Chapter 6 - Examples from the Spirit of Prophecy of the Spiritual Interpretation of Scriptures Flashcards
PRINCIPLE #1
The principle of applying, in a spiritual, world-wide sense, Old Testament history, geography, etc., is maintained throughout the Spirit of Prophecy and the New Testament. The Book of Revelation was constructed on this principle. Writing of the Revelation, Gods servant declares: “This book demands close, prayerful study, lest it be interpreted according to the ideas of men and false construction be given to the sacred word of God, which in its symbols and figures means so much to us.”
E.G. White, Letter 16, 1900.
PRINCIPLE #2
“Arguments drawn from the Old Testament types also pointed to the autumn as the time when the event represented by the ‘cleansing of the sanctuary’ must take place. This was made very clear as attention was given to the manner in which the types relating to the first advent of Christ had been fulfilled. The slaying of the passover lamb was a shadow of the death of Christ. . . . The sheaf of first fruits … was typical of the resurrection of Christ…. These types were fulfilled. . . . And as the antitype of the wave-sheaf, our Lord was raised from the dead . the first fruits of them that slept,’ a sample of all the resurrected just. In like manner, the types which relate to the second advent must be fulfilled at the time pointed out in the symbolic service.”
GC. 399.
PRINCIPLE #3
Many futurists employ a system of types and antitypes but, because they believe that the things of Israel still belong to the literal Jews, they misapply the antitypes, in connection with literal Israel in Palestine. But, since Christ was enthroned in the heavenly temple and the Holy Spirit became His representative on earth, the types do not have any literal, Palestinian meaning: they are spiritual and world-wide in their antitypical application.
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EXAMPLE #2
“The ladder represents Jesus . . . All this was revealed to Jacob in his dream”. P.P. 184.
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EXAMPLE #4
“The Passover was to be both commemorative and typical, not only pointing back to the deliverance from Egypt, but forward to the greater deliverance which Christ was to accomplish in freeing His people from the bondage of sin.” P.P. 277.
EXAMPLE #5
“The deliverance of Israel from Egypt was an object lesson of redemption, which the Passover was intended to keep in memory. The slain lamb, the unleavened bread, the sheaf of first fruits, represented the Saviour.” D.A. 77.
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EXAMPLE #9
“Christ arose from the dead as the first fruits of those that slept. He was the antitype of the wave sheaf…. For more than a thousand years this symbolic ceremony had been performed.. . So Christ the first fruits represented the great spiritual harvest to be gathered for the kingdom of God. His resurrection is the type and pledge of the resurrection of all the righteous dead.” D.A. 785, 786.
EXAMPLE #10
“He was the spiritual light that in symbol and type and prophecy had shone upon Israel. . As the sunbeams penetrate to the remotest corners of the earth, so does the light of the Sun of Righteousness shine upon every soul.” D.A. 464.
