ScottA
Well-Known Member
If that were actually the case, you would not try to translate or explain it. That is all fine for self-analysis, but to state what you "just believe" publicly as fact, is where it becomes a problem. Moreover, that practice is a violation of Matthew 16:17 and 1 Corinthians 14:28.I just believe what I read in the linear way it was written and it lines up w/ the rest of the prophetic narrative. I always find it amazing that folks can't see and understand this.
Please understand that there is a critical difference between the God-given gift of interpretation and one's own understanding--as “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9). Therefore, "Lean not on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5), and take great care not to claim or declare what has not been given to you directly from the God, understanding that to do so is anti-Christ (Matthew 16:17-18). Again, please understand that in Matthew 16:17-18 where Jesus declared how He would build His church--it was Jesus who declared that what Peter said was from the Father--not from his own understanding, not by men of flesh and blood.