Theology 

In a historical, chronological manner, Biblical theology attempts to explicate and draw out the significance of God's progressive revelation of Himself through redemptive history as recorded in Scripture (inscripturated by prophets and other writers), all of which gradually discloses more fully His being, nature, acts, goals & plan through human words as taught by the Spirit in the church's historical multitude of counselors, teachers, and shepherds.

"The aim of this book is no less than to provide an account of the unfolding of the mind of God in history, through the successive agents of his special revelation.

Vos handles this under three main divisions:

- the Mosaic epoch of revelation,
- the prophetic epoch of revelation,
- and the New Testament.

Such an historical approach is not meant to supplant the work of the systematic theologian; nevertheless, the Christian gospel is inextricably bound up with history, and the biblical theologian thus seeks to highlight the uniqueness of each biblical document in that succession. The rich variety of Scripture is discovered anew as the progressive development of biblical themes is explicated."