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The Bible as a Story
1. Stable situation
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation = CREATION
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict = FALL
3. Main Action 4. Climax
1. Stable situation = CREATION
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict = FALL
3. Main Action= ISRAEL
4. Climax
1. Stable situation = CREATION
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict = FALL
3. Main Action= ISRAEL
4. Climax= JESUS
1. Stable situation = CREATION
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution = CHURCH
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict = FALL
3. Main Action= ISRAEL
4. Climax= JESUS
1. Stable situation = CREATION
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
6. Restoration= NEW CREATION
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict
3. Main Action 4. Climax
5. Resolution = CHURCH
1. Stable situation
2. Conflict = FALL
3. Main Action= ISRAEL
4. Climax= JESUS
1. Stable situation = CREATION
”Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.”- Paul’s discussion of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians
“Everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did.”- Paul’s explanation early in Romans of why the good news is “also for the Gentile.”
This is not why most people in the Bible think they’re in trouble with God.
This is not why most people in the Bible think they’re in trouble with God.
(Adam is not mentioned in the Bible, outside of occasional genealogies, between the creation stories in Genesis and these references in Paul’s letters.)
This is not why most people in the Bible think they’re in trouble with God.
(Adam is not mentioned in the Bible, outside of occasional genealogies, between the creation stories in Genesis and these references in Paul’s letters.)
“We’re in trouble with God because our ancestors broke the covenant.”
This is not why most people in the Bible think they’re in trouble with God.
(Adam is not mentioned in the Bible, outside of occasional genealogies, between the creation stories in Genesis and these references in Paul’s letters.)
“We’re in trouble with God because our ancestors broke the covenant.”
It’s not the individual who’s in trouble with God, but the community.
Josiah: “The LORD’s great anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing everything it says we must do.”
Huldah: “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true. For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.’”
Nehemiah: “Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws. Even while they had their own kingdom, they did not serve you, though you showered your goodness on them. You gave them a large, fertile land, but they refused to turn from their wickedness. So now today we are slaves in the land of plenty that you gave our ancestors for their enjoyment!”
Daniel: “All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.”
Stephen: “Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered. You deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”
The disobedience of the community to the covenant with Godis a second conflict
that creates the plot linethat runs most of the way through the Bible.
Stable situation = CREATION
Conflict = FALL
Stable situation = CREATION
Action in response = COVENANTS
Conflict = FALL
Stable situation = CREATION
Action in response = COVENANTS
Conflict = FALL
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Action in response = COVENANTS
Conflict = FALL
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
Action in response = COVENANTS
Conflict = FALL
Climax = JESUS
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
Action in response = COVENANTS
Resolution = CHURCH
Conflict = FALL
Climax = JESUS
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
Action in response = COVENANTS
Restoration= NEW CREATION
Resolution = CHURCH
Conflict = FALL
Climax = JESUS
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
Action in response = COVENANTS
Restoration= NEW CREATION
Resolution = CHURCH
Conflict = FALL
Climax = JESUS
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation New Creation
Noah
unconditionalmediated
AbrahamIsaacJacob
unconditionalunmediated
Moses
conditionalmediated
David
unconditionalunmediated
Jesus
unconditionalmediated
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
The first covenant Is with creation
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe second covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation witnessesthe third covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe fourth covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe fourth covenant
The first covenantguarantees the fourth covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe new covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe new covenant
The first covenantguarantees the new covenant
Creation New Creation
Noah AbrahamIsaacJacob
Moses David Jesus
Creation guaranteesthe new covenant
The first covenantguarantees the new covenant
The new creation guarantees thenew covenant
So the creation and new creation are an intrinsic part of the Bible’s plot lineif we trace that through the covenants.
So the creation and new creation are an intrinsic part of the Bible’s plot lineif we trace that through the covenants.
The movement in the covenants is due to the “second conflict” (“not like the covenant I made with their ancestors”).
So the creation and new creation are an intrinsic part of the Bible’s plot lineif we trace that through the covenants.
The movement in the covenants is due to the “second conflict” (“not like the covenant I made with their ancestors”).
This account of the Bible’s story integrates all of its highest-level framework elements all the way through.
So the creation and new creation are an intrinsic part of the Bible’s plot lineif we trace that through the covenants.
The movement in the covenants is due to the “second conflict” (“not like the covenant I made with their ancestors”).
This account of the Bible’s story integrates all of its highest-level framework elements all the way through.
(If the entire Bible is envisioned as a “complex literary composition” whose constituent compositions are placed in a “framework.” But that’s another presentation.)
Action in response = COVENANTS
Restoration= NEW CREATION
Resolution = CHURCH
Conflict = FALL
Climax = JESUS
Stable situation = CREATION
Second Conflict = DISOBEDIENCE
Main Action= FURTHERCOVENANTS
