forum.christogenea.org

Some Christians say that the Bible accounts of old were either myths or analogies. For example, they might say that Jonah's account of the whale was impossible but that it relates a teaching about God's will. Or that they were true accounts that were exaggerated into myths.

I believe God has power over His creation. I believe God did part the sea and give water to the Israelites in the desert.

Is there anyone here who subscribes to the analogy argument? Has anyone heard jewdeo Christians use this line?

Joe wrote:Some Christians say that the Bible accounts of old were either myths or analogies. For example, they might say that Jonah's account of the whale was impossible but that it relates a teaching about God's will. Or that they were true accounts that were exaggerated into myths.

The same Catholics who say that the Jonah story is impossible will respond with a line sort of like "With God anything is possible" when you question them about their belief in salvation for people other than those whom God had explicitly promised.

You are correct. Modernism has talked most people out of a belief in Scripture. Professing to be wise...

We may not understand the Jonah story, but it had to happen, because Christ Himself professed it to have happened. And if Christ was full of it, we have no salvation whatsoever.

Thanks Bill, that helps. Anyone who says Christ is untrustworthy can be dismissed immediately, I didn't think of what He said at the time.

And God hid Himself from our people, so this modern world-view people have, this modernism, is completely different to how our ancestors saw the world when God was with them. That is what I think, and If God be for us, in that day when He has mercy on His people ...God will be glorified.

The same Catholics who say that the Jonah story is impossible will respond with a line sort of like "With God anything is possible" when you question them about their belief in salvation for people other than those whom God had explicitly promised.

Very true, when they say 'with God anything is possible' they are usually promoting some sort of egalitarian philosophy or marxist agenda. "Be empowered to leave your husband", "follow your heart to sodom", "help the wicked apefricans".

Concerning Jonah, I personally consider the possibility that his story is also a metaphor about Israel. The children of Israel are in the belly of the beast (out of the Kingdom -- in the world systems) since about 750 B.C., that being approximately 2770 years now, or 2.77 days prophetically. We would have to wait another 230 years to be freed, except that:

Mat 24:22:

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

And like Jonah, Israel first refused to obey Yahweh. But after their captivity, they will have no choice but to obey...

A very compelling point Bahr, thank-you.

Whether something is literal or figurative, it behooves the student of the Word to understand the principle being conveyed. One doesn't have to be dogmatic about minor points in Scripture, if we are willing to let God reveal the truth to us. Understanding Scripture is a life long discipline of continually putting the pieces together, connecting the dots and comprehending more than two witnesses alluding to the same thing. It's a long process of eliminating errors with virtuous scholarship. God will reward those who seek Him by revealing the proof-text in our quest. "Seek and ye shall find." But, just be patient, you may not be ready for something that contradicts your perspective. Is it not God's perspective that we want? I have heard from many people that when they found Christian Identity, it was the key that unlocked so many things they didn't understand before. It indeed becomes a whole new Book of learning God's will.

Mark