# Exegesis First — 1-Page Handout *By Adam Malin* *(September 14, 2025)* [Audio Overview](https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/44b35a25-44e5-4387-9973-8db35b60bd5b?artifactId=a1084067-a366-4d6e-8cad-7226973faeb4)  ## Why exegesis matters > “**Rightly dividing the word of truth.**” (2 Timothy 2:15) > “**Searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.**” (Acts 17:11) > “**No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.**” (2 Peter 1:20) **Exegesis** draws out God’s intended meaning; **eisegesis** reads a system into the text (Proverbs 30:5–6). The apostles model reading Scripture by Scripture, letting the **clear** govern the **hard**, and moving from **shadow → substance in Christ** (Luke 24:27; Hebrews 10:1). --- ## The most compelling biblical arguments (KJV) ### 1) **Hebrews 8–10: Christ’s once-for-all ends temple blood** “**By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified… now where remission… is, there is no more offering for sin.**” (Hebrews 10:14, 18; cf. 7:12, 18–19; 9:11–12) **Takeaway:** A return to animal sacrifice—“memorial” or otherwise—contradicts the New Covenant’s finality in Christ. ### 2) **Ephesians 2–3: One people, not two tracks** “**Hath broken down the middle wall of partition… to make in himself of twain one new man… and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body.**” (Ephesians 2:14–16; cf. 2:19–22; 3:6) **Takeaway:** Jew and Gentile are **one household** and **one temple** in Christ. ### 3) **Galatians 3: The Seed is Christ; heirs are all in Him** “**To thy seed, which is Christ… if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.**” (Galatians 3:16, 29; cf. 3:7–9, 27–28) **Takeaway:** Inheritance rests in union with Christ, not ethnicity. ### 4) **Acts 15 (Amos 9): David’s tent rebuilt now in the Church** “**I will… build again the tabernacle of David… that… all the Gentiles… might seek after the Lord.**” (Acts 15:16–17) **Takeaway:** The apostles apply Amos to the **present** ingathering of the nations under the risen Son. ### 5) **Romans 9 & 11: One olive tree; salvation by promise** “**They are not all Israel, which are of Israel… the children of the promise are counted for the seed.**” (Romans 9:6–8) “**Thou… wert graffed in among them…**” (11:17); “**And so** \[thus/in this manner] **all Israel shall be saved**… **there shall come out of Sion the Deliverer.**” (11:26–27) **Takeaway:** God saves Jews and Gentiles **the same way—by faith in the Redeemer—into one tree**. ### 6) **1 Peter 2: Israel’s covenant titles applied to the Church** “**A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation… which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God.**” (1 Peter 2:9–10; cf. 2:4–6) **Takeaway:** In Christ, the multiethnic church bears Israel’s honorifics. ### 7) **Hebrews 12: We already approach heavenly Sion in worship** “**Ye are come unto mount Sion… the heavenly Jerusalem… and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.**” (Hebrews 12:22–24; cf. 10:19–22) **Takeaway:** Christian worship is presently **heaven-ward** through Christ, not bound to an earthly shrine (John 4:21–24). ### 8) **Joshua 21 & Hebrews 11: Land fulfilled then; hope transcends now** “**There failed not ought of any good thing… all came to pass.**” (Joshua 21:43–45) “**They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly.**” (Hebrews 11:16; cf. 11:10, 13) **Takeaway:** Canaan was **type**; the **substance** is the heavenly city and renewed creation (Romans 4:13; Matthew 5:5). ### 9) **Daniel 9: The weeks culminate in Messiah’s cross** “**To make an end of sins… make reconciliation for iniquity…**” (Daniel 9:24) fulfilled when Christ “**put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.**” (Hebrews 9:26; cf. Daniel 9:26–27) **Takeaway:** The text requires no inserted gap and no revival of Levitical offerings. ### 10) **Jesus’ kingdom is present and heavenly in origin** “**My kingdom is not of this world… now is my kingdom not from hence.**” (John 18:36) “**The kingdom of God is come unto you.**” (Matthew 12:28); believers are “**translated into the kingdom of his dear Son.**” (Colossians 1:13) **Takeaway:** Christ **reigns now**; His return will consummate what is already inaugurated. --- ## How to use this (brief method) 1. Start with **didactic** passages (Hebrews, Ephesians, Galatians, Romans). 2. Let **Scripture interpret Scripture**; the **clear** governs the **obscure**. 3. Read redemptive history **covenantally**: **type → antitype**, **promise → fulfillment** in Christ (Colossians 2:17; Luke 24:27). **Bottom line:** **Exegesis first.** The New Testament’s plain teaching fixes the center: **one Mediator, one sacrifice, one people, one kingdom.** Let the shadows bow to the **substance—Jesus Christ** (Hebrews 10:1, 10–14, 18).