VIII. THE PURPOSES FOR WRITING THE BOOK A. TO RECORD ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL (the nation through whom God will someday bless the world). B. TO RECORD ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE SUPERNATURAL REVELATION OF GOD (the supernatural revelation which was begun in the books of the Old Testament and was completed in the books of the New Testament) IX. THE VALUE OF THE BOOK A. THE HISTORICAL VALUE The book continues the historical record of the Jewish nation begun in the Pentateuch. The Pentateuch
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