{"id":1009,"date":"2010-09-30T08:34:01","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2010-09-30T08:34:01","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T14:34:01","slug":"interpreting-the-bible-12-progressive-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting the Bible 12 – Progressive Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This is a continuation of the \u201cInterpreting The Bible<\/a>\u201c\u00a0video blog series.\u00a0 This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.\u00a0 Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week\u2019s installment.)<\/p>\n

\"\"This week’s topic in the series involves the principle of “progressive revelation.”\u00a0 Progressive revelation essentially enforces consideration of the fact that God did not reveal all theological truth at once, but over a long period of time.\u00a0 The fullness of what Moses knew about Jehovah, Noah did not know.\u00a0 What the apostles knew, Moses did not know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through millennia- from Adam to the apostles –\u00a0God revealed his plan by small revelations which built upon one another.\u00a0 Even the understanding of Messiah began from an Edenic concept as simple as “a seed of woman” and was further developed in scripture to involve the seed of Abraham, Judah and David.\u00a0 By the time of Christ a composite sketch of many centuries had formed to give Israel an accurate accounting of what she should expect when Messiah was revealed.\u00a0 At the time of Isaiah, however, this portrait of Messiah would have been exceptionally limited; virtually only to lineage.<\/p>\n

Understaning the principle of progressive revelation prevents the interpreter from injecting theological knowledge of a later date into the minds of earlier writers.\u00a0 While it is true that later writings bring clarity to earlier ones, it is not true that earlier theological truths are trumped; being interpreted in light of later ones.\u00a0 If that were so, then the earlier writings would have no meaning whatsoever to those to whom they were delivered.<\/p>\n

Today’s video lesson explores the impact of progressive revelation on our interpretive process.<\/p>\n

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Bible Interpretation Pt. 12<\/a> from Jeff Kluttz<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(This is a continuation of the “Interpreting The Bible“ video blog series.  This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.  Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week’s installment.) This week’s topic …<\/p>\n

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