Doing Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture
The blood of the lamb Jesus was shed so that death may pass over for the believer, and despite this fact the armies of Satan would still chase the children of God just like the dragon would pursue the male child born to the virgin. Fortunately he is snatched up as the dragon spews his stream at him, and thus God's people cross from death to life on dry land while the army's of Egypt are drowned in the sea. Thus in the sea we are put in the tomb of Christ with death all around us in order to be risen with the Lord to enter the promised land through crossing this path of death to live through the submergence of the Holy Ghost. Thus just as Jesus turned the water into wine, thus the water of our washing in the waters of baptism are turned into the fruit of the vine (Jesus) to produce the very fruits of the spirit.
The woman gives birth to the rest of God's children and is cared for in safety, and thus Jesus is risen up like the golden snake in the wilderness while his foot crushes the serpent's head by the trampling of the cross, and in this way Jesus is risen to his throne in heaven to rule with the iron scepter over all the nations. Thus in the end the light of the world is shown from that heavenly city through Christ, so that the city of God is bright with the glory of the Father supported by the lamp-stand of the Son.
In my experience an allegorical interpretation like this is something that I can produce in just a few minutes as I have just done, and it combines many passages of scripture while interpreting them. This kind of interpretation (I have found) can actually cause a person to believe in Christ (and be shocked) very rapidly if they have ever studied the scripture. My ability to do allegory is based upon having read the scripture and correlated it with other scripture for extensive periods of time each day (four to six hours) for many years in the past. Overall, the benefit of this kind of interpretation is that it does not require a person to carry a bible with them when sharing their faith in Christ, and it really allows the Holy Ghost to work through the symbols of the scripture to explain exactly what Jesus accomplished, and it can make many hidden things very obvious (upon careful meditation).
The key to expressing care with reading allegorical interpretation is to know if and when the plain meaning of scripture is being violated.
Published by Mathew Mount
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Post a CommentIf a person is to believe that allegorical interpretation is only to be done when the allegory is obvious, then the New Testament could be rejected on this ground. The fact however is that allegory should not contradict scripture, and it should be directed by the Spirit of God.
An allegorical interpretation of Scripture should only be used when the allegory is obvious. For example, there is nothing allegorical about someone eating a fig from a fig tree. But when someone eats fruit from something called "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" then this term represents something allegorical. Do a search: The First Scandal. Then click twice.
Indeed, to make plain what is hidden is the goal. Your conclusion, "
The key to expressing care with reading allegorical interpretation is to know if and when the plain meaning of scripture is being violated" is the golden key to this article Matthew. What a great way to self-check to see if it remains biblical and true to the Word.