"Allegorical" and "Spiritual" Hermeneutics

I would add a-millennialism, post millennium, and hyper-Darbyism (my term) to what is not acceptable.

 

"Behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."

 

More accurately, God wants us to grow. The Spirit states explicitly there are many things hard to be uttered because of the immaturity of the believer. (And, interestingly enough that was stated about Paul's desire to elaborate on the allegorical significance of Melchizedek.)

Maturity isn't elitism. I can handle a 50 pound bag of dogfood much more easily than an 8-year-old can handle one. But a 50 pound bag of dogfood isn't on the shelf with the 8-year-old in mind, and many things in the Scriptures are not tailored for the immature, nor directed to the unbeliever. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." In that sense I would agree that God wants us to "easily understand," but God doesn't want to speak in three-word sentences.

I would agree maturity is not prerequisite to translation, but it is for understanding.

 

Many people don't want to believe Scripture, history, & science go together in a "trinity' of knowledge about God and His works. in all this, we must remember Scripture shapes history and science, and is the governing authority of all knowledge.

I believe there's enough historical evidence to prove Biblical prophecy is LITERALLY fulfilled, As we've had lots of preterism discussions lately, let's look briefly at Daniel 9,11, & 12, as well as Jesus' Olivet Discourse. We see the literal fulfillment of parts of Daniel 9 in the coming & ministry of Jesus, & the fulfillment of much of Daniel 11-12 in the constant wars between the Ptolemies & Seleucids, with the Jews & Judea being used almost as a soccer ball between them.

Glad to see several historians aboard! They can verify the fact that the Ptolemaic rule of Egypt & its surroundings is one of the best-documented periods in the existence of ancient Egypt, & can verify the wars between they & the Seleucids literally followed Scripture precisely.

Same with the Olivet Discourse. We see that Jerusalem and the temple were literally destroyed exactly as Jesus prophesied, with not one stone of the temple left upon another. We also see there's war, rumor of war, persecution of Christians in many places, Jerusalem trampled underfoot by gentiles, etc. etc.

Given all these LITERAL fulfillments of Biblical prophecy, there's simply NO VALID REASON to not believe the rest won't be fulfilled just-as-literally and precisely!

And another thing's certain - the prophesied eschatological events have simply NOT YET OCCURRED, and no preterist can offer the first quark of EVIDENCE proving they have. Both Daniel and Jesus prophesied a great tribulation coming upon the whole world, which will be the worst disaster in man's history. Obviously, it hasn't yet happened. Bad as WW2 was, it did NOT hit most of the world. The Western hemisphere was almost untouched, and the "Holy Land" escaped as well.

And Daniel, Paul, & Jesus(in the Revelation) have prophesied about a coming world ruler who will be the most-evil man who will ever live, and who will commit the "abomination of desolation". (I believe this AOD will consist of the antichrist entering the temple the Jews will build in Jerusalem, setting up his statue in it, and proclaiming himself to be God, & demand to be worshipped.)

Some say Antiochus IV Epiphanes committed the AOD by setting up a statue of Jupiter in the temple & sacrificing a pig on its altar, but plainly, both Jesus & Paul showed the AOD was still future.

Point is, it's obvious there's ample evidence for the LITERAL fulfillment of Biblical prophecy,and there's still a good deal of such prophecy yet to be fulfilled.

 

I would see that view as being wrong, but not a heresy

 

AMil/Post Mil are both though within acceptable viewpoints, as both are seen as within Orthodoxy.

 

The rouge planet.

 

They are only because of outright rejection of taking the last chapters of the Revelation as factual and literal.

Other then that, there are many views that are "orthodox" (pedobaptism, purgatory, indulgences) that are not actually Scriptural.

The A-mill and post mill systems are inconsistent with the closest reading and rendering of both OT and NT Scriptures.

Why did the Jews (even the apostles) look for a physical king and kingdom (still do)?

Because that is what the Scriptures teach.

 

I see. Ask the boss.

Not got a mind of your own.

 

Bro. Did you mean Mars, or the rogue planet.

 

I agree with preMil, but do not see Amil/Post Mil in same category as preterism!

 

It teaches another gospel, that if you are left behind you have another chance.

 

No, for those holing to it, as I used to, normally would see that if you rejected Jesus before rapture, you will fall for Satanic delusion of antichrist and be lost!

 

When I was with those holding it, I was taught that none or very few would be saved.

The original teaching by the Irvingites was that the earth would be left without a prophet or preacher.

I have heard form those who still believe it that it will be the greatest period of gospel preaching in history

 

They seemed to be a really strange church!