Subject: Interpreting Revelation |
Bible Note: Heb 13:8 What it means (Repost of Note by DocTrinsograce (ID# 142141) Hi, M----... What K---- is complaining about is the out-of-context quote of Hebrew 13:8, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." In this passage it is talking about the faithfulness of God which assures us that our salvation is secure. History is the unfolding plan of God's redemptive plan of redemption. The imutability of God does not mean that He deals with man the same way as He always has. God no longer walks with man in the garden; He no longer manifests Himself through prophets; He no longer leads people with a pillar of fire by night; He no longer leads through judges; He no longer occupies the holy of holies; He no longer requires that women and gentiles stay at a distance from Him; He no longer stands in the temple, confounding the teachers of the law, as a 12 year old; He no longer teaches the multitudes on the mountains Palestine; He no longer speaks His truth through the mouths of apostles; etc. etc. etc. Yes, God reveals Himself to those that diligently seek Him (John 14:21, Heb 11:6). Yes, God instructs His own (1 Cor 2:13). etc. What many fail to realize is that God can and does limit Himself. He could, this very moment, speak audibly to me. He could take me into the third heaven and reveal mysteries to me. Instead, He has chosen to give us His complete, authoritative, all sufficent Word. Like my pastor once said, "To say that we need something more, is to denegrate the Word as insufficient or incomplete. To say that we need a magical visitation is to diminish the authority of the Word." K---- might state things more clearly than I have... and I may not have expressed his objections fully... but I believe I may have captured the gist of his complaint. I certainly agree with it -- with no rancor toward those who think differently -- only love for the Word and love for God's people. In Him, Doc |