Many parables in the Christian Bible. Is the Bible itself one big parable? Why

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   RKeithAndrewsposted 10 years ago

   Many parables in the Christian Bible. Is the Bible itself one big parable?  Why or why not?

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   christiananrkistposted 10 years ago

   the bible is written by many different authors, from many different area's, during many different times, and in many different genera's. each genera must be read in the context it was meant to be read. the genera's include poetry, history, written letters to people, and biographies, and some historical narratives mixed with poetry. some use parables and others are just giving an account of what happened like a history book.

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      lone77starposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      The Priestly and the Yahwists collaborated on at least 2 chapters of Genesis, because they contain both halves of the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life." Could it be one writer using different "voices?"

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   lone77starposted 10 years ago

   There are many stories and many lessons in the Bible. Some are literal stories, some metaphorical. Some are code for a deeper wisdom.
   
   The Bible is the manual for a rescue mission. In order to understand it fully, you need to achieve a high degree of humility and a hunger for learning the answers it provides.
   
   For instance, Genesis includes the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life" embedded in two of its chapters. This tree tells of the path from righteousness and the return path back to righteousness.
   
   In the sense that the Bible needs to be pondered deeply, like one of Christ's parables, the entire Bible is indeed like a "big parable." As Christ taught with difficult parables, the Bible is difficult on purpose. Those who think it's easy are only fooling themselves, because God does not admire laziness or arrogance.
   
   2 Corinthians 3:6 warns against taking the Bible literally (letter), for that will only lead to death. We need to use the letter as our starting point for where to dig. And we need to dig for the spirit of scripture.
   
   We must remain humble and hungry for answers, because the path is long and narrow.

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