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Whatare“TheWritings”
• ThetypicaldesignationoftheWritingsortheWisdomBooks.• Job• Psalms• Proverbs• Ecclesiastes*• SongofSolomon*• Lamentations*
• Worthyofconsiderationinthissection:• Thebooks:
• Ruth*• Ezra• Nehemiah• Esther*
• Thereason:eachofthesebookshashadsomedegreeof“allegoric”interpretationthroughhistory.
• The*arethebooksofthemegiloth – ascrollofwisdomliteratureintheTaNaKh.
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PrinciplesforthestudyoftheWritings
• Ifyoustudyfordirectapplicationtoyourlife,youwillalmostalwayscreateamess.• Ifyoustudywithoutlookingunderthesurface,youwillalmostalwaysmissablessing.• Ifyoucreateascenariothatdoesn’tworkliterally,youarelikelynotinterpretingitincorrectly.
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Recognizetheinherentdangerinreadingwhatisnotthere,
butalsorecognizetheequaldangerinnotreadingwhatishiddeninthere!
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Whatyou’llfindintheWisdomLiterature
• Ruth:Aprophecyofthelatter-daysreturnandredemptionofIsrael.• ReadannuallyatPentecost
• Esther:AprophecyofIsraelinthedaysoftheTribulation.• ReadannuallyatPurim
• Job:Aprophecydescribingthe“DayofJacob’sTrouble.”• Psalms:Propheciesofrevelation,remnant,orreign.• Proverbs:HowIsraelistoprepareforthecomingTribulation.• Ecclesiastes:ReproofforIsraelintheTribulation(Koheleth - tocallorassemble).• ReadannuallyattheFeastofTabernacles
• SongofSolomon:HowIsraelshouldprepareforseparationfromhermaster.• ReadannuallyatPassover
• Lamentations:DescriptiveoftheTribulation• Readannuallyonthe9th ofAb.
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HowtoStudytheWritings
• Ifthereishistory,putitinitscontext.• Readeverywordlookingforacluetoplaceanytypologyintoitspropercontext.• Findathemewithinthebook.Don’tisolatepassagesfromthebook.• Testyourtheory…overandoverthroughoutthebook.• Lookforinconsistenciesand“appaling”statements.Thesecanoftenbetheshibboleth thatgivesinsight.• Rememberthefoundationalprinciple:BooksintheOldTestamentarenotaboutthechurch.
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SomeExamples
• ThebookofRuth– SeeRuth:MoreThanMeetstheEye.• ThebookofPsalms– AquicklookatPsalms1-8• Psalm1:TheblessedMancomparedtothewickedmen.• Psalm2:Thesomeday-reigningKing.• Psalms3-7:Thecryoftheremnant,progressingfrompersecutiontotrust.• Psalm8:ThereigningKing.
• SongofSolomon–• Isitliteral(MarkDriscoll)• Isitallegorical(TheRomanCatholicChurch- thevirginMary)• Isittypical(Evangelicals– Christandthechurch)• Isitprophetic(Fundamentalistdispensationalists)
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