The Story
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What is the Bible? Some have answered that question by turning it into an acronym: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
When I Talk about the Story of Scripture…
I’m Talking about How the Entirety of Scripture is Connected
It’s All Working Together to Tell One Grand Narrative/Drama
It’s Not Just a Collection of Historical Facts & Rules
It’s a Story Like All Good Stories Ever Told:
There’s a Beginning/Exposition
(Creation - Where We Learn about God & His Purpose for His Creation)
Then There’s the Rising Action…
Where There’s a Crisis - Things are No Longer as They should Be…
And the Hero Begins Seeking to Fix Things & Save the Day
(The Fall Where Sin, Death, & the Curse Enter Creation…)
(And the Rest of the Old Testament Where God is Working…)
(To Atone for Sin, Defeat Death, & Break the Curse)
Then There’s the Climax (What Everything has Been Building Toward)…
Where the Hero Wins the Battle & Saves the Day Against All Odds
(The Gospels - The Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension of Jesus)
Then There’s the Falling Action (The Hero has Won, But the Story isn’t Over Yet)
(Acts & the Letters of the Apostles)
(Now that Jesus has Won the Battle & Saved the Day…)
(What are We to Do Now?)
Then There’s the Resolution/Conclusion…
Where All Things are Back to the Way They should Be…
And Everyone Lives Happily Ever After
(The End of Revelation…)
(And the Hope of Restoration that’s Mentioned Throughout the NT)
So, Whenever I Talk about the Story of Scripture…
I’m Not Saying Scripture is Fictional/Mythical
I’m Saying, Scripture is a Collection of Writings…
Written By Many Different People Over a Span of Many Centuries…
That are All Connected & Play a Part in One Grant Story/Narrative:
God Made All Things Good
Goodness was Ruined
God has Been Working Throughout History to Fix it
And One Day Goodness will Be Restored