Description: A book that provides the "software" for reading the Bible — Tonggeun Tongdok. May the Korean church that reads the Bible build the lives of believers upon the Word (Psalm 119:28)! [Publishing History of This Book] This Bible-reading guide was created over 15 years of preparation beginning in 1995, through 16 rounds of lectures and a 2-year production process. In 2010, the Ezra Ministry Institute published it under the title "A 90-Day Bible Reading from the Perspective of God's Kingdom: The Word Becomes Life." In 2012, Duranno Press republished it as "A 90-Day Bible Reading from the Perspective of God's Kingdom: Tonggeun Tongdok," which went through 52 printings by January 2017. Afterward, Ezra Publishing released a newly revised edition once again titled "A 90-Day Bible Reading from the Perspective of God's Kingdom: The Word Becomes Life." [Why Read the Bible Through in Its Entirety?] A holistic understanding of the Bible is the foundation of all faith and spiritual life. Without a proper, unified understanding of Scripture, one builds the house of faith on sand (Matthew 7:24-27). This is why even those who have attended church for many years often live without real transformation. True change does not come from church events or programs, but from the "Word." This Word was present at creation, and it continues today to bring about the work of "re-creation" (restoration). Therefore, if we do not read and understand the Word, no real change will come to our spiritual lives. That "Word" is the Bible itself, and a life of faith that does not read the Bible is not truly a life of faith — it may simply be a life of "churchgoing." Genuine transformation comes only through the Word. That is why this book is titled "The Word Becomes Life." [Read the Bible with a Holistic Understanding! — To Live a Life Under God's Rule] [Redemptive-Historical Bible Reading That Restores God's Kingdom] The Korean church's fervor has long centered on prayer and Bible study, and in the six-plus years since this book's original publication, gatherings for reading through the Bible have continued to grow both within Korea and among Korean immigrant churches abroad. And yet, why does the church in the world remain unchanged, even though God's Word is clearly power and might? Pastor Ju Hae-hong explains that this is because we are not reading the Bible from the perspective of God's Kingdom. When we read Scripture through the lens of God's Kingdom, we are naturally transformed from a self-centered life (a life ruled by human effort) into a God-centered life (a life obedient to God's rule). For Christians who have become God's people, all the suffering in life stems from trying to solve our own problems through human effort alone. That is why Christians must return to the Word and to God's will, pursuing a life under His rule. This is the holy life — a life set apart. Look at our churches: how often, when problems arise within the church, do we try to resolve them through human effort (our own thoughts, wisdom, and experience) rather than through God's rule... To turn a life of human effort back into a life under God's rule requires reading the Bible rightly. This is the holistic reading of Scripture, with God's Kingdom at its core. The Bible carries the message that God builds up our lives and rightly restores His Kingdom. When we read the Bible from the perspective of God's Kingdom, it comes alive within us and brings about real transformation. To read the Bible holistically means to grasp its overarching thread as we read. [Features of This Book] The contents of the Bible have been reorganized according to their historical and chronological flow. To read the Bible with genuine interest, one should read both the Storyline (following the narrative) and the Plotline (reading for message) together. In this book, "reading by Storyline" means reconstructing the content according to the chronological flow of biblical history, while "reading by Plotline" means reading the passages related to the themes or background of that era. For example, when reading the story of David (David's Storyline), one reads 2 Samuel together with the related passages in Chronicles and the Psalms written in connection with his circumstances. Reading the Bible this way allows readers to understand both the Storyline according to chronological flow and the Context of that era. To grasp the poetic understanding, we search for the overarching thread of Scripture.