The Bible Plot

Cheat Sheet: Key Terms and a Six-Step Method

TermPlain meaning
YHVH / the LORDYou, aware right now
I AMThe identity you claim
ElohimThe court of many judges and rulers inside you. Wherever you read “God”, read this
The courtThe picture for how an identity is offered and ruled on
EnclosureThe pit, sea or wilderness that holds you before you are set free
After its kindA claim gives back only what it is
Leave and joinStep away from the old state, join the new identity (Genesis 2:24)
Name or placeA code for what the state is like

Try it yourself, in six steps

  1. Read the passage in the BBE, with the whole chapter around it.
  2. Pick out every name and place, and look each up in Strong’s.
  3. Put the meanings in place of the titles and read it again.
  4. Ask the Genesis 2:24 question: which state is left, and which is joined?
  5. Ask which Genesis 1 group each scene uses: deep, land, plant, creature or rest.
  6. Ask what has changed from the original picture.

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