tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post8400113798251448536..comments2023-10-02T03:19:31.569+11:00Comments on Dead Flies and Perfume: Theology and exegesis: is there a simple reading of scripture?Mike Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-44321394624772718012009-05-14T11:09:00.000+10:002009-05-14T11:09:00.000+10:00The cross is the glory of the wilderness - passing...The cross is the glory of the wilderness - passing under the light of God's law and being exposed as "true."<br /><br />But this is not the completion or transfiguration that comes with Canaan.<br /><br />I have a post that might be though-provoking on this issue:<br /><br />http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2009/04/10/twelve-thrones/Mike Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160881512505096044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-90405815451345834432009-05-14T02:19:00.000+10:002009-05-14T02:19:00.000+10:00Yes, it's not a tabula raza, but a vacuum sepulcru...Yes, it's not a <I>tabula raza</I>, but a <I>vacuum sepulcrum</I>!<br /><br />Our concepts need to be killed and raised, not just dusted off, and not simply replaced. So the challenge is to follow the theo-logic of glory here. How is it that the glory of the cross is the hidden completion and transfiguration of our fleshly concepts of glory?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-55500221767023563942009-04-10T10:50:00.000+10:002009-04-10T10:50:00.000+10:00Yeah, I think you are right, but even with the who...Yeah, I think you are right, but even with the whole of scripture, there is are still quite strong tensions that require us to rethink our ideas of both sides (or more)(if we are getting these ideas from outside the scriptures, which for the most part we are, especially as converted christians).<BR/>Even the first century Jews who knew their scriptures quite well had trouble with the messiah being crucified. Sure, Paul could argue pretty strongly from the scriptures, but the understanding of that typology and it's significance had to be rejigged in the light of Jesus coming.<BR/><BR/>What I'm attempting here is to think through how the gospel can be translatable. How can it make sense to cultures and people that don't have that scriptural language and worldview, yet at the same time challenge and encroach on their world viewMike Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-30702161903777540862009-04-09T08:00:00.000+10:002009-04-09T08:00:00.000+10:00The problem is modern conservative scholars' rejec...The problem is modern conservative scholars' rejection of a Scripture-bound typology. If you read the Bible with one eye, you come across these 'problems.'<BR/><BR/>I agree with your point on the Lord's encroaching upon our language (or definitions). But this one of the cross as a throne begins very subtly in Genesis 1:6-8 and develops from there.Mike Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160881512505096044noreply@blogger.com