Rule - Christocentric
From Sensus Plenior
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.- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Samson's riddle
- ↑ Did Jesus say that all the scriptures spoke of him?
- ↑ Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- ↑ 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:
- ↑ The mystery
- ↑ Gnosticism
- ↑ Kabbalah
- ↑ Midrash
