Chapter 2: Your path
Since God wants all to know him, this book is for almost all men. It's purpose is to help you discern God's intended meaning from his word. There are limitations.
This book is for children as guided by an adult to begin to understand the basic symbols of the Bible and how they reveal the character of God. Some children are too young to think in metaphor and symbol, but you may be surprised. The limitation is language comprehension. The ability to do childish puns and riddles is an important skill for language understanding.
This book is for the adult who wishes to know God better but does not wish to learn Hebrew nor to study deeply. Many are content to approach the scriptures through the teaching of others. Knowing that their teaching is not free-for-all allegory but is based on a verifiable method of interpretation helps them choose a good teacher. The limitation will be access to those teachers.
This book is for the seeker adult who wishes to learn enough Hebrew to verify the symbols and meaning of scripture and dig into them to discern the intended meaning of God. The methods, rules and tools accompanied by the Spirit who guides in all truth enable one to unpack the 'mystery hidden from the beginning' hidden by the Spirit through the prophets. The limitation is the time available to dedicate to the prophetic riddle of scripture.
This book is for the true skeptic who wishes to verify and validate the claims of scripture that others discern using the first century hermeneutic. God said that we may know him before we believe or trust. Faith follows a knowledge of God. The limitation is the ability to acknowledge preconceived ideas and explore the claims on their own merit rather than imposing outside constraints.
This book is even for the scoffer who does not care about truth, but merely likes to entertain himself by opposing the word of God. The scoffer will find new and unique things about God to mock. These things were hidden in the alphabet before God used words to create the universe. They were known by the First Century church but hidden away again by the hubris of the Greek Nicolaitans who declared that the Septuagint was more reliable than the original Hebrew texts.
This book is not for the one who has decided that he is the repository of all truth, is dedicated to the traditions of the Nicloaitan church, or has decided that a particular statement of faith overrides scripture.
