http://www.mijah.com/2009/05/19/spiritual-history/ text pertaining to the love of God Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mijah.com/2009/05/19/spiritual-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Micah James Lugg Fri, 22 May 2009 05:13:42 +0000 http://www.mijah.com/?p=468#comment-2746 <p>Andrew, you bring up a good point and make a crucial distinction. There is a difference between saying that the Exodus account was written to describe the Christian life and saying that it was written as an account of a historical event. With that said I think it is appropriate to take OT passages and use them for illustrative purposes. For example, the story of Joseph provides a great illustration of Romans 8:28 and 2 Timothy 2:22. Does that make sense? Do you agree?</p> Andrew, you bring up a good point and make a crucial distinction. There is a difference between saying that the Exodus account was written to describe the Christian life and saying that it was written as an account of a historical event. With that said I think it is appropriate to take OT passages and use them for illustrative purposes. For example, the story of Joseph provides a great illustration of Romans 8:28 and 2 Timothy 2:22. Does that make sense? Do you agree?

]]> http://www.mijah.com/2009/05/19/spiritual-history/comment-page-1/#comment-2735 Andrew S Meredith Thu, 21 May 2009 23:42:54 +0000 http://www.mijah.com/?p=468#comment-2735 <p>Interesting post. I had never realized that the Exodus symbolism dated back to Origen... Anyhow, I was wondering what you think of the validity of taking a Scriptural account and applying it to something immediate. So long as we don't say that the purpose of the Exodus account is to paint a picture of the human life, can we rely on it as an illustration? At first, it seems like a valid thing to do, but I don't want to "play around" with Scripture. What are your thoughts, Micah?</p> Interesting post. I had never realized that the Exodus symbolism dated back to Origen… Anyhow, I was wondering what you think of the validity of taking a Scriptural account and applying it to something immediate. So long as we don’t say that the purpose of the Exodus account is to paint a picture of the human life, can we rely on it as an illustration? At first, it seems like a valid thing to do, but I don’t want to “play around” with Scripture. What are your thoughts, Micah?

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