The layout of the Bible is complicated.
...meaning;
The Bible does not read like a novel, with a handful of characters.
It has applicability to every single person ever naturally born or will be naturally born.
...and what applies to the era and knowledge revealed DOES NOT, apply the same to every person ever naturally born.
...thus how an individual becomes saved, applies to the extent of the knowledge that was given them during their era and life time.
The beginning of mankind, had men for centuries, with little knowledge, and little history from which to draw examples.
That concept continues thousands of years later, every time a new babe is naturally born.
They learn bit by bit, try things, that might work or fail.
It is a matter of learning, and experiencing, and as time passes, history passes, and individuals have examples from history, of others failures, to decide if they want to repeat an others failures or use an others example of success.
^ That works in everyday life, in this world, for work, cooking, driving, repairing things, etc.
^ It also works in spiritual life.
An individual can criticize an others failures, from historical things in everyday life, AND historical things in behaviors regarding religious beliefs and actions.
Anyone can find the Right and Wrong in what was an ERROR....after the Fact...
Taking advantage of History to Not repeat errors, that had a dastardly outcome, is key.
And common sense.
One thing that IS constant, is the Lord God.
Who He is, what He desires and WHY.
What is also constant, is mankinds Natural instinct. Keep his life at all costs, greed, stinginess, power, authority, fame, riches, comfort, control....
When a majority want ^ that, and the majority are trying to achieve ^ that, then who exactly are they going to control, take from?
Just saying, naturally born people, have natural instincts....
Spiritually born people, have adopted a whole different paradigm.
There is no billieted point list in Scripture.
Scripture covers a multitude of exampled behaviors and exampled results.
Everyone is an individual. And every individual has to freely decide and choose where they want to fit in, according to what applies to them.
Glory to God,
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