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ASSI
GNMENT8

QUESTI
ON1

Expl
aini
nyourownwor
dswhyy
oubel
i
evet
heBi
blei
sthewor
dofGod(
quot
eScr
ipt
ure

t
osuppor
tyouranswer
).(
Giv
eany2r
easonsandy
ourown.(
10)

Thebi
blei
sthewor
dofGodbecausemanhadt
obegi
venorf
oll
owamanualt
hatwi
l
l

nur
tur
ehi
m andl
eadhi
mtogr
eat
erunder
standi
ngofGodandhi
spur
posef
oraman.

Manmusthav
esomet
hingt
omeasur
ewhati
str
uthandwhati
ser
ror
.Godhasshown

Hi
msel
fcompl
etel
yint
heper
sonofHi
sSonJesusChr
ist
;butwewoul
dnotknowand

under
standt
hiswi
thoutt
hewi
tnessoft
heBi
ble.ManCANNOTf
indGodt
hroughHi
s

ownr
easoni
ng,
andsoGodi
nHi
slov
ehasgi
venmanawr
it
tenr
evel
ati
onofHi
msel
fso

t
hatmancanf
indHi
m –i
ntheBi
ble.Webel
i
evet
hisf
ort
her
easonswhi
chf
oll
ow.

Thebi
blei
sthewor
dofGodbecausei
tadv
ocat
esf
ort
heLor
d.Al
lthatweknow and

bel
i
eveaboutGodweder
ivei
tfr
om t
heBi
ble.Theebi
blei
sthet
rut
haboutGod,God

speakst
oust
hrought
hebi
bleandt
hehol
yspi
ri
thencei
tishi
swor
d.TheBi
blei
tsel
f

t
ell
sust
hati
tist
hei
nspi
redWor
dofGod(
seePsa19:
7–14;
119:
89,
160,
2

Ti
m.3:
16–17;Heb.
1:1–2;2Pet
.1:
21)
.Thent
oo,weof
tenf
indwor
dsl
i
ke“
Thussay
s

t
heLor
d”;t
heLor
dsai
d”;“
Godspoke”
;andsoon.I
ntheOl
dTest
amentsuchphr
ases

ar
efoundal
most2000t
imes!Thewr
it
ersoft
heNew Test
amental
socl
aimedt
obe

gi
vi
ngt
heWor
dofGodandsot
heygi
vecommandsandexhor
tat
ionswhi
cht
hey
expect
edt
hei
rreader
stoobey(
1Thes.2:
13)
.

TheBi
blei
snotl
i
keanyot
herbookonear
th.I
tnev
erget
sol
d,butst
il
lspeakst
ous

t
oday
.Inawonder
fulway
,thepr
opheci
esoft
heBi
blehav
ebeenf
ulf
il
led,
andar
ebei
ng

f
ulf
il
ledbef
oreourey
est
oday
.Andal
thoughi
twaswr
it
tenov
eraper
iodof1600y
ear
s

by40di
ff
erentaut
hor
s,i
tisONEbookwi
thper
fectagr
eement
.Onl
ywi
thGodi
ssucha

“
mir
acl
ebook”possi
ble.Onewhor
eadst
heBookandt
hinksi
tisj
ustt
hewor
kofmen,

i
saf
ool
!Thet
eachi
ngswhi
cht
heBi
blegi
vescanbef
oundnowher
eel
se.Noot
herbook

haschangedt
hel
i
vesofmenl
i
ket
hisone.Becauset
heBi
bleshowsusJesusChr
istt
he

Lor
d;Hi
svoi
cei
shear
dev
ery
wher
eini
tspages.

Ar
eaderoft
heBi
blewi
l
lnotbel
i
evei
ttobet
heWor
dofGodj
ustbecauseoft
he

r
easonsgi
venabov
e.HemustBELI
EVEi
ttobeso!TheBi
blewi
l
lonl
yhav
etheaut
hor
it
y

ast
heWor
dofGodf
ory
ourLi
fewhenGodt
akest
hesewor
dst
hatar
ewr
it
ten,and

t
hroughHi
sSpi
ri
tshi
ningi
nyourhear
t,makest
hesewor
dsal
i
vet
oyou.Theny
ouwi
l
l

t
rul
yEXPERI
ENCEt
heBi
bleast
heWor
dofGod.TheHol
ySpi
ri
twi
l
lwi
tnesswi
thi
nyou

t
hatt
hisi
sso.Thi
sisaquest
ionoff
ait
h.I
tist
ruet
osayt
hatal
thought
heBi
blei
nit
sel
f

i
stheWor
dofGodt
omany
,yetmanwi
l
lnotr
ecei
vei
tassuchunl
essheFI
RSTbel
i
eves

QUESTI
ON2

a)Howwoul
dyougoaboutst
udy
inganybookoft
heBi
ble(
4)

Thebi
blei
sst
udi
edi
nfouraspect
snamel
y;i
ndi
vi
dualbooks,t
hisi
swhenonest
udi
es

eachbookoneatat
ime.Obv
iousl
y,t
her
eadershoul
danal
yset
hecont
extoft
hebook
i
t'
smeani
ngandi
t'
spur
poset
othei
ntendedr
eader
.Wr
it
ingdownaf
ew not
eswi
l
lbe

i
deal
.

Theot
hert
ypeofbi
blest
udyi
shi
stor
icalper
iods,t
hisi
smai
nlyconcent
rat
edon

hi
stor
icalev
ent
sthatoccur
edi
nthebi
blef
ori
nst
ancet
her
uleofPhar
aohsandGod

usi
ng Moses.Ther
eaderwi
l
lhav
etof
ocuson booksl
i
keExodus,Lev
iti
cus,and

Deut
eronomy
.

Theot
herf
orm ofst
udy
ingt
heBi
blei
sthr
oughchar
act
erst
udi
es,
int
hiswayt
her
eader

st
udi
esdi
ff
erenti
nfl
uent
ialchar
act
erspor
tray
edi
nthebi
ble,
thel
i
kesofKi
ngSol
omon,

I
sraelandEnoch.Thel
astt
ypei
sTopi
calSt
udi
es,wer
ether
ear
emanysubj
ect
sthat

coul
dbechosen.Thest
udentmi
ghtdeci
det
ost
udyt
hesubj
ectofPr
ayer
,theMi
racl
es

ofourLORD,
TheFr
uitoft
heSpi
ri
t,ort
heTenCommandment
s,andsoon.

b)St
ateandexpl
ainany3i
ssueswhi
chmustbet
akeni
ntoaccountwheni
nter
pret
ing

t
heBi
ble/
6

Wheni
nter
pret
ingt
heBi
bleoneshoul
dconsi
dert
heTr
uemeani
ngoft
heor
igi
nalwor
ds.

Thebi
blewast
ransl
atedf
rom t
wol
anguagest
husHebr
ew andGr
eekhenceaswe

i
nter
preti
tweshoul
dbeari
nmi
ndt
hatt
hemeani
ngder
ivedf
rom t
het
ransl
ati
oni
sthe

sameasperwhatt
heaut
hor
smeant
.Toacqui
repr
operandaccur
atemeani
ngoft
he

cont
extoneshoul
dreadt
heBi
blei
nit
'sv
ari
ousl
anguagesanddi
ff
erentt
ransl
ati
ons

sucht
hatt
hecor
emessager
emai
nst
hesameandi
snotl
ost
.
Weshoul
dal
soconsi
derf
anci
fuli
nter
pret
ati
onswheni
nter
pret
ingt
heBi
bleWehav
e

not
icedt
hatt
her
ear
eSYMBOLSandALLEGORI
ES(
stor
ieswi
thahi
ddenmeani
ng)i
n

t
heBi
ble.Butwhenwei
nter
prett
hesepassageswemustbev
erycar
efult
hatwedonot

t
ryt
oputi
nsome“
trut
h”t
hati
snoti
nfactt
her
e.A“
TYPE”f
orexampl
e,i
swhensome

gr
eat
ert
rut
hispi
ctur
ed f
orusi
n somet
hing el
sewhi
ch i
sreal
.OurLor
d showed

Ni
codemust
hatt
hebr
onzeser
penti
nthewi
l
der
nesswasat
ypeofHi
msel
font
he

Cr
oss(
John3:
14)
.Thedi
ff
erentsacr
if
icesgi
veni
ntheOl
dTest
amentwer
ety
pesoft
he

Lor
dof
fer
ingHi
msel
fonCal
var
y.I
tisi
mpor
tantt
hati
nal
lthesei
nter
pret
ati
onswe

makesur
ethatt
heBi
bleal
l
owsust
osoi
nter
pret
.Int
hepar
abl
esoft
heLor
dJesus,

especi
all
y,wemustbecar
efulnott
otr
ytof
indsomespi
ri
tualmeani
ngf
orev
erydet
ail

oft
hest
ory
.Inmostoft
hepar
abl
es,
ourLor
dint
endedt
oconcent
rat
eononeaspectof

t
rut
honl
y,andt
odr
ivet
hatt
rut
hhomet
othehear
tsofhear
ers.

Pr
ophet
icalPassagesshoul
dbeconsi
der
edwheni
nter
pret
ingt
heBi
blebecauseWhen

seeki
ngt
ounder
standpr
opheci
es,wemustr
emembert
hateachpr
ophecymustbe

st
udi
edwi
thr
espectt
othosef
orwhom i
twasor
igi
nal
l
yint
ended.Thepr
ophet
swer
e

speaki
ngi
nthef
ir
stpl
acet
othepeopl
ear
oundt
hem.Manyoft
hepr
opheci
eswer
e

f
ulf
il
ledi
nthei
rownt
ime.Thuswesayt
hatt
hepr
ophecyhasa“
PRI
MARYFULFI
LMENT”
.

Butatt
hesamet
ime,
thepr
ophet
swer
einspi
redbyGodt
owr
it
ethi
ngst
hatwoul
dhav
e

agr
eat
erf
ulf
il
menti
nthef
utur
e,a“
SECONDARYFULFI
LMENT”
.

I
ntheBookofRev
elat
ion,wehav
eexampl
esofdi
ff
erentki
ndsofi
nter
pret
ati
onof

pr
ophecy
.Ther
ear
ethr
eet
otal
l
ydi
ff
erentv
iews,whi
chwewi
l
lbel
aterconsi
der
ing,but
her
ebr
ief
ly:

i
.ThePRETERI
STSchoolsay
sthatt
hepr
opheci
esofRev
elat
ionwer
eal
lful
fi
ll
edi
nthe

f
ewy
ear
saf
terJohnwr
otet
hem;

i
i
.TheFUTURI
STSchoolsay
sthatt
hepr
opheci
esofRev
elat
ionar
est
il
lwai
ti
ngt
obe

f
ulf
il
ledatt
heendoft
hewor
ldand

i
i
i.TheHI
STORI
CISTSchoolsay
sthatt
hepr
opheci
esofRev
elat
ionhav
ebeenf
ulf
il
ledi
n

hi
stor
ythr
ought
heages,f
rom t
het
imeofJohnt
othesecondcomi
ngofChr
ist
.We

under
standRev
elat
ioni
nthi
sway

QUESTI
ON3

Expl
ainwhyi
tisi
mpor
tantt
ost
udyt
heOl
dTest
ament

Weshoul
dst
udyt
heol
dtest
amentbecauseJesusi
sthesamey
est
erday
,todayand

f
orev
er,wel
ear
nofHi
schar
act
eranddeal
i
ngswi
thust
odaybyst
udy
ingHi
sdeal
i
ngs

wi
thmeni
nthepast
.Weal
sogett
ounder
standwhyt
hewor
ldi
sini
tspr
esentunhappy

st
ate,
andwhatGodpl
anst
odoaboutt
his.

I
ntheol
dtest
amentt
her
e'sf
ir
stMent
ion,Thi
sconceptappl
i
est
hroughoutt
heOl
d

Test
ament
,butpar
ti
cul
arl
yint
heBookofGenesi
s.I
tmeanst
hatwhenev
eranew

subj
ectorconcepti
sint
roducedf
ort
hef
ir
stt
imei
nScr
ipt
ure,
theLor
dlay
sdownmany

oft
hei
mpor
tantaspect
soft
hatt
opi
c.Fori
nst
ance,whent
hePhar
iseesquest
ioned

Jesusont
hemat
terofmar
ri
agesanddi
vor
ce,Het
ookt
hem backt
oGen.2:
24,wher
e

t
heconceptofmar
ri
agei
sfi
rstment
ioned.
Ty
pol
ogy
,Inmanyoft
heOl
dTest
amentst
ori
est
her
eisani
l
lust
rat
ionofsomeaspect

oft
hechar
act
erofJesus.Thest
ori
est
hushav
eatl
eastt
womeani
ngs:t
hef
ir
stt
o

r
ecor
dhi
stor
y,andt
hesecondt
orev
eal
spi
ri
tual
trut
hs.