I plan to read every verse of the cannon of scriptures of The Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the next year. And I plan to

do it by putting the subject matter of the readings in roughly

chronological order mostly chapter-by-chapter. The rough chronologi-

cal order of these scriptures are only approximate for several  reasons.

     First I usually prefer readable chapters in their customary chapter

context. I do not believe it would be practical or esthetically enjoyable

to too frequently read sets of parallel verses one-at-time outside the

context of their familiar chapter settings.*

     We will start with scriptures whose subject is describing events

before time in the pre-existence, and then move on to the creation of

the heavens and the earth. Next we read about the creation of

mankind, the fall of Adam and Eve, the patriarchs, judges, kings and

prophets as they appear on the timeline. The ministry and atonement

of Jesus Christ in mortality serves as the primary anchor point in inspired scripture. This is followed by verses teaching about the building of His Church in ancient and modern times, Finally, we will conclude with verses on important topics regarding end times events such as the resurrection of mankind, the millennial reign of Christ, and the final judgment.

     Some scripture is difficult to assign a specific time period, for example, the Book of Job. However, Job is generally believed to be about God's dealings with one of His earliest children.

     And much of scripture includes prophecies of the future events that appear in verses scattered and embedded a-few-verses-at-a-time within larger chapters. The order of some yet-to-be-fulfilled prophesied events is sometimes hard to pin down. Some prophecies such as the resurrection of the dead may be on-going over a long time period. Some prophecies mix history with predicting the future. For example, Isaiah sometimes has used ancient history (like the fall of Babylon) to foreshadow future conditions that will exist before the millennial reign of Christ. Thus, it is often easier to understand prophesies based on the time they were given (and in their chapter context) rather than with their future-event subject matter.  Nevertheless, I have pulled out select key verses on significant end-time topics for reading at the end of the year. A few of these end times verses may be repeated from readings earlier in the year.

     Also, some of the accepted cannon of inspired scripture consists of poems (ancient hymns like Psalms). The event that prompted some psalms can only be surmised. Some scripture is wisdom literature like Proverbs. The subject matter of this kind of scripture is often universal in application—not primarily just for the times when it was written.

     As a result, each day's readings are only roughly based on chronological order, and finishing with a guessed sequence of end times topics. Preserving a sense of the original scriptural context (chapters) usually seemed a better choice to me. However, random poetry or wisdom literature may be added to a daily reading from time to time like a bit of seasoning to our daily scriptural feast.