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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
Illustrations are a vehicle very useful in driving home a truth or bringing to peoples mind a truth that they know but sometimes move to the back-burner of their mind.
This isn't the same as "overspiritualizing" which can be a problem and a deception, but to be honest I have encountered more "over-carnalizing the word than the other.
Besides, type and shadow in the Old Testament is a very real, very God ordained facet of the scriptures.
In the Old is the New concealed,
In the New is the Old revelaed.
Nothing in the OT is there to take up space on the page. Sure we have to be careful, but you have to do that crossing the street. As my Dad once said, "three things to keep out of the hands of a fool: A Bible, a Bottle and a gun"
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Moving that truth to the front part of the mind is what many Apostolics refuse to do. I have seen post after post on this forum become ignored when FACTS are revealed that challenge our "Religion". We let them (the facts) burn on the burner!
Type and Shadow from the Old Testament to the New is entirely based on Denomination, Culture, Interpretation, Education, all formed into an idea. If this type of Scriptural play was simple, or sound, the Orthodox Jews would accept the New Testament as Holy Writ and would have never crucified Jesus.
There are so many vast differences between the Old and the New, in most respects comparison is futile. We can turn anything into a “Type and Shadow” if we try hard enough, and this must be avoided if we are to truly understand the truth about God, people, and history. Our gravest problems as humans are, we are looking for something perfect. If our perfect solution is found to be flawed, we panic. This is where we can fall into the pit of reaching for anything to keep our “Dream” alive. People from all walks of life do this. This is why Nations rise against Nations, dying for their belief.
Take for instance WAR. Old Testament theology is; God was with His people when they went to battle, counting it a great victory only if ALL the people in the City were slaughtered (Men, women, children, animals). Brother, have you been to WAR? Have you observed photos of bodies in piles or in bags? Have you ever killed a child? Has your pastor drawn a sword and hacked a King from another Nation into pieces in front of his whole church? Our problem: Out of Sight, Out of Mind!!! This is way too brutal!! Just give me a Type and Shadow, not what really happened!
I spent 6 years in the Marines. I was trained to KILL, and to LOVE to KILL! Blood was our game. The enemy must die! After great reflection, and many years gone by, I realized how we’ve devastated the World by our War machine and how we have used military men and women as cannon fodder to protect our perfect dream. We put our 18 year old boys on the beach to be blown away, while they cry for their mother and beg for another breath. They cross over into enemy lines, only to fight men just like them, with families who believe they are doing the right thing, wanting to protect their dream. We kill, kill, and kill. And, we turn to the Old Testament for the Faith to do so, while the blood keeps darkening the soils of our World, by Nations that call themselves Christian. David and Goliath becomes reality. Samuel slicing the King into pieces with brutal force gives us the stamp to do it ourselves.
We esteem David as being a great King and Hero, yet he went from city to city, leaving in his wake nothing but bloodshed and murder. He killed husbands, wives, children, his hands dripping with the blood of people like you and me. If we were alive at this time, our Nation might be marked as a target by Old Testament Jews, coming after us in the Name of their God.
The New Testament has none of this until the Book of Revelation. We are commended to LOVE our enemies and to turn the other cheek. Jesus came to this earth reaching to help the poor, the Gentile, the outcast, the leper, and the rejects. No sword was drawn, only the desire to give drink to the thirsty, and food to the hungry. For God so LOVED the World!!
The God of the Old Testament doesn’t seem to fit this niche, because man is responsible for writing this Book that is plagued with error, misconceptions, and pages that don’t even have an author attached to them. Not a single page of the Bible is in its original form, and nothing but copies are what we use to understand a God who is beyond any mans idea, formed religion, or farfetched dream.
All this chopping, mixing, and rolling of the dice with the Bible, leaves so many in confusion because every Religion does this. Pray, saints, Pray!! We’ll get this right!! People spin their head, and wonder, who is right?? Are we making the Scripture say what we want it to say?? Does the ball and chain of our past keep us in the prison of “Out of sight, out of Mind”?
We put the hand up, "I don't want to hear it!" Just give me a Type and Shadow, or something that isn't real.
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