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The end of the long books
That wraps up Ezekiel! I may still have almost a year of summarising to go but it feels like the home straight from here. Even the longest remaining books will take less than a month.
Daniel, up next, is only twelve chapters. Then come the minor prophets, including the single chapter of Obadiah. I start the New Testament in February. The Gospels and Acts are quite long but then I'll zip through the letters. The finish line comes into sight in October when I start the 22 chapters of Revelation.
Have a look at my progress infographic for a visual take on all that.
It's probably a good job that I'm heading towards shorter books. My concentration levels will be somewhat dimished for the next few weeks following the arrival of my second son on Saturday!
Both my sons have been born during Bible Summary. Perhaps it's no coincidence that they both have Old Testament names!
One year to go!
What will you be doing exactly a year from now?
8 November 2013 may be a date of minimal portent for most, but I've been looking towards it for the last two-and-a-half years.
All being well, one year from today I will have just published my final summary. The end suddenly seems rather nigh! (If you can't be melodramatic about finishing the book of Revelation then what can you?)
Tomorrow will be the last November the 9th that I ever wake up to publish a chapter summary. That's a strange feeling. Bible Summary feels like a permanent companion these days.
But I must say I'm looking forward to finishing Ezekiel. This is the last book that will take longer than a month. (And quite a perplexing one at that!) After this it's a quick run towards the New Testament.
I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the long chapters of the gospels (particularly Luke) or the dense theology of Romans but these are the kinds of challenge I signed up for.
Once again, thank you so much for all your support. Your replies, retweets, comments and emails always spur me on.
824 days done, 365 to go...
Ezekiel
I'm about to start the book of Ezekiel. It's the last book that will take over a month to complete.
There are a number of famous passages in Ezekiel, not least the valley of dry bones which I've probably heard preached on as often as any other passage. But I really don't have a sense of the overall message.
I do know that we start with one of the most mind-bending visions in scripture. So without further ado...
I summarised all 1,189 chapters of the Bible on Twitter - one tweet per chapter, one chapter per day for over three years.
Click ☰Summaries above to view the archive.
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