The Old commences what the New completes.
The Old gathers around Sinai
The New around Calvary
The Old is associated with Moses
The New with Christ (John 1:17).
The authors were kings and princes, poets and philosophers, prophets and statesmen. Some were learned in all the arts of the times and others were unschooled fishermen. Other books soon are out of date but this Book spans the centuries.
Most books must be adapted to age but old and young alike love this Book.
Most books are provincial and only interest the people in whose language it was written, but not this Book. No one ever stops to think it was written in what are now dead languages.
The Old Testament begins with God (Genesis 1:1).
The New Testament beginss with Christ (Matthew 1:1).
From Adam to Abraham we have the history of the human race.
From Christ on we have the history of the church.
"Most people's knowledge of history is like a string of graduated pearls without the string," said an historian. This statement seems to be especially true of Bible history. Many people know the Bible characters and the principal events, but they are hopelessly lost when they are called upon to connect the stories in order. Anyone who has experienced the thrill of learning to place the individual characters in their right setting as to place and time can realize the difference it makes in his enjoyment of God's Word.
Pick up the "pearls" in the Scriptures and string them into order from Genesis to Revelation so that you can "think through" the Bible story.