04-14-2011, 12:00 AM
Ancient Hebrew scholars said the bible was written on four distinct levels.
Literal
Implied
Allegorical
Mystical
We all know what Literal is and we can see the problems involved in a strictly literal interpretation as evidenced by the arguments of both Creationists and Evolutionists. Both base their arguments upon a literal translation of the Creation story and both get real silly trying to prove their particular side of the argument.
The Implied meaning is not much deeper but we can learn much from it from it. Jesus was called the "carpenter's son", implying he could not have possibly been the Messiach being they knew who he was and where he came from. That is their implied meaning.
The Allegorical meanings of Scripture is a bit harder to find, but by no means impossible. It is rare to find a church that teaches this. Jesus gave some of the meanings of symbols in his Parable of the Sower. Some are to be found, for instance, in the names of the sons of Jacob/Israel by their mothers
at the moment of birth. The Allegorical interpretation "bleeds over" into the Mystical interpretation as evidenced by Jesus saying that he was giving his disciples the "Mysteries" of the Kingdom when he gave them the keys to the meanings of the Parable of the Sower.
The Mystical interpretation of Scripture goes further though. I am beginning to see what that is and it is being confirmed to me in many ways.
In a word, the Mystical interpretation of Scriptures is God Speaking to us. The Mystical interpretation of Scripture and the world around us is NOT interpretation at all.
52) His disciples said to Him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in
Israel, and all of them spoke in You."
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your
presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."
We may have "Entered" the Kingdom of God at being born from above but do we "See" it? Beginning to See the Kingdom is beginning to See that we are his Disciples. And just as his disciples were taught one on one, and just as Jesus was taught one on one from the Father, so are we.
This is our Inheritance. We are fellow heirs with him.
Awareness is the inheritance of the saints and the awareness of Jesus was summed up in the phrase, "I and the Father are one."
I'll get into more detail.
Bob
Literal
Implied
Allegorical
Mystical
We all know what Literal is and we can see the problems involved in a strictly literal interpretation as evidenced by the arguments of both Creationists and Evolutionists. Both base their arguments upon a literal translation of the Creation story and both get real silly trying to prove their particular side of the argument.
The Implied meaning is not much deeper but we can learn much from it from it. Jesus was called the "carpenter's son", implying he could not have possibly been the Messiach being they knew who he was and where he came from. That is their implied meaning.
The Allegorical meanings of Scripture is a bit harder to find, but by no means impossible. It is rare to find a church that teaches this. Jesus gave some of the meanings of symbols in his Parable of the Sower. Some are to be found, for instance, in the names of the sons of Jacob/Israel by their mothers
at the moment of birth. The Allegorical interpretation "bleeds over" into the Mystical interpretation as evidenced by Jesus saying that he was giving his disciples the "Mysteries" of the Kingdom when he gave them the keys to the meanings of the Parable of the Sower.
The Mystical interpretation of Scripture goes further though. I am beginning to see what that is and it is being confirmed to me in many ways.
In a word, the Mystical interpretation of Scriptures is God Speaking to us. The Mystical interpretation of Scripture and the world around us is NOT interpretation at all.
52) His disciples said to Him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in
Israel, and all of them spoke in You."
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your
presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."
We may have "Entered" the Kingdom of God at being born from above but do we "See" it? Beginning to See the Kingdom is beginning to See that we are his Disciples. And just as his disciples were taught one on one, and just as Jesus was taught one on one from the Father, so are we.
This is our Inheritance. We are fellow heirs with him.
Awareness is the inheritance of the saints and the awareness of Jesus was summed up in the phrase, "I and the Father are one."
I'll get into more detail.
Bob