[stephanos]

Anybody have any recommendations on a book(s) to help study this meaty book of the Bible? If you know me, you know what I am not looking for, so with this in mind, I'm open to suggestions.

Peace and Love,
Stephen

[chette777]

yeah, try using your Bible to Study the Bible. don't look to men.

Start with cleansing prayer and then ask for inlightenment through the Holy Ghost. Take a blank note book and jot down your obserations verse by verse. Interpret literally cross ref with the other books of the Bible and the Major Prophets on the same subject (i.e. Gospels, Psalms, Daniel, etc...). give preference to New Testament Revelation of it and you will come out with good interpretation, doctrines and applications.

For difficult English words look to a good dictionary especially older ones, and not to Greek or Hebrew dictionaries.

Take your time. Isaiah will take you more than a year to study it out so be patient. don't study it tillyou drop. better to be well rested. early morning or when ever you may wake up if you have a night job. and spend at least one hour. I will do that and sometimes end up spending 3 and 4 hours studying out one verse or section of verses.

then after I have done my study and it is completed I might read a trusted commentator to see if I was near to any of their observations, interpretations and application.

Have fun!!!

[stephanos]

I can agree on all your points. I guess I was just curious since I just recently decided I want to read through the Bible once every year. I am determined to not deviate from this plan, but this book has me going "what is really being said here?" more often than not as I work through this meaty book. I guess I might just have to find more time to get into what I'm reading, while I'm also reading through things on a schedule.

Thanks for the response brother.

for Jesus' sake,
Stephen

[Biblestudent]

Good advice, Chette!

[chette777]

Stephen,

Stay on schedule with your reading but st a special time apart for deeper Study.

blessings