One of the great gifts that God has given to His people is the Bible.
The Bible helps us understand who God is and what He desires for His creation. This means it is important for Christians to read, meditate, and live out Scripture.
One of the difficulties that we have when in it comes to reading the Bible is to see it as a unified Book. With all the different stories and types of literature we can be tempted to view the Bible as a hodge podge collection of writings that don't have a lot to do with each other.
God inspired the authors of the Bible to create a unified Story by using certain words, images, and themes that help link the various parts of the Bible together.
The design patterns of Scripture are something we can overlook when we are only reading short passages at a time.
To catch these patterns we have to read long sections at a time and then keep in mind things that seem to keep popping up. This skill takes work, and it helps to have some sort of teacher who is able to start pointing them out.
This is certainly a skill that the more you using, better you become at spotting the patterns.
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