Interpretative Key

[GrinningDwarf]

Howdy,

I'm looking for a dispensational viewpoint on the following:

The soundest methodological starting point is the gospel since the person of Jesus is proclaimed as the final and fullest expression of God's revelation of his kingdom. Jesus is the goal and fulfillment of the whole Old Testament and, as the embodiment of the truth of God, he is the interpretative key to the Bible.

Thanks!

 

[Jig]

Howdy,

I'm looking for a dispensational viewpoint on the following:



Thanks!

I don't understand what you are looking for.

 

[Biblewriter]

Howdy,

I'm looking for a dispensational viewpoint on the following:



Thanks!

I am not familiar with any comment by any dispensationalist about this concept. But as a typical dispensationalist, I would say that I almost completely agree with the statement.

Jesus is the key to all the Bible. It is all about him, somehow. But the details are not all about him. For example, many of the details of the New Testament are about how He expects us to behave. Even so, much of Old Testament prophecy is about the suffering He will bring upon Israel to bring it to repentance.

Now the goal of all this is unquestionably to bring Israel to repentance, and thus to bring her into a spiritual state such that Jesus will then be able to righteously (For all He does is righteous. If something is not absolutely, completely, and totally righteous He will not do it.) keep the ancient promises made to Abraham, David, and others.

The Old Testament scriptures repeatedly tell in very explicit terms about the kingdom He will establish on this earth, centered in Israel. They very explicitly say that the temple will be rebuilt and animal sacrifices will be resumed. There is no maybe of if attached to any of these promises. They are as absolute and unconditional as was the promise to Abraham.

So yes, the key is Jesus, but it is not Jesus in his first coming. It is Jesus in all his comings.

 

[heymikey80]

Just to understand -- you're saying the focus of a particular passage or book can readily not be about Christ, but it's done from within a Christ-centered perspective?

I think I'd agree with that too.

 

[Biblewriter]

Just to understand -- you're saying the focus of a particular passage or book can readily not be about Christ, but it's done from within a Christ-centered perspective?

I think I'd agree with that too.

Almost. I would rather say that it all somehow concerns Christ, either what he has done, what He will do, or what He either expects of us or warns us about. But not all of it is explicitly about Him.

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

Howdy,

I'm looking for a dispensational viewpoint on the following:

Here is a section in the doctrinal statement of Dallas Theological Seminary:

We believe that all the Scriptures center about the Lord Jesus Christ in His person and work in His first and second coming, and hence that no portion, even of the Old Testament, is properly read, or understood, until it leads to Him.


LDG