Bible Matrix

Josh in the Bible Matrix Skool just asked about the significance of feet in the Bible. Join us. Lots of symbolic and typological fun. skool.com/bible-matrix-3…

@seraphim199 I think Joseph’s strategy for testing his brothers’ hearts was based on Pharaoh’s “Solomonic” strategy with his butler and baker. Give them an opportunity to reveal who they truly are.

Cool network of links between the serpent and the figure of Joseph. The word "serpent" shares the same consonants as the word meaning "to practice divination." Moreover, there is a wordplay between the word "naked" and "crafty." The idea is that the serpent possesses the knowledge that man and woman, in their primordial state, lack: he is clothed in wisdom and splendor and can offer it to them. His identity is thus linked to divination, because divination is an attempt to gain this hidden knowledge. Genesis 44 describes Joseph's hiding of his golden cup in Benjamin's bag, stating that he "practices divination" (נָחַשׁ) by that cup. Moreover, Joseph asks why they have "repaid evil for good", alluding back to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We see Joseph's craftiness on display here- he is the one who has gained true wisdom and knowledge by God's providence. He has not seized it before his time, he waited patiently and suffered to gain it. Thus, he has what the serpent had, but he did not gain it from the serpent. Confirming the allusion back to Genesis 3 is the theme of clothing throughout Joseph's story. The serpent was clothed in wisdom which he offered to the naked man and woman, but they gained it to their death. Joseph is clothed in wisdom from God, and he, though left for dead, came back to life. Joseph is therefore a figure of Jesus, to whom satan offered "all the kingdoms of the world" as he did to Adam. But Jesus was patient in His suffering and ascended to the glory of God through the death of the cross, so that we in Him might be clothed in that same glory.

@RandallDeeb @seraphim199 Has Seraphim been called by God to put his city under the ban? I only use Herem brand charcoal.

@seraphim199 Maybe that's how Isaiah saw his vision ("see this has touched your lips"). Hehehe jk jk 😁

Activated charcoal gives me vivid dreams. Has anyone else found this to be the case and is there any reason why?

Alpha and Omega in the Heptateuch The dominion pattern, as exemplified in this example of the Bible Matrix, is one of the keys to all Scripture. It is founded on the events of Genesis 1, and it is the foundation for the structure of Revelation.

“There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one.” - C. S. Lewis

Like the cosmos, Adam was created to be a tabernacle from the very beginning. But unlike the Tabernacle in Exodus 40:34, when the Lord came to judge the house, the man was not an acceptable habitation.

bit.ly/4pgNBGo Free overview. Analysis for patrons.

Valley of the Giants in Isaiah 17:5-6 God sends Assyria as a “grim reaper” to cut off Syria and Ephraim and shake down their wealth. bit.ly/3LrCg8C

Free overview. Analysis for patrons. bit.ly/3Nn41jh

Yes, fat jokes. bit.ly/4axYnVh

How do we master the Bible? The Impossible Book – part 2 bit.ly/3YfHkA0

The logic behind Jesus’ seven “I am” statements in John is not immediately apparent. This is because each step is the solution to a problem. “Sevenfold Yahweh” bit.ly/2RYCBEf

@pj_schreiner The internal structure is amazing. In the “heirs” section, John runs the covenant/creation pattern forwards but simultaneously “de-creates” and dispossesses old Israel by running the Heptateuch backwards. Increase/decrease.

@pj_schreiner I came across that one. It’s very close. The key is the ubiquitous biblical covenant pattern. Matthew uses it in its basic Torah form. John uses it in its “Ten Words” two-tablet form (five dyads), the pattern observed by Moshe Kline.

Every outline has its strengths and weaknesses, but I’ve always been partial to this one on John’s Gospel from Gary Burge.

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“Godly dominion can only result from patient endurance and obedience, and this will always entail suffering.” From Priestly Servants to Kingly Sons – Part 3 bit.ly/4ajLQEy

The Bible’s own built-in interpretive maps are far superior to the helpful but limited human guidelines. bit.ly/49YrNeH

Unlike Saul, but like David, Jesus confused everyone by putting priesthood before kingdom. bit.ly/4rbkaYP