Facts about the Bible
Lesson
X
Interpretation
– IV
June 7, 2009
We have been sharing our personal
experience as to how and why we interpret the Bible as we do.
Review
a.
Genesis 5: 6 Enoch , then named in Jude 14 Enoch
b.
Exodus 16:15
c.
Leviticus 4:3 bulls Leviticus 3:12 goats Hebrews
10:4 did not remove sin
d.
Numbers 21:9 serpent on a pole. John
3:14 as Moses lifted up
e.
Deuteronomy 8:3 is quoted by Jesus in Matthew 4:4
f.
II I have learned that Bible history is literal history
a Genesis 1:19
The
first man was Adam cf 1 Corinthians 15:45 The last Adam. For the last Adam to be literal
the first Adam must be literal also
.
III I have learned that Bible history is about life- as is no other book
IV I have learned that Bible history is also linked with geography
Acts 27 the story begins with
V I have learned that Bible history, and geography, are linked with Bible prophecy.
Luke 24:50-51 Acts 1:9-11
VI I have learned that much Bible history
is actually fulfilled Bible prophecy
Examples Matthew3:1-3 is history but actually fulfilled prophecy- Isaiah 40:3
Matthew 2:1 now history, actual fulfillment of
prophecy in Micah 5:2
VII I have learned that much Bible prophecy
that has become history, then,
that history becomes typical
prophecy.
Example
Jeremiah 25:12 prophecy of the Babylonian captivity
Jeremiah 29:10 prophecy of the Jewish return
from
Daniel 9:25-26 prophecy of the rebuilding of
All these prophecies became history
as recorded in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah
That history, because it is
fulfilled prophecy, becomes typical prophecy
Isaiah 11:11-12
return, not from
Amos 9:13-15 they will build again in
Example
Jeremiah 25:11 and Isaiah 39:6,7 prophecies of
the Babylonian captivity
Daniel:1-6 history fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy
` Daniel 3:1 history
of Nebuchadnezzar’s image
Revelation 13:11-17 that history being fulfilled
prophecy, points forward to a much greater event
Example
2 Samuel 7:12 prophecy
that David will have a seed
2 Chronicles 6:10 that prophecy became history when Solomon sat on David’s throne
2 Chronicles 29:23 that throne is also the throne of the Lord,
therefore, Solomon becomes a type. The real Seed is greater than Solomon.
Luke 1:31-33 the Old Testament story is a type
of New Testament prophecy
Acts 2:21 a prophecy that will surely become
history.
Conclude
The Jewish people who
did return to their land will return
again.
The Jewish people who
did re-build their land and city will do so again.
Seeing these facts
brings us to the conclusion that Bible prophecy is actually pre-written history.
These things have an
important bearing on how we interpret
the Bible.