Typology

[Jerrysch]

Is typology consistent with a literal hermeneutic? What do you think and why?

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

Some types are explicitly specified in Scripture. Those who use a "literal" hermeneutic (or historical grammatical interpretation) do acknowledge these types. But the major question concerns types which are not explicitly specified. One might make a case for a few implicit types, but I wouldn't say there are a lot. Those who do see a lot of types run the risk of overriding the "literal" meaning and imposing their own theology on the text.


LDG

 

[Jerrysch]

Some types are explicitly specified in Scripture. Those who use a "literal" hermeneutic (or historical grammatical interpretation) do acknowledge these types. But the major question concerns types which are not explicitly specified. One might make a case for a few implicit types, but I wouldn't say there are a lot. Those who do see a lot of types run the risk of overriding the "literal" meaning and imposing their own theology on the text.


LDG

Thanks for your input

 

[Ben12]

The Bible is full of mysteries (mystery in the Greek language means a sacred secret); its pages are full of parables types and patterns not even including the culture and language barriers. The Bible is the blue print of truth; the Holy Spirit within us is the engineer or architect who is the only source of interpreting it.

The first miracle Jesus performed was he turned the water into wine; and proclaimed the new wine (revelation) is better then the old (tradition). This shows us it is a progressive book and we need be open to the Holy Spirit as it reveals its secrets. We need to grow up spiritual where we can hear the Spirit of truth with in and not man and his systems without. We should not ignore the revelation of the Bible just because most theologians in the past or present could not search it out or get pass their bias. Today there is a god out there that men worship call religion, church, orthodoxy and tradition that has taken the place of seeking truth. Just like the Jews; christians find themselves controlled by their religious past with all of its rituals, dogmas and traditions and they are totally blind too the reality of the Bible. We put out trust in one of the 22,000 denominations; without instead of the Holy Spirit of truth within. This is why we miss God; because we would rather hear men.

We say we look at truth as Christians; but in reality we are looking at it so often though someone else’s understanding and ignoring what the Bible truly has to say.

God is not a brain; He is a spirit. His Word is literal if all you desire is milk; but the deepness of God is far more then the letter that killeth.

 

[Jerrysch]

The Bible is full of mysteries (mystery in the Greek language means a sacred secret); its pages are full of parables types and patterns not even including the culture and language barriers. The Bible is the blue print of truth; the Holy Spirit within us is the engineer or architect who is the only source of interpreting it.

The first miracle Jesus performed was he turned the water into wine; and proclaimed the new wine (revelation) is better then the old (tradition). This shows us it is a progressive book and we need be open to the Holy Spirit as it reveals its secrets. We need to grow up spiritual where we can hear the Spirit of truth with in and not man and his systems without. We should not ignore the revelation of the Bible just because most theologians in the past or present could not search it out or get pass their bias. Today there is a god out there that men worship call religion, church, orthodoxy and tradition that has taken the place of seeking truth. Just like the Jews; christians find themselves controlled by their religious past with all of its rituals, dogmas and traditions and they are totally blind too the reality of the Bible. We put out trust in one of the 22,000 denominations; without instead of the Holy Spirit of truth within. This is why we miss God; because we would rather hear men.

We say we look at truth as Christians; but in reality we are looking at it so often though someone else’s understanding and ignoring what the Bible truly has to say.

God is not a brain; He is a spirit. His Word is literal if all you desire is milk; but the deepness of God is far more then the letter that killeth.

You know I am not buying this, what you are engaed in here in this post is alagorizing not typeology. You are importing meaning into the Biblical ext, not drawing it out. That first miricle had nothing to do with what you suggest, but thank you for your ideas, yet I really cannot agree.