1. Introduction

Now we come to the first read through of the text in question.    It is important to pray and ask God to show you what you need to be seeing and noticing.   The bible is comprised of a number of different kinds of literature.   Some is History, Poetry, Prophetic writing, Gospels, Letter.    It is important to understand first what kind of writing it is and then we begin to use our highliter and look for patterns, repetitions, Chiasams,  common words or ideas,  links to other scriptures etc.