If the Scriptures reveal the players and playing field of existence, how does it describe the game of existence? What are the rules? What are the goals? What are the strategies involved? Though some may reject the Scriptures as primitive and mythological, I believe they give us clear answers. Unlike most other sacred texts, which are generally uniform and homogenous in nature, the Bible is a complicated assortment of writings of various genres written over a millennia and a half by various authors in various contexts. From a human perspective it may seem like a hodgepodge of dissimilar and discordant books with little overarching meaning (except, as assumed by critical scholars, the record of the historical evolution of human beliefs). Assuming, however, that the Scriptures are of divine origin, I believe we must approach them as a progressive revelation from God concerning his relations with humanity (cf. Rom. 16:25–26; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 3:3–5). 

Furthermore, this progression of revelation (in both the Tanakh and the New Testament) generally seems to be increasingly apocalyptic—meaning God is progressively revealing himself in relation to the ultimate end of history, and this end is both climactic and cataclysmic. For this reason the intertestamental Jewish apocalyptic tradition is based on both the Prophets and the Writings, as they exposited the Torah. Moreover, the New Testament is an extension of this tradition, culminating in the book of Revelation. In this way all of the apocalyptic themes develop organically from the Torah through the Prophets and the Writings. From beginning to end, the Bible is thus a progressively apocalyptic revelation, depicting the narrative of God (in his holiness) and humanity (in its depravity) playing out to their ultimate end. - John P. Harrigan, the Gospel of Christ Crucified, p.45-46