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1 | time | Acts 1:3 | Sctt | 42879 | ||
Hi Hank poor choice of a word on my behalf. I should have used both a narritive and a spiritual meaning. I do beleive that the whole bible has meny spiritual meanings hideen in it. I beleive that from the opening of the bible in Gen. to the close in Rev. that the bible teaches us about God the Father,Jesus Christ the son and the Holy Spirit. Now if there is no spiritual meanings in the book of Gen. how do you explain what is written in 1pet.3:20-21 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21The LIKE FIGURE whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769. Is this not both a historical narritive as well as having a spiritual meaning? There is also the story of Abraham and Issac, a narritive of what happend ,but also with a spiritual meaning Heb.11:17-19 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769. There are many more ,Joseph , Melchisedec, Isaac, Jacob(Israel) etc. So what i'm saying is that just because it is a narritive of what actualy took place does not mean that there is no spiritual meaning behind the narritve.In Christ Scott. |
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2 | time | Acts 1:3 | Hank | 42908 | ||
Scott, thanks for your response and further explanation of your intended meaning in a previous post. I think your latter explanatory post, while clearer certainly than the former one, still falls a trifle short of what I'm inferring that you are attempting to say. Please forgive my playing the pedant, Scott -- the malady is common among those who are English majors -- but I think it would be of help to consider with you your usage of the phrase "a narrative and a spiritual meaning" as it applies to the Bible. It is correct to say that a narrative HAS a spiritual meaning (if this is true of the text in question), but incorrect to say that a text has a narrative meaning. The text IS the narrative. Narrative merely means the telling of something, whether it is a fictional story or a factual account. And you are quite right, I believe, to say in essence that all the Bible, from Genesis to the Revelation, is full of spiritual meaning, no matter what kinds of literature are considered -- from the flowing prose of the creation account in Genesis, to the stirring poetry of the wisdom books, to the arresting stories in Jesus' parables, to the colorful imagery of Revelation: all are rich in spiritual meanings. I note that you quote from a Cambridge King James Bible. I too own a Cambridge, in calfskin leather, which I prize. The Cambridge is a masterpiece of printing and binding. The King James is the only translation that has been called a masterpiece. The Bible in the original tongues, I am told, is a masterpiece. And it was written by the Master! So, my friend, when you hold in your hand a Cambridge Bible, you are in possession of an unbeatable combination of superlatives by all measures! May God bless. --Hank | ||||||