<noinclude><small>'''Navigation''' {{:face}}{{: [http://sensusplenior.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?fNav}}{| class=124&t=31 forum] "wikitable"|- [[TOC]]|{{:[[Main Page]] > ... > [[Too much info?]] > [[Rules]] > [[Gospels: Fulfillment of the mystery]]Rule - Introduction}}|<references/small>|---- </noinclude>  The prophets of old packed away the mystery <ref>[[Pr 25:2]] ¶ [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.</ref>. Modern prophets unpack it by the Spirit to solve riddles <ref>[[2Pe 1:20]] Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.</ref>. They validate what the Spirit tells them by these rules.|

=Links=Humility== Since God has said that not a jot or tittle will pass away <ref>[[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.</ref>, 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’ opinions and based on scripture, tests all things to hold fast to those things which are good <ref>[[1Th 5:21]] Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.</ref>. Such humility is missing in one who insists that only his opinion 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. '''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. ==Complete== Since man shall live “by every word” <ref>[[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.</ref> <ref>[[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.</ref>, a doctrine is not sound until it sums up and includes all that God has said about it. (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. '''Consequence of lack of completeness'''Conclusions may be premature.:[[Pr 18:13]] ¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him. ==Rigorous== Since every word concerning life and death must be established by two or three witnesses <ref>[[De 17https: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.</ref>, every shadow 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 <ref>[[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.</ref>. 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 meaningstolenhistory. This rule specifically forbids a single verse from becoming definitive. '''Consequence of lack of rigor:''' Conclusions may be premature andnet/or wrong. If one skims through the rules without comprehending them, or like Naaman hears the instruction but is insulted at their apparent simplicity <ref>[[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.<threads/ref>, the results of exegesis will look like nothing but the freedevil-forwent-all allegory of others. It should not be expected that using the 'Syrian waters' of freedown-forto-all allegory should produce a result any different than before; freegeorgia-forstolen-all allegory with none of the verifiability of the Hebrew hermeneutichermeneutics. =References=<references5664/> [[Category: Topics]]