Facts
about the Bible
Lesson
XI
Interpretation
IS Important
June 14, 2009
Text Ecclesiastes 1:9
The departure from New Testament
Christianity is the story of Church history.
1887 C.H. Spurgeon wrote about “the
down-grade of Christianity”
I Those who were known
as “Modernists” in the 1920’s to the 1940’s are now identifying themselves as
“neo” Evangelicals. (New
Evangelicals).
Modernists – denied the
fundamentals of the Christian faith
Evangelicals defended
the fundamentals of the Christian faith
J.Frank Norris- published “The Fundamentalist”
Jonh R. Rice - published “The Sword of the
Lord”
II What the Evangelicals claimed to be literal in Bible history, the
Modernist claimed to be figurative or spiritual
The
Modernist divided Bible history into two parts.
1.
The factual – that part of Scripture accepted because proven by
other history
2.
The figurative – that part only proven by the Bible alone
3.
Having accepted the allegorical interpretation of Scripture , the Bible is accepted but Adam and Eve, Noah and
the flood remain only as allegory!
The
Modernist first, spiritualized Bible history to make it mystical. (Dictionary)
“having a
spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses, nor
obvious to the intelligence”
In
the 1960’s Modernist
took another step and spiritualized Bible history to make it mythical .
The dictionary “ “Based on or described as
a myth in contrast with factual history”
imaginary!
2
Peter 1:16 cunningly devised fables
III Evangelicals spiritualize Scripture by typology but never at the expense of
doing away with the literal.
Romans 5:14
Adam typifies Christ but
never becomes Christ
IV The Modernist
tampers with Bible history, the neo-Evangelical tampers with Bible prophecy. (as do the Amillennialists)
The former divides Bible
history, the later divided Bible prophecy
1
Prophecy that is literal because already fulfilled
2
Prophecy that is spiritualized, a process that changes the meaning
3
Zechariah 14:4 the Mt of
Olives is Israel
4
Revelation 20:1-7 the 1000 years, the long
period between the first and second comings of Christ!
V.
The problem merges when one sees that much Bible History is fulfilled
prophecy