Just like previously with my physical therapist, my doctor at MyoCore (MyoFascial Release and Chiropractic) and I were talking about the stories behind the stories in the Holy Writ, such as how the reason that Jesus used dirt to make the blind man see was because the blind man was born without eyes and Christ was showing us that he was God by making human organs from the dust, like he did when he created Adam in the Garden of Eden on the sixth day.
He, being unaware of many of these connections that fascinated by them, asked for 5 or 6 books that would open his eyes to these connections. Thus I suggested the following:
- The Orthodox New Testament Volume One: The Holy Gospels (Evangelistarion)
- The Orthodox New Testament Volume Two: Acts, Epistles, & Revelation (Praxapostolos)
- The Orthodox Psalter: The Psalterion According to the Seventy, With the Nine Odes, & Patristic Commentary
- The Lives of the Holy Prophets: The Major & Minor Prophets of the Old Testament
- The Lives of the Holy Apostles: Saints Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Jude, Simon, Matthias, Mark, Luke, & James
- The Life of the Virgin Mary, The Theotokos
I also pointed to him to the following three blog articles I wrote on this blog:
- The Gospel According to Saint John, Chapter Six: A Parallel of the Passover & the Exodus of Israel
- The Theophanies of Christ in Both the Old & New Testaments
- Types & Anti-Types in the Holy Bible
If you or anyone you know are interested in the connections of the Old Testament to the New Testament, or the stories behind the stories in the Bible, as explained by the apostles and their disciples, check out these books and articles, which will help you see what perhaps you were once blind to and you too can have your eyes opened like the blind man that Christ healed.
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