The biblical text is made up of words, but it’s more than words. It’s a living document that was given to real people to make a significant difference. So that’s what I am looking at answering when I look backwards. I want to see why it was necessary for the original recipient to have received this revelation. If I can answer that question, then I can go a long way to being able to preach it as it needs to be preached. That’s only my first question, but I think it is an important question, because