The Bible Plot

The Pattern Every Bible Story Follows

Most stories run the same three steps, using words from the Genesis 1 list.

  1. Down. The person is brought into a day-one state: a pit, a sea, a deep.
  2. Held. The person is kept in an enclosure.
  3. Brought out. The person is set on new ground.

Example, Joseph. His name means “he shall add” (H3130). His brothers do not want him to rule over them.

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? — Genesis 37:8 (BBE)

Then he goes down into the pit, a day-one word.

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it. — Genesis 37:24 (BBE)

Later he is held in prison (Genesis 39:20). Then he is brought out.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt. — Genesis 41:41 (BBE)

Pit to palace. Down, held, brought out, and the name “he shall add” fits the whole story.

What sin means. In the framework, sin means missing the mark. You offer a mixed or contradictory identity, but you expect the result of a different one. Elohim makes real what you actually offer. If “lack” is offered, “lack” is what is ruled. Repenting means correcting the claim so that the I AM matches the blueprint. See sin.

Remember: down, held, brought out. The court always goes down before it brings you out.