the common people are able to understand the overall meaning of the Bible

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The purpose of the following essay is to focus on the fact if the common people are able
to understand the overall meaning of the Bible in their own ways. The meaning of the Biblical
texts is very difficult to understand sometimes because of its use of the archaic words. Still it is
very important for all the people across the world to understand the meaning of the Bible since
they are the most crucial target audiences of the Holy book. Sometimes challenges might appear
but it has become very much important to know the God by proper interpretation of God. Most
people do not have a proper understanding of the theological understanding but they try their
best to know the meaning of God and understand its true meaning (Strenski, 2015). So, the
potential challenges will have to be discussed along with realizing how it can cater to the
understanding of all the people.
At the beginning, it should be mentioned the biggest potential challenges in
understanding of the Bible. Bible is the most important and most credible source to understand
the Omnipotent God and the words he has said. Critics believe that it is not always necessary for
common people to know about all the things that are within the Bible beforehand or understand
the difficult words. The words of the Bible have always been challenging to understand for the
common people (Strenski, 2015). However, the verses of the Biblical Scriptures have been
written for the common people only. The messages of the Holy God have been revealed through
the words of His Son Jesus Christ. God has revealed all His messages through the Bible and all
those messages are depicted through the different stories. It looks like a very easy thing but
practically it is a very challenging work for the common people. They face the linguistic
problems at the beginning (Geller, 2014) The stories in the Bible have revealed the messages to
the society and people within. The main purpose of writing the Bible cannot be served until all
the people understand its meaning.

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The Bible has revealed that God is the only creator of this world and He has shaped the
creatures of the world in that way as well. Adam and Eve were the first people on earth sent for
their committing the sin (Schneiders, 2016). People should be aware that they will not get away
if they commit the sins in their lives. They must understand the overall meaning of the Bible
truly. God won the battle over sins and He wants people to follow a sinless life (Strenski, 2015).
This can only be achieved if people in the society can live a life properly with all the human
feelings embedded within them (Village, 2016). The language barriers are very crucial ones in
this scenario. The Bible had been written in the languages like Greek and Hebrew in ancient
times. Both these languages are extremely difficult to understand (Geller, 2014). So, it has
become very significant to make the proper translation of the Biblical texts so all the people in
society would be able to understand it (Robinson, 2014). Christ has revealed the messages of the
God and He has also said that salvation of sins is the only purpose for the human beings on this
earth. They might commit the sins in the world and they will have to find out some ways in
which they could get over their sins (Brand & Mitchell, 2015). This is why they should be able to
know the meanings of all the Biblical texts.
According to the critics, people should always understand the things that have been
preached in the Bible. The potential language barrier should be able to overcome in this scenario.
The translation of the Bible should be made into English (Dunnill, 2016). Only then people
would be able to understand the meaning of the Bible. It has been written in Hebrew around
3000 years ago and in Geek around 2000 years ago (Geller, 2014). One of the most important
things that have been said in the Bible is to know God and have utmost faith in Him. Ordinary
people not having any idea or training on the classical theology should also be able to learn the
messages of God. English is the most widely used and popular languages in the world and