1. How to interpret Poetry Agenda: Narratives 3. The Bible GPS on Jeremiah 48: The Bible GPS on Psalm The Bible GPS on Habakkuk 1: The Bible GPS on Lamentations 1: The Bible GPS on Song of Songs 2: 3-13

UNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING A P P L I C A T I O N Message to the original receiver 21 st Century The GPS DIFFERENCES of Language Tradition Time Situation History COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

The First Process: Understanding 1. Situation S.T.A.R.T. 2. Type of literature 3. Analyze the passage 4. Relate the message to the rest of the Bible 5. Test your findings UNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING Message to the original receiver

The Steps of Understanding 2. Type of literature 1. Situation S.T.A.R.T. PROSE Narrative ProcedureExplanationInstruction POETRY in PsalmsProphets Wisdom Literature

3. Analyze the passage 3.1 Look out for parallelisms, similis and methaphors, personification and hyperbole 3.2 Mark the main themes 3.3 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver

Jeremiah 48: (NIV) 29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart. 30 I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the LORD, “and her boasts accomplish nothing. 31 Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. 32 I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.

Jeremiah 48: (NIV) 33 Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.

3. Analyze the passage 3.1 Look out for parallelisms, similis and methaphors, personification and hyperbole personification and hyperbole 3.2 Mark the main themes 3.3 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver Arrogance and pride cause God to cry. Pride leads to destruction.

4. Relate the message to the broader Biblical and theological framework? 5. Test your findings STARTSTART 13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. (Proverbs 8– NIV) 20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. (Mark 7 NIV) Arrogance and pride cause God to cry. Pride leads to destruction.

UNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING A P P L I C A T I O N Message to the original receiver 21 st Century Essential = Moral Essential = Moral COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION Incidental = Cultural, Ceremonial & Civil Arrogance and pride cause God to cry. Pride leads to destruction.

UNDERSTANDINGUNDERSTANDING A P P L I C A T I O N Message to the original receiver 21 st Century The GPS COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

Please read Day 155 of “The Bible as Your GPS” and answer the following questions. 1. Why would God cry about arrogance? 2. How can we be cured from arrogance? (Luke 18: 9-14) Please read Day 116 of “Hearing God’s Tweet” and answer the following questions. 3. What touches you the most in this devotional? 4. How do we need to treat arrogant people