If the plain sense makes common sense, seek no other sense. That is the golden rule of Bible interpretation. God says what He means and means what He says. We are to read the Bible just as we read any other piece of writing, not trying to force some allegorical, mystical, or figurative meaning into its plain statements. That does not mean that spiritual lessons can not be derived from a passage of Scripture, even from a passage dealing largely with narrative. Nor does it