http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2011/12/23/the-bones-of-elisha/ Theology you can eat and drink Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2011/12/23/the-bones-of-elisha/comment-page-1/#comment-14351 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:29:19 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=8497#comment-14351 Hi Mark
I am prone to overstatement (I am a designer) but I reckon the idea of biblical genres gets used to mask a lot of evangelical unbelief. Classing a Bible passage as a particular genre is for many a way of subtly putting the Bible under our control, of using a literary classification to exalt human authority over an inspired text. I’ve read how the Revelation supposedly draws upon second Temple Jewish literature (when it really doesn’t). The Bible isn’t man’s thoughts about God, it is actually a revelation. So although we can see a difference between Daniel/Revelation and the gospels, all the Scriptures are far more intertwined than these compromised commentators would have us believe. They need to learn the very consistent symbol language as it develops between Genesis and Revelation, and God’s use of architectural and creational types. When Revelation gets called “apocalyptic” its mostly by scholars who have little idea what the book is about, and interpret it as idealogy, rather than the final warning in a Covenant lawsuit.
Happy to discuss further.

]]> http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2011/12/23/the-bones-of-elisha/comment-page-1/#comment-14283 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:18:05 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=8497#comment-14283 not sure why you would say that apocalyptic is not a biblical genre

]]> http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2011/12/23/the-bones-of-elisha/comment-page-1/#comment-14222 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:55:09 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=8497#comment-14222 I knew there was something wrong with this! Lost the plot along the way. Apologies, very tired. All fixed now.

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