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Using Scripture to Order the Canon

The idea this website attempts to document is that the book of Isaiah defines how the 66 books of the Bible should be arranged. By matching each book of the Bible with a chapter in Isaiah a book order emerges that is different from all others both in terms of it's arrangement and basis. We refer to this new book order as the Bible's Book Order.

Discovery Story

The idea that Isaiah is the key for properly ordering the books of the Bible took some time to realize. The first time I thought to match the chapters of Isaiah with the books of the Bible I assumed the traditional book order. In fact, the concept of book order wasn't even on my radar screen in those days.

Isaiah

Introduction to Isaiah

Every book in the Bible uniquely matches a chapter in the book of Isaiah. The rest of this page offers a sampling of those matches with brief explanation so you can learn how this idea works.

Isaiah 1 Genesis

This page lays out a map between Isaiah chapter 1 and the book of Genesis. The matches work across the first nine chapters of Genesis. There are key matches and other matches that fill in around them. The key matches are Creation, Sacrifices, Blood, Cursed and City.

Isaiah 2 Exodus

The following is a map between Isaiah chapter 2 and the book of Exodus. Each verse in Isaiah 2 is absorbed in matches with stories from Exodus. Key matches include Mountain, Lampstand, Idol and Cleft.

Isaiah 3 Leviticus

This page lays out a map between Isaiah 3 and Leviticus. The key matches are Robe, Defiant and Righteous.

Isaiah 4 Numbers

This page provides a map between Isaiah chapter 4 and the book of Numbers. The key matches are Branch and Census.

Isaiah 5 Deuteronomy

This page is a map between Isaiah chapter 5 and the book of Deuteronomy. There are key matches and others that fill in around them. The key matches are Vineyard, Opposit, Eyes and Kindle.

Isaiah 6 Joshua

The following is a map between Isaiah 6 and Joshua. The key matches are Holy, Shout, Go and Heart.

Isaiah 7 Judges

The following is a map between Isaiah chapter 7 and the book of Judges. Key matches include Birth, Diet, Bee, Haircut, Silver and Armed.

Isaiah 8 First Samuel

The following is a map between Isaiah chapter 8 and the book of First Samuel. The key matches in this map include Birth, Reject, Divination and Hunger.

Isaiah 9 Second Samuel

This is a map between Isaiah 9 and Second Samuel. The key matches in the map are Spoil, David, Philistines/Syrians, Child and Brother. Question marks signify unknown matches.

Isaiah 12 Ezekiel

This page is a map between Isaiah 12 and the book of Ezekiel. The question mark below signifies an unknown match. The key matches are Song, Well and Presence.

Isaiah 13 Isaiah

This page is a map between Isaiah chapter 13 and the book of Isaiah. The key matches are Isaiah, Nobles, Labor and Sword.

Isaiah 16 Ezra

This is a map between Isaiah 16 and Ezra. The key matches include Send Lambs, Throne, Heard About Moab, Prayer At Sanctuary, Word Of Yahvah and 3 Years/Days.

Isaiah 18 Esther

The following is a map between Isaiah 18 and Esther. Key matches in this series are Ambassadors and Gifts.

Isaiah 19 Zechariah

The following is a map between Isaiah 19 and Zechariah. Key matches include Brothers, Rivers Dry, Foolish Shepherd, Drunkenness, 5 Cities and Worship.

Isaiah 20 Micah

This page is a map between Isaiah chapter 20 and the book of Micah.

Isaiah 25 Zephaniah

This is a map between Isaiah 25 and Zephaniah. The key matches in the map are Heap, Refuge and Rejoice.

Isaiah 31 Song of Solomon

The following is a map between Isaiah 31 and Song of Solomon. The key matches are Pharaoh's Chariots, Lions and Fire of Yahvah. Question marks signify unknown matches.

Isaiah 35 Nahum

This page maps Isaiah chapter 35 to the book of Nahum. The key matches in the set are Carmel, Highway and Lion.

Isaiah 36 Habakkuk

This is a map between Isaiah 36 and Habakkuk. The key matches are Horses, On The Wall, Make It Plain, Wine, Idols and Silence. The question mark signifies an unknown match.

Isaiah 37 First Chronicles

This is a map between Isaiah chapter 37 and the book of First Chronicles. The key matches are False Gods Burned and Angel. There's also a general match between David's two attempts to bring the ark to Jerusalem and Hezekiah's two visits to the Temple. The first try fails for both, because they asked the wrong guys to do the job. The second try succeeds. This overarching theme is difficult to capture in simple quotations, so the matches titled Round One and Round Two provide explanatory notes.

Isaiah 38 Second Chronicles

The following is a map between Isaiah 38 and Second Chronicles. The key matches are Hezekiah's Illness and Temple.

Isaiah 39 Daniel

This page lays out a map between Isaiah 39 and the book of Daniel. Though the quotes are given in large chunks there are several matches between the two, namely visitors from Babylon, temple treasures and Hezekiah's descendants.

Isaiah 40 John

This is a map between Isaiah 40 and the Gospel of John. The key matches in this map are Voice, Cry, Triumphal Entry, Hands, Tent/House, Look Up and Run. The question mark signifies an unknown match.

Isaiah 41 Matthew

The following is a map between Isaiah 41 and the book of Matthew. The key matches are God With Us, Herod Dies, John's Speech, Jesus' Wilderness Fast and Great Light.

Isaiah 42 Mark

This is a map between Isaiah 42 and Mark. Key matches are Jesus' Baptism, Parable of the Sower, Eyes Blinded, Suffering Woman and Eyes Opened.

Isaiah 44 Acts

The following is a map between Isaiah 44 and Acts. The key matches are Chosen, Spirit and Idol. The question mark signifies an unknown match.

Isaiah 46 First Thessalonians

This is a map between Isaiah 46 and First Thessalonians. The key matches are Idol and Deliver. The question mark signifies an unknown match.

Isaiah 47 Second Thessalonians

The following is a map between Isaiah 47 and the book of Second Thessalonians. The key match is As God.

Isaiah 48 Second John

The following is a map between Isaiah chapter 48 and the book of Second John. The key matches are Truth, Beginning, Deceivers and Teach.

Isaiah 52 Ephesians

The following is a map between Isaiah 52 and Ephesians. The key matches are Uncircumcised, Name, Feet, Sing, Armor of God and Servant.

Isaiah 53 Romans

This is a map between Isaiah 53 and Romans. Key matches include Report, Root, Submission and Resurrection.

Isaiah 54 Hebrews

The following is a map between Isaiah 54 and Hebrews. The key matches are Children, Tent, Noah, Mountain and City.

Isaiah 55 Jacob

This is a map between Isaiah 55 and the book of Jacob (James). The key matches in the map are Come, Near and Rain.

Isaiah 56 First Timothy

The following is a map between Isaiah 56 and First Timothy. The key matches in this map are Prayer, Gather and Elders.

Isaiah 66 Revelation

This page lays out a map between Isaiah chapter 66 and the book of Revelation. There are a few key matches, the rest fill in around them. The key matches are Throne, Birth and New Heavens.

Book Chain

Introduction to the Book Chain

The discovery that the books of the Bible connect together end-to-end across the Bible began several years ago while attending a college lecture. One of my favorite Bible professors took a rabbit trail from the main lecture, or so it seemed. What I learned that day stuck and grew into this study in the Book Chain.

Genesis - Exodus

Exodus - Leviticus

Leviticus - Numbers

Numbers - Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy - Joshua

Joshua - Judges

Judges - First Samuel

First Samuel - Second Samuel

Second Samuel - First Kings

First Kings - Second Kings

Second Kings - Ezekiel

Ezekiel - Isaiah

Isaiah - Jeremiah

Jeremiah - Lamentations

Lamentations - Ezra

Ezra - Nehemiah

*This connection is less obvious than most. My hunch is the broken walls imagery in the Nehemiah quote is a metaphor for the breach in the covenant people resulting from the men of Jerusalem marrying foreign women.

Nehemiah - Esther

Esther - Zechariah

Zechariah - Micah

Micah - Jonah

Jonah - Amos

Amos - Hosea

Hosea - Haggai

Haggai - Zephaniah

Zephaniah - Psalms

*This connection is based on the knowledge that "Psalms" means "songs." The songs that Yahvah is "singing" at the end of Zephaniah are the Psalms. The first verse of Psalms is quoted above as a stand in for the whole book.

Psalms - Job

Job - Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes - Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs of Solomon - Ruth

Ruth - Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon - Joel

Joel - Obadiah

Obadiah - Malachi

Malachi - Nahum

Nahum - Habakkuk

Habakkuk - First Chronicles

*In my mind this link is the most vague in the book chain. It works, and I think it's correct, but it's vague. The idea behind "Review" is Habakkuk asks God to "revive his work from the past" and First Chronicles does that in the form of a genealogy (and retelling stories from Kings later in the book).

First Chronicles - Second Chronicles

Second Chronicles - Daniel

Daniel - John

John - Matthew

Matthew - Mark

Mark - Luke

Luke - Acts

Acts - Philippians

Philippians - First Thessalonians

First Thessalonians - Second Thessalonians

Second Thessalonians - Second John

Second John - Second Timothy

Second Timothy - First Corinthians

First Corinthians - Galatians

*If you read the above quotes in the ASV, the key word used is "anathema." A peek at my Aramaic interlinear reveals the same Aramaic word, "khram," is in both verses so the ASV is more consistent here then the KJV and does a better job showing the connection between these books.

Galatians - Ephesians

Ephesians - Romans

Romans - Hebrews

Hebrews - Jacob

Jacob - First Timothy

First Timothy - Jude

Jude - Second Corinthians

Second Corinthians - Philemon

Philemon - Colossians

Colossians - First John

First John - First Peter

First Peter - Second Peter

Second Peter - Titus

Titus - Third John

Third John - Revelation

Revelation - Genesis

Title Sentences

Introduction to the Title Sentences

We had finished working out the order of the books. A few weeks later were visiting friends at our monthly fellowship. They had apparently been looking at how genealogies in Scripture often form sentences when the names in the genealogy are translated. Though I already knew this, several friends came up to me and privately explained how this works. After the 3rd time I decided something was up, and that I needed to apply the same strategy on the names of the Bible's books.

Sentence Derivation

There are places in the Bible where genealogical lists of names form sentences. This is a strange literary style since modern English readers rarely assign meaning to proper names. But, in the Bible, all names have meaning, which allows for these odd literary devices.

Hebrew Letters

Introduction to the Hebrew Letters

In the Ancient Hebrew script every letter in the Hebrew alphabet is drawn as a picture and carries inherent meaning. Aleph, from which we get "A", is drawn as the head of an ox and refers to a literal ox, strength, 1000 and clan or tribe. Think "strength in numbers." The two ideas are the same in Hebrew. Bet, the second letter, is drawn like a tent and refers to a literal tent, or home or going in or into something. In Hebrew gramar the letter bet is prefixed to a word to mean "in" or "into." Think "into the tent."

Notes to Hebrew Letters

These are my original notes for the Hebrew letters. I wasn't very practiced in the alphabet when I took these notes. Expect changes here as I have opportunity to work on this section of the website.

Sheen

Sheen is the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Sheen maps to the books of (21) Jonah, (43) Luke and (65) Third John.