From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Sep 18 2002 - 06:31:08 EDT
Robert Schneider wrote:
> Ian in his note below interprets Jesus in Matt. 5:17, 18 as referring
to the
> "inerrancy" of the scriptures or the law. I think rather that Jesus
was
> referring to "fulfillment" rather than "inerrancy." He also writes
that
> "Christ re-affirmed OT stories (Jonah in Mt. 12:38-40)" and adds "Were
> Christ's references to Jonah and the flood simply his misunderstanding
of
> the scriptures? Did He really believe that Jonah was swallowed by a
big
> fish?" Reading this passage from Matthew I see no reason to conclude
> necessarily that Christ thought that the story of Jonah was a
historical
> fact. One could make a good case that Christ, being a teller of
parables
> himself, recognized that the story of Jonah is an extended parable,
for the
> lesson which Christ draws from the story of Jonah is the lesson of
that
> parable: repentance. That is one "sign of Jonah" Christ clearly
refers to.
> Another is his using the allusion of Jonah in the fish three days and
nights
> as an allegory for his forthcoming death and resurrection; the former
sign
> is wrapped around the latter..
I have seen it posted many times that Jonah was an allegory or Parable,
rather
than a historical event. Now I can understand why that may be said for
events
that seem to be invalidated by scientific research (such as global
flood).
However, I see no reason for rejecting Jonah as a historical event,
other than a
bias against "miraculous" type events events in the Old Testament. Is
there any
scientific data to reject this as an actual happening?
Walt
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Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
In any consistent theory, there must
exist true but not provable statements.
(Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic
If you have already found the truth
without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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