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Originally Posted by Maximilian
I've found they do more than create an illustration to an otherwise Biblical point, but they create truth statements from it. We must be careful to distinguish between a biblical analogy (they were used to the Jews because these were stories -- quite often -- that they were familiar with) and making implications that because it's scripture, then all applications you make with this illustration is truth.
We must approach the Bible as a Story. Not in a Dispensationalist time-table, but as a Story. A Story that has changes, climaxes, reveals God's character as he interacts with people, and it shows the beauty of the coming Messiah.
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If I have explicit statements of truth, then I use a bible story for an illustration Im not necessarily using a verse or story out of context to prove doctrine but to illustrate a bible truth.
I'll give a slightly different example. We are going through the temple in a bible study. Most of the "study" revolves around types and shadows. For example the board used to make the walls are acacia wood overlayed with gold. It is claimed by the authors that this is a type of Christ...the wood represents his humanity and the gold His Deity. We find this as a bible truth..that Jesus is both God and man, yet we never find that the board was made this way as a type. I can find types and shadows all through out the bible that the bible never actually says is a type or shadow. This too is sort of using the bible as an illustration to teach a bible truth.
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