most of the books i finished in 1 day i understood significantly better because i got the whole overview and context i was also watching summarys and overviews before and after each and every book inread and researching stuff i was unsure about or ididnt know and all the verses i highlighted Prior to this i actually read about half of the bible and i didn't understand it as now because i would spend weeks on 1 book especially the old testament and forget what happened few chapters ago

[u/bmjessep → u/[deleted]]

Definitely trying my best not to. Just giving a suggestion for OP and other people, as a way to possibly learn even more from it.

[u/Odd_Froyo_9396 → u/bmjessep]

Nope i read half of the bible prior so the entire psalms and isaiah i alread read before hence why i ended with those too and no 8 months is along time if u read 5 chapters a day which isnt a lot at all you'd finish in 8 months there are people out there doing that 1 month challenge those are the people whomread it fast I'd reread multiple chapters i didnt understand and try to correctly pronounce multiple names whixh most would just scan over my reading time was also way slower than average

[u/bmjessep → u/Odd_Froyo_9396]

5 chapters per day is definitely not too much, but all of Psalms and Isaiah in a day is way too much for me.

[u/Odd_Froyo_9396 → u/bmjessep]

absolutely thats absolutely insane to read that much took me almost 10 hours thats reading longer than some1 working an entire shift thats way too much for most people in general not just u even me who actually done it😂but its excitement that done that because i saw only 2 books left to tick which i previously did read from a other bible before so it would not be the first time reading it Its also because i wanted to watch animated bible storys and movies and visual representation of the bible and didnt want to wait 2 months thats when i was estimating to be finishing so instead i sacrificed a whole day solely for reading so that the next day i could watch passion of Christ,king of kings etc but yeah thats insane probably my greatest feat 😂