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| − | The riddle of Samson <ref>[[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.</ref> tells us Christ is the answer to all the prophetic riddles. Here are the clues: plow - what you do with the earth(ly) or literal scripture as you dig into them. Heifer - the sacrifice. You dig through | + | The riddle of Samson <ref>[[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.</ref> tells us Christ is the answer to all the prophetic riddles. Here are the clues: plow - what you do with the earth(ly) or literal scripture as you dig into them. Heifer - the sacrifice. You dig through the scriptures looking for the places it teaches of the cross. These are the keys to teaching. <ref>[[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.</ref> |
If the shadow (prophetic riddle) doesn’t look like Christ, it isn’t a good shadow. | If the shadow (prophetic riddle) doesn’t look like Christ, it isn’t a good shadow. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:26, 4 June 2018
The riddle of Samson [1] tells us Christ is the answer to all the prophetic riddles. Here are the clues: plow - what you do with the earth(ly) or literal scripture as you dig into them. Heifer - the sacrifice. You dig through the scriptures looking for the places it teaches of the cross. These are the keys to teaching. [2]
If the shadow (prophetic riddle) doesn’t look like Christ, it isn’t a good shadow.
Jesus told the disciples on the road to Emmaus that all the scriptures spoke of him [3]
He 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]
If Christ is not central to a proposed interpretation, it is to be rejected. This rule alone separates the revealed word of God from Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Midrash, and silly Greek rhetorical invention.
Consequence of lack of Christocentric meaning: You miss the point of the scriptures in revealing God through Christ.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lu 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Lu 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Lu 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- ↑ 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:
