exegesis
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The Bible speaks to Christians today, but we aren’t its original audience. Faithful interpretation begins in the ancient world of the text, follows the biblical story to Christ, and only then asks how Scripture addresses the church today.
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Many quote “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” but Revelation 17:8 clarifies John’s point: the time phrase belongs to the writing of names in the Lamb’s book of life, not the slaying. The cross happened in history; God’s plan for a people is primordial—and that certainty fuels courage, purity, and witness when…