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 What is the author's primary argument in this chapter? Explain.  How does the study of biblical covenants relate to the study of "Bible backgrounds"? Explain.  Share at least one idea from the reading that was new or interesting to you. Explain.  What question(s) would you ask the author about the content from the reading? Explain. In Chapter One of *God's Kingdom through God's Covenants*, the authors argue that properly understanding biblical theology requires recognizing how the Old Testament covenants inform those of the New Testament. They emphasize that the Bible should not be read in isolation but as a collection of God's words presented by various authors. Gentry and Wellum assert, "Biblical theology must follow a method that reads the Bible on its terms, following the Bible's internal contours and shape, to discover God's unified plan as it is disclosed to us over time." This approach ach necessitates considering the entire message of the Bible, rather than focusing on individual parts. The study of biblical backgrounds comes together with understanding the covenants because these covenants represent God's method of re-establishing His relationship with humanity. Gentry and Wellum explain, through kingdom covenant' or 'progressive covenantalism' is our proposal for what is most important to the Bible's storyline. Progressive points out the unfolding of God's plan from old to new, while covenantalism stresses that God's plan comes alive through the covenants. The part that interests me in this chapter is when they said, any examination of the Bible's background must view it through the lens of these co in biblical interpretation and theological formulation, “context” is key, and three contexts are crucial in “putting together” the entire Bible, including the biblical covenants. Let us briefly discuss each of these “contexts” for a proper biblical-theological interpretation of Scripture. Our understanding of the Scripture begins with a specific text, Lints calls it the textual horizon or the immediate context. In terms of this context, biblical hermeneutics has sought to interpret texts according to the grammatical- historical method, seeking to discern God’s intent through the human author’s intent by putting the text in its historical setting, understanding the rules of language the author is using, analyzing the syntax, textual variants, word meanings, figures of speech, and the literary structure, including the genre of the text. By paying careful attention to the text, a reader discovers what authors are seeking to communicate. I talk to my family and friends about how important context is within the text. For many years the scripture has been taken out of context and this causes a misuse and misunderstanding of the text. For example, Matthew 7:1 judge not, lest you be judged. So people take this scripture and use it to keep people from telling them when they are wrong. But John 7:24 says that there is a righteous kind of judgment we are supposed to exercise with careful discernment. This is why it is important for us to put the the text in its historical setting like Lints mentioned above. One question i would ask the author is How would i better apply these methods of not taking the scripture out of context and as a leader in the church, how would i better train and teach people how to keep the scripture within context?

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