The first three mentions of the writing of the Bible in the Torah give us important clues to the purpose of the Bible. The Bible shows us that it was written (1) to tell the story of how God has rescued and formed a people, (2) to invite those rescued people into a covenant partnership to represent him to the rest of the world, and (3) to call to account the betrayal of the covenant while offering hope for the future of God’s people and his world.