 Here are some really good tips when it comes to reading the Bible, to enhance your Bible reading and your understanding of the Scriptures. First, read it as literally as you possibly can until you can't read it literally and then let context guide you to the full meaning. I would recommend when starting, start from the beginning. There's a reason why the beginning is in the beginning. It gives you a full understanding of what is going to happen or why something happens later on in the Bible. As you're reading, think about these things. Who is writing or speaking? Who is being written to or spoken to? What is being spoken? When does this take place? Where it takes place is also important and why is it being told? The overall meaning of the message. The way you read and understand everything else that you read is how you also read the Bible. Do not look for some hidden or mysterious meaning to the Bible. Why? Because God intends for the educated and the uneducated all to understand the Bible in its pure, simple form so that you can apply it to your lives as well as share it to others so they can apply it to their lives.