GTJ 11:2 (Fall 90) p. 139 exegesis always includes application,9 but we can still unpack the goal of exegesis under two subheadings which are divided for the purpose of discussion: that is, the text’s impact on the original recipients and then its application to us today. Divine revelation was addressed primarily to its first audience using the language, literary forms and conventions, metaphors, and genres which were familiar to that