The MAIN cause of misunderstandings concerning the Bible and its interpretation:
The proud but finite human mind thinking that it is capable of comprehending the
profundity of the Bible- which is an explanation of the infinite God. Also, bear in mind that nothing should be interpreted by itself: out of context. Every verse is a part of a cohesive whole- the Bible in its entirety.
Applied practically there are fundamental mistakes made with respect to interpretation due to the following: Some sentences and passages are allegorical, some are literal only, and some are both. If you mistakenly interpret an allegorical part as literal, then you misinterpret it.
For instance: "Behold the lamb of God" does not mean that the person spoken of (Jesus) is literally a young offspring of a sheep. This phrase is allegorical- with a meaning which is voluminous in content.
The 6-day account in Genesis chapters1-2 is NOT a literal account of creation. It is an allegorical account depicting the relationship between the spirit of God, light, and life. If you erroneously take it as being literal, the order of formation of the six different categories of life described in it are NOT in the same chronological order as their sequence in the fossil record. Square peg, round hole.
A Message for the Human Race
According to God's word: "For the invisible things of Him, both the external power and divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;".
This implicitly means that there is no discrepancy between invisible spiritual matters (and their written documentation, i.e.: the Bible), and the visible things of the physical universe.
It is therefore possible to use logic and scientific reasoning; and historical and archeological evidence to correlate, substantiate, explain, and confirm spiritual reality.
A note of caution: "Set the mind on the spirit". Knowledge that does not result in a human being's experience of God is vanity.
Too much objective knowledge ABOUT God can easily interfere with subjective experience of Christ.
You the reader, by using your free will to seek after God to have Him reveal His eternal purpose in order for you to participate by your cooperation, can 'hasten the coming of the day of the Lord'- Christ's return to this earth.
Let me know if you have something better to do.
The proud but finite human mind thinking that it is capable of comprehending the
profundity of the Bible- which is an explanation of the infinite God. Also, bear in mind that nothing should be interpreted by itself: out of context. Every verse is a part of a cohesive whole- the Bible in its entirety.
Applied practically there are fundamental mistakes made with respect to interpretation due to the following: Some sentences and passages are allegorical, some are literal only, and some are both. If you mistakenly interpret an allegorical part as literal, then you misinterpret it.
For instance: "Behold the lamb of God" does not mean that the person spoken of (Jesus) is literally a young offspring of a sheep. This phrase is allegorical- with a meaning which is voluminous in content.
The 6-day account in Genesis chapters1-2 is NOT a literal account of creation. It is an allegorical account depicting the relationship between the spirit of God, light, and life. If you erroneously take it as being literal, the order of formation of the six different categories of life described in it are NOT in the same chronological order as their sequence in the fossil record. Square peg, round hole.
A Message for the Human Race
According to God's word: "For the invisible things of Him, both the external power and divine characteristics, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being perceived by the things made, so that they would be without excuse;".
This implicitly means that there is no discrepancy between invisible spiritual matters (and their written documentation, i.e.: the Bible), and the visible things of the physical universe.
It is therefore possible to use logic and scientific reasoning; and historical and archeological evidence to correlate, substantiate, explain, and confirm spiritual reality.
A note of caution: "Set the mind on the spirit". Knowledge that does not result in a human being's experience of God is vanity.
Too much objective knowledge ABOUT God can easily interfere with subjective experience of Christ.
You the reader, by using your free will to seek after God to have Him reveal His eternal purpose in order for you to participate by your cooperation, can 'hasten the coming of the day of the Lord'- Christ's return to this earth.
Let me know if you have something better to do.
