The holiness of God must be viewed as being at the heart of all true blank.

• A. Systematic theology
• B. Pastoral care
• C. Eschatology
• D. Biblical theology

Answer: (D)

The main idea is that God’s holiness should be the central thread that runs through the whole biblical story. Biblical theology looks at Scripture as one unfolding narrative about who God is, how He relates to His people, and how His plan of redemption progresses from creation to new creation. In this approach, holiness isn’t just one attribute among many; it shapes every moment of the Bible—creation and worship, covenant and law, prophecy and gospel, judgment and mercy—so that understanding Scripture means seeing how the author reveals God’s pure, holy character across the entire storyline. This makes sense of why God calls His people to be holy, how worship and sacrifice reflect His holiness, and how redemption fulfills that holiness in history. Other approaches can be valuable in their own right, but they don’t center the Bible’s own narrative around God’s holy character as the organizing force. That focus is what makes biblical theology the best fit here.