The ancients discovered the Bible was written to be interpreted. They discovered layers of understanding and came up with an acronym PRDS, which is often pronounced PaRDeS, a play on the word for paradise.
In this understanding, scripture is interpreted in four levels:
Peshat means plain or literal
Remez means hints or allegories
Derash means comparative or analagous
Sod means "mystery, like yet to be revealed"
The way this is applied is the plain or literal meaning of a passage is always true (if it can be true). This is where one starts to form doctrines, on the plain, literal, and simple meaning of the text. Then as you navigate through the levels, the plain is always true.
For example, adultery is always literal even though it's applied to Israel and Judah as an analogy. God never really married Israel and never really divorced her. The church is prepared like a bride for Christ, but we're not literally going to marry our adopted brother.
Understanding the Tanakh aka the Old Testament was written like this, expected to be read and applied like this, and this is how the Apostles wrote the New Testament can really open up your bible studies! Shalom! More like this at the link.
https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/how-to-read-t
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