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Originally posted by Wannabee
Greg,
You do want to apply the analogy of Scripture. But I wouldn't read the NT into it. I would attempt to assertain what it meant to the then present day audience.
[Edited on 6-5-2006 by Wannabee]
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What I want to do is get at the truth of the matter. So if I have a choice between taking my best stab at it by myself or under the tutelage of the God-inspired NT authors, I take the latter. What is puzzling to me is why anyone would choose the former. Having spent 20-some years in dispensationalism, I know that "reading the NT into the OT" was always said as a pejorative dismissal. However, it is still not a rational argument for dismissing a whole body of known truth (i.e., the NT) as one tries to ascertain the truth of a matter.
Not to put words in your mouth, but it is as if you are saying "what the NT has to say is irrelevant." You have demonstrated that you are a thoughtful student of the Scripture, so it is hard to imagine you embracing that statement. But I don't see how someone can avoid the implication when you dismiss the NT's understanding of the OT in trying to arrive at your own understanding of it.