. There is more to the biblical text than the mere cognitive or scientific study of its parts and the whole can reveal. This book has the power to grip a person and bring changes in his or her life if followed. This claim can be made for few other books in the world. In this book, God, the subject, addresses each of us mortals as objects of his creation and love. The one who bridges the gap for us is no one less than Christ, the Messiah, who gives us the Holy Spirit