What locks people out
Seven categories — all verifiable from the text itself
Genre Lens
Poetry, law, prophecy, apocalyptic, letter — how to read each differently
The ONE Story
Creation → Fall → Redemption → Restoration — the single metanarrative arc
Web of Echoes
Intertextual connections — NT writers quote the OT in every sentence
The Architecture
Chiasm, parallelism, inclusio, leitwort — literary structure as meaning
Corporate Identity
The Bible thinks in families, tribes, nations — not individuals
The Backbone
Noahic → Abrahamic → Mosaic → Davidic → New covenant progression
Historical-Cultural World
ANE context, patron-client, Second Temple Judaism, honour/shame dynamics
Deeper gaps
Almost nobody talks about these
Typology
Persons, events, institutions as prefigurations — how the NT reads the OT
Already / Not Yet
Kingdom now AND coming — the tension that explains most of the NT
Progressive Revelation
Real but partial — revelation unfolds, it does not correct itself
Geography as Theology
Egypt, wilderness, up to Jerusalem — places as theological statements
Temple = Eden = Cosmos
The temple mirrors creation — microcosm of the cosmos itself
Cross-Domain Intersections
Where domains collide — emergent insights from combining lenses
Your Journal
Bookmark verses, words, and insights as you explore. They'll appear here.