His teaching in riddle could not be understood until something outside the riddle was known. One had to know that "the other side" is a euphemism for death to solve the chicken riddle. One has to know about the cross to understand the parable of Christ in the Old Testament record. The cross is the key to understanding his teaching. The genre of the Bible is a prophetic riddle hidden in the literal historic record. And now we hold the keys to unlock the mystery.