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Why is it important to do macro-observation of a Bible book before doing micro-observation?
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This really helps you understand what was going on at this time Before you begin to dissect the smaller version
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So that we can understand the who, what, where, when, how and why a book was written without getting caught up in the details of a passage. So we won’t be tempted to lock onto a specific passage and its meaning instead of looking at the whole book. We have to understand who the writer is, who its intended readers are, what time period they were writing in, what part of the Bible is the passage in, and what is the overall intend of the book.
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It is important to know the background of the whole book in order to understand a passage.
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The macro-observation helps to understand the background of the whole book. Micro-observation is understanding a single passage, but without doing a macro-observation first will prevent us from understanding the passage.
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Macro-observation is needed to give us an understanding of the entire book prior to focusing in on specific passages. The only way that we will not take specific passages out of context is to have a complete understanding the entire book.