Hi, this is John at the Bible Project, and today on the podcast we continue a conversation

about how to read law in the Bible.

If you're new to this conversation, I recommend to go back and listen to the first few episodes

and catching up.

However, if you don't want to, you could also just jump in here because today we're

going to look at how all of the laws in the Bible are part of a story that finds its

fulfillment in Jesus.

So what is the story that Jesus saw himself fulfilling?

Well, the story begins in a garden, and in the garden there's a choice represented

by two trees.

This choice is about two ways to be human.

The first one is to take of the knowledge of good and bad.

That tree leads to death.

The other tree is the tree of life.

It's living in relationship with God and His wisdom.

The beginning of that tree allows us to fulfill our calling to rule the world with God.

And that thing that we wanted knowledge, we get it in relationship with Him.

In the same way in the book of Proverbs, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowing.

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom, who gains understanding.

She, as wisdom, is a tree of life for those who take hold of her.

And while God's wisdom calls out to us, there's another voice calling out to it's a power,

an energy that's both inside of us and outside of us.

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