>>15230289 pb

> The Tree of Life = your monkey mind…

Correct reading of the Bible does not include free-for-all allegory. These are the rules:

Rules For Sensus Plenior

Rule - Introduction

The prophets of old packed away the mystery. [1] [2] As they wrote, God concealed the mystery in their words using prophetic riddles. [3] [4]

They wrote about a literal history, while God hid prophecies of Christ in double meanings. [5]

Modern prophets unpack prophecies with the help of the Spirit to solve the prophetic riddles. [6] They validate what the Spirit tells them, by these rules.

1. What is the mystery?

2. Pr 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

3. What are prophetic riddles?

4. Ps 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings [riddles] of old:

5. Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

6. 2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Divine meaning

Since God’s word is established forever [1]; a metaphor/shadow means the same thing everywhere is it used.

If a donkey is a metaphor of a prophet, everywhere there is a donkey, it is a metaphor of a prophet. This rule alone makes the metaphors humanly impossible to fabricate as it requires the interlocking of a double entendre found in all the scriptures. This keeps us in awe.

The use of free-for-all allegory in other theological works has been properly criticized because allegorical or metaphoric meanings produced in this manner have no way to be verified; how do you know it is true?

This rule of "Divine meaning" dis-allows free-for-all allegory by setting an impossible standard for the use of allegory such that every scripture participates in a hidden picture of Christ.

Such a phenomenon is impossible for men to produce and therefore when we observe it occurring, we can have confidence that it is God’s intended meaning.

Consequence of lack of Divine meaning: The resulting interpretation is likely to be free-for-all allegory and eisegesis.

1. 2Sa 7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish [it] for ever, and do as thou hast said.

Christocentric

Since the riddle of Samson [1] tells us Christ is the answer to all the prophetic riddles;[2] if the shadow (prophetic riddle) doesn’t look like Christ, it isn’t a good shadow. This keeps us focused.

Jesus told the disciples on the road to Emmaus that all the scriptures spoke of him [3], and chastised the scribes and Pharisees for searching the scriptures to seek life, but rejecting him, since they spoke of him. [4]

If we don’t see Christ in the scriptures, we have missed the primary purpose of the scriptures. [5] And if Christ is not central to a proposed interpretation, it is to be rejected. This rule alone separates the mystery[6] from Gnosticism[7], Kabbalah[8] and Midrash [9].

Consequence of lack of Christocentric meaning: You miss the point of the scriptures in revealing God through Christ.

1. Jud 14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

2. Samson's riddle

3. Did Jesus say that all the scriptures spoke of him?

4. Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

5. Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

6. The mystery

7. Gnosticism

8. Kabbalah

9. Midrash

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>>15231076

Rule - Self-contained

Since we are to let every man be a liar and God be true [1]; outside references are not required to solve the riddles and see the shadows. This keeps us devoted.

Not only are we not going to bring in extra-biblical books to determine the meaning of scripture, but we will not make apostles out of historians, document critics or scholars by elevating their writings concerning the meaning of scripture.

Historian

We miss the meaning that Jesus intended as he confronted the rich man who asked how to get into the kingdom, if we accept a historian's report that here was a gate in Jerusalem called "the eye of the needle" [2]. Do we really believe that people were incapable of understanding the word of God until this little gem was 'discovered' by a 'professor' who needed to publish or perish?

Document critics

We will not make apostles out of document critics. The mystery, written in the same words used for the literal history, act like security paper. If one were to change the words of the literal history, the mystery would be scrambled. If there are errors to documents that have been received, they will be plain when the hidden narrative is discerned. God said he would protect every jot and tittle of his word [3], so we know that one of the variant documents is true.

Scholars

We will not make apostles out of scholars. Scholars present opinions. They get no credit for presenting old truth, they must perpetually come up with something novel to get their name cited in other papers. You pastor has more motivation to teach truth than scholars.

If we reference historians, document critics, or scholars, it will be to add color to the discussion, and more often than not, to refute popular myths they perpetuate.

Consequence of using outside resources: You make the historian, the document critic, or the scholar into an apostle, giving him power over the interpretation of scripture.

1. Ro 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

2. Mt 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

3. Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

>>15231081

Rule - Self examination

Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Our assumptions about scripture and the rules we use to guide our interpretation effect the ultimate meaning that we get from scripture. It is important to evaluate those assumptions and rules to ensure that they permit the scriptures to speak for themselves rather than permitting us to impose our own meaning upon them.

My assumptions and convictions are these:

1. The Bible is the word of God which has been protected for us in such a manner that it is considered infallible in every jot and tittle. [1]

2. It is acknowledged that there are variant texts in existing manuscripts. By using the proper methods of interpretation, as taught by the apostles, errant manuscripts may be discerned by the 'security paper' of the mystery. [2]

3. The meaning of the Bible is contained in multiple layers as described by the church from the earliest days [3], as a literal and a spiritual layer. These layers are in complete agreement with each other in every way. Apparent contradictions are intentional riddles describing two sides of the issue. [4]

4. The hidden spiritual layer is discerned using methods taught by the apostles in the New Testament. It is called the meat of the gospel, whereas the literal meaning is called the milk of the gospel. The milk is sufficient for salvation. The meat provides the spiritual nourishment to enable a mature faith and walk.[5]

The rules are discerned using the same methods as discerning the mystery, so it should be expected that those practicing literal methods may disagree with how the rules are determined. That doesn't matter. The mystery needs to be evaluated to see if it is self-consistent as well as if it produces verifiable, meaningful, and orthodox [6] results.

Consequence of not doing self-examination:: The measure of truth becomes the individual and the standard changes to meet your own goals.

1. Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

2. What is the 'security paper of the mystery?

3. What layers?

4. Handling contradictions

5. Satan's spoiled milk

6. Christian orthodoxy

Rule - Humility

Since God has said that not a jot or tittle will pass away [1]; until one knows why each jot and tittle is there, a complete understanding has not been derived. This keeps us humble.

Such humility is exemplified by one who listens to others’ observations based on scripture, and tests all things to hold fast to those things which are good [2]. Such humility is missing in one who insists that his opinion [3] is correct, and uses phrases like “The Bible says so” while pulling passages out of context and displaying an attitude of unwillingness to discuss the meaning or context of those passages.

It is a shameful behavior to decide a matter before it is heard. [4]

Consequence of lack of humility The scriptures are wrested or twisted to mean what you want them to mean.

2Pe 3:16 As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

1. Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

2. 1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

3. Opinions don't count?

4. Pr 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.

>>15231086

Rule - Complete

Since man shall live “by every word” [1] [2]; a doctrine is not sound until it sums up and includes all that God has said about it. [3] This keeps us searching.

This attitude of searching recognizes that the Bible is full of meaning, and that perhaps one person in his own studies has not yet identified or considered all the applicable passages. This attitude is missing when a few verses are used as a shotgun to force a discussion to a preconceived conclusion.

A doctrine must sum up and include everything the Bible says about it in the literal and hidden layers.

Consequence of lack of completeness Conclusions may be premature. [4]

1. Mt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

2. Lu 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

3. De 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

4. Pr 18:13 ¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.

Rule - Rigorous

Since every word concerning life and death must be established by two or three witnesses [1]; every shadow/symbol must have at least two supporting scripture witnesses.

This means we cannot define a shadow with a single verse. The shadows speak of Christ and the cross. There is no other topic which addresses life and death for all men. This keeps us rigorous in methodology. A shadow is a hidden meaning which is not contained in the literal meaning [2].

Shadows are not the product of a wild imagination and are therefore verifiable by the scriptures. When a shadow has two or three witnesses, it should be regarded as a tentative meaning. This rule does not permit three verses to be the end of discussion, but specifically forbids a single verse from becoming definitive.

Consequence of lack of rigor: Conclusions may be premature and/or wrong.

1. De 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

2. Heb 10:1 ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Rules - Conclusion

If one skims through the rules without comprehending them, or like Naaman hears the instruction but is insulted at their apparent simplicity [1], the results of exegesis will look like the free-for-all allegory of others that we all reject.

It should not be expected that using the 'Syrian waters' of free-for-all allegory should produce a result any different than before.

The rules must be used rigorously to discern the truth of scripture.

1. 2Ki 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15231093

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation…

May your heart burn

…as your eyes are opened.

I was listening to Alistair Begg on the radio speak of the encounter on the road to Emmaus. [1]

He emphasized that it is not by clever preaching; not by intellect, that we understand the scriptures. [2]

The disciples on the road needed their eyes opened to understand that the scriptures had hidden meaning which prophesied of Christ.[3]

1. Lu 24:13-32

2. 1Co 2:1 ¶ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

3. Lu 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

From the beginning

The mystery of Christ was hidden from the beginning of time. [1]

The authors of scripture wrote of that which they knew; the history of what they observed. They did not know what God was hiding in their writings. [2]

Riddles hide things in plain sight. Starting with the alphabet that God used to form words which he used to create all things, he wrote his message using riddles buried in the text.[3]

1. 1Co 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

2. God used symbols of the cross before they were defined by the cross.

3. Pr 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Until after the cross…

The riddles concerning Christ were hidden until after the cross.

While Jesus ministered, he showed his disciples the riddles, but they did not understand them. [1] [2]

Only after the cross could he open their eyes to the prophesies and make them understand. [3]

1. Mt 16:21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

2. Mr 8:17 And when Jesus knew [it], he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

3. Lu 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

>>15231153

Word placed in the heart

Jesus had opened the eyes of his disciples, their hearts burned. [1]

The 'burning bosom' is not the testimony of the Holy Spirit, but a fulfilled prophecy. God would write the law on the hearts of his people. [2]

When God gave his word to Israel on stone tablets the mountain burned. [3]

Now when he gives his word to you, your hearts burn and you can begin to understand his mysteries.

1. Lu 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

2. Jer 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

3. De 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Holy grail of preaching

A good preacher or teacher desires to teach God's word; his intended meaning, not merely his own opinion of scripture. Paul calls it prophesying. [1]

In the sermon on the road, Jesus revealed the mysteries which had been hidden in all the prophets. [2] [3]

As the disciples thereafter studied the scriptures, they remembered what Jesus taught before the cross, and coupled it with what he taught on the road. The Gospels are snapshots of their learning, over time, of the progress in their understanding. [4]

The Gospels are 'updates' of the current teaching in the Jewish churches at ten to fifteen year intervals, given to the Gentile churches which did not study the Hebrew for themselves. [5]

1. 1Co 14:1 ¶ Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.

2. Lu 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

3. Lu 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

4. Solution to the 'Synoptic problem'

5. Gentiles did not study the Hebrew Bible

A new teaching?

When a man buys a new tool, he may 'put it away where it is not visible' (this is called 'hiding' by some judgemental people) for months before using it. Then when his wife sees him using it and asks if it is new, he can say that it is not new and he has had it a long time. [1]

The 'new thing' that God speaks about is just like this. He has put it away where it was not visible, and brought it out after the cross. [2]

The new thing was not recognized by the religious experts. They had not yet seen it in the scriptures. [3]

1. I disavow any firsthand knowledge of this practice

2. Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.

3. Mr 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine [is] this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

>>15231157

The old thing

The new thing was contained and hidden in the old thing. The new teaching is a new view of the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of those whose eyes had been opened. [1]

Jesus was the first one whose eyes were opened to the scriptures and he did what he did in obedience to what he saw in the Old Testament. [2] [3]

If you wish to understand scriptures, you must search. [4]

And you must be aided by the Holy Spirit. [5]

1. Lu 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

2. Joh 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

3. Joh 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

4. Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

5. Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Paul taught from the OT

Paul was a trained theologian of the Pharisees and was zealous of the Old Testament scriptures. [1]

Using a parable, Jesus said that Paul would be a good teacher if he was taught the Gospel. [2]

Paul taught the new thing from the old thing and the Bereans checked his doctrine from the old thing. [3]

1. Php 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

2. Mt 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe [which is] instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure [things] new and old.

3. Ac 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Riddles from the east

The Hebrew word for 'east' also means 'ancient'. When the wise men saw a star in the east, they saw a star in the ancient Hebrew texts. [1] [2]

Even if they had seen a physical star in the east, it would have no meaning without the ancient text. We know that a star did not lead them to Bethlehem since they went to Jerusalem and had to ask where to go next. They understood some of the riddles of the Old Testament, but not all. [3]

Paul preached from the same ancient riddles as he taught the 'new thing'. 1. Mt 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

1. Nu 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

2. Mt 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

>>15231159

Mystery animosity

There are hundreds of works purporting to teach the mystery or hidden teachings of Jesus. They are generally nothing more than free-for-all allegory in an attempt to disqualify Jesus as God incarnate and make him out to be nothing more than a charismatic Gnostic teacher.

We reject all such writings as heretical nonsense. The true mystery speaks of Christ, the cross, and his bride. It speaks in agreement with the New Testament because the New Testament is the proper commentary on the mystery in the Old.

A small defense for this work is necessary in sharing the boundaries of this 'eye opening' hermeneutic. Without explaining how free-for-all allegory is eliminated, many will claim that these teachings are nothing but.

Rules prevent free-for-all allegory. Some will read them and say that the rules are impossible to meet. Exactly so. No man-made system could impose meaning on the scripture and adhere to the rules. The rules make the meaning of scripture self-correcting, verifiable and reproducible. The rules change Bible debate into Bible collaboration.

It is a risk to me to teach it this way. Some will use their own 'knowledge' as the test for truth and will judge this work based on how well it agrees with them.

By sharing these upfront, they can quickly put the work down and go about their merry lives. The very purpose of the mystery is to bring the body together in collaboration to solve the prophetic riddles and make the invisible Father known through the works, words, life, death, resurrection and indwelling Spirit of the Son.

Perhaps as you read, your eyes may be opened and your heart made to burn.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>5231162 pb

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen the message of Christ in the Hebrew alphabet?

God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. א He revealed to man ב.. that he pursued them with a ג .. command ד .. which they did not understand ה .. and it distinguished them ו.. as the bride ז… When they understood ח .. through the marriage ט .. they became a new creation י. The Son of God ח .. taught ל .. the promise of the Father מ. .. The Son of Man נ .. fulfilled the promise ס … by becoming flesh ע. .. He spoke in parables and riddles פ. .. He exchanged his righteousness for our sin צ. .. The Son of God died and rose again ק.. revealing ר.. that his word returns with an increase ש. His completed work is your new life. ת The Son of God died ך … and finished his declared works ם. .. The Son of Man died and was restored to glory ן. .. All prophecy was completed ף. .. Judgement was ended ץ. .. We became co-heirs with Christ <final shin

Yeah there are 28 forms in the alphabet which have meaning. Letters get their meaning from the strokes, and since final form letters have a different shape, they have a different meaning.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this two-layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15231373

>>15231401

> There was no Bible in 32AD.

So you say with no sauce. The Dead Sea scrolls predate Jesus.

Listen, you can't have it both ways. You say it is unified with populist agenda, others say it contradicts itself. Men could not have written the sensus plenior. Read the rules, they are impossible to follow.

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen that it is one book?

The Bible - one book

Bible characters LARPing (Live Action Role Play)

When you open the Bible and look at the Table of Contents, the Bible looks like a collection of books. The books of the Old Testament were written about some people that God chose to use, to tell a story. The people didn't know it, but they were like actors. They thought they were living their lives just like we do, but God worked behind the scenes, so that everything he needed to tell his story, happened. [1]

A different analogy might be that of fish swimming in a stream. The fish swam where they wanted, and unbeknownst to them, the stream nudged them where it would.

The result of the collaboration between free people and a sovereign God is that a book was produced which contains the literal-historical record of the people living their lives, and at the same time, an invisible layer was produced that says something the human authors were unaware of. The book itself is an analogy to the fish and the stream. The revelation of the invisible God was done… invisibly.

1. De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb [parable], and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

God gave Hebrew

When God chose men to record the 'play' [1] he gave them a very special language. It is called 'Hebrew'. Hebrew is unlike any other language. Hebrew words get their meaning from the meaning of the letters. [2] [3] And the letters get their meaning from the New Testament which was written about 4000 years after the first Hebrew word was written. [4]

'Adam' came from the ground 'adamah' and was made of blood 'dam' and spirit 'ah'. The blood 'dam' is the commandment 'd' finished by the son 'm'.

Let that sink in. The letters get their meaning from something that wouldn't happen for 4000 years. This is proof that there is an invisible God, who no man has seen [5] , and that Hebrew is his language for revelation and the Bible is His book!

1. 2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

2. 1Jo 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

3. 1Jo 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

4. Ge 1:1

5. Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

>>15231466

Men wrote what God wanted written

As men recorded the 'play'; the history of people just living their lives, they actually wrote about Jesus and the cross. Every word they wrote participates in telling the story of Jesus. [1] His story is hidden in childish riddles and word-play. The history is also a mystery. [2]

The authors knew nothing about Jesus. [3] God quietly guided what they saw and heard in such a way, they they could only write what they wrote. He didn't force their hands. They freely wrote what they wrote. Because God was so involved in their lives, their writings flowed from their being. [4]

God wrote his book this way as an analogy of how he works in the world. People live the way they choose to live, but God is invisibly and silently working behind the scenes to accomplish his will.

The Bible is one book, authored by God, and hidden in the writings of men. 1. Lu 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

1. Ro 16:25 ¶ Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

2. Mt 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see [those things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [those things] which ye hear, and have not heard [them].

3. 2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15231471

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen

The Bible - written for one child

From Sensus Plenior

The Bible - written for one child The Bible was written primarily for Jesus to know who he was and what he should do.

Pre-incarnation

Before becoming a baby, Jesus was known as 'The Word', or 'the Son of God'. John declares:

Joh 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John also says that in heaven there are three who testify: the Father, the Word, and the Spirit [1]

John did not invent the idea that Jesus was the Word of God or borrow it from Greek philosophers. [2] John understood the scriptures the way that Jesus did. [3]

Hinting at Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning", [4] he interprets the Hebrew 'bara' ברא as the Word which created, rather than simply created as the translators do. John is thinking and correlating on the 'higher' plan of ideas, and not merely words. When God created, he spoke, he used the Word of God to do so. He said "Let there be light" [5] and there was light. He said, "Let there be a firmament" [6] and there was a firmament.

John also read in Ge 1:3 that when God said "Let there be light" the Hebrew word said [7] also means word and lamb. Perhaps when he heard John the Baptist proclaim that Jesus was the lamb of God, he heard that Jesus was the Word of God. [8]

He was fully God with all the attributes (powers) of deity. He knew everything there was to know. He was all-powerful; able to accomplish his will. He was also present everywhere; not yet having a physical body.

Knowing that when he chose to take the body of a child, he would no longer be everywhere. While in that body, he would not use his divine power; he would not be a super-baby, flying, moving large stones and turning clay pigeons into living birds. Nor would he use his knowledge of everything. He would choose to limit himself to the capabilities of a baby, who would grow into a man [9]

How would he know who he was (the eternal Word of God), and what he was to do (make the Father known by dying on the cross)? How would he know the plan purposed from the beginning? He would experience a God-sized amnesia about his divine nature.

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Facing his incarnation [10] and kenosis [11], he wrote notes for himself. He hid within a record of the lives of men, everything he would need to know to accomplish his purpose. [12]

The Old Testament is the collection of notes that the Word of God wrote for himself, as cheat sheets for knowing the Father and the Father's will when he would experience his incarnational amnesia. It is one book written by the Word, for Jesus.

The mystery

The mystery, which is hidden in the history, was written for the Word of God [13] who would become flesh [14], and 'close his eyes' to his divinity [15]. Just as one does not become blind when closing your eyes, neither was his divinity diminished in any capacity. He simply chose not to use it, and instead chose to be tempted in every way that we are, without advantage [16].

Others could not understand the mystery because of their sin [17]. But being born sinless, and having no sin [18] he was able to understand the scriptures. [19]

As he grew, he learned who he was and what he was to do from the riddles he hid in the scriptures. He learned that he was the Son of God. [20] He learned that he was God. [21]

While he taught, he kept the mystery secret. [22] And though he shared the 'literal' meaning of the parables with his disciples he did not reveal the mystery contained in them until after the cross [23] [24]

The riddles (dark sayings) are now available, because Jesus gave the apostles the 'keys' to teaching. [25] They teach these keys in their writings. In the books of the New Testament, the authors teach us to read the riddles of the Old.

Now Jesus can be seen everywhere in the mystery.[26] Though the Bible was written for one child; Jesus, all the mysteries in his cheat sheets can be examined by all.