Travis H.

Looking to have Christian writing done? I've read the entire Bible like a novel, from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelation. A reading of the entire Bible provides an understanding of Scripture that would otherwise not be obtained... Either through regular church attendance or through random Scripture quoting. For example, God is described as working during the day, and resting at night, during the first book of Genesis. Many would take this for granted, as most administrative professions, as well as work that rely on sunlight, occur during the day. However, an understanding of the entire Bible hints that the light created at the beginning is symbolic of God's definition of what is right. By working during the day, God embeds what is morally right in his actions. Darkness, where God doesn't do work, is symbolic of sin, of death, of the fruit of forbidden knowledge of good and evil, etc. With this understanding as a background, as well as other verses throughout the Old Testament referencing the light, one could understand what Jesus meant about being the light that lights our path. We, like God, must embed what is morally right in our actions, this is what Jesus calls on us to do. This is what is meant by "eternal life" and "being in God's image." Many people will insist that the Bible should not be read this way, that "it was not meant" to be read this way. Ironically, these are many of the same people who have not read the entire Bible, and who would draw a blank when you ask them to explain the deeper meaning of a scene in the Bible. During Jesus's time, those who were religious teachers, religious leaders, etc., had scripture memorized. Jesus had the Jewish Bible in his head, and used verses from this Bible when responding to temptation in the desert... Not only is this a "lean back" to the 12 tribes of Israel wandering the desert, it also uses the furnace as a metaphor. The furnace is used to solidify "perfection." The Bible is ordered in a way that if the reader tries to read a single verse, chapter, book, etc., in a random location, he or she would miss a lot of its meaning. However, if the reader reads from the beginning of Genesis and through the books in the order they show up in the Bible, they get a better picture of what is meant with what they are reading. Things also make more sense. It is with this knowledge backdrop that I do Christian and spiritual themed writing.