Ezekiel
Lesson
– 51 – Ezekiel 40 - 43 - Archdale church of Christ
Russ
McCullough – 1 November 2017 – “The New Temple” Part 2 w/ Answers
“Our
bones are dried up and our hope is gone, we are cut off.” – 37.10
1.
Read Ezekiel 40.1 – 4; 43.18 - 27
2.
Prayer
3.
The Bible asserts that Truth N________________
changes and the A____________ M______________ asserts that Truth is
E___________ (Always) changing and actually is modeled along with what 19th
century theory? ____________________________
A: Never, Allegorical Method, Ever,
Darwinian evolution (the simple evolves into the complex)
4.
One popular error today in (M____
Interpretation) that the entire Bible is one long N______________________ which
“wood__________________” the entire text completely neglecting G___________. This idea has led to many absurd doctrines,
the most notable of which is P_________________.
A: Mis-, Narrative, Woodenizes,
Genre (A type of writing style), Premillennialism
5.
Another popular error today asserts that
the Bible, like the C_______________________ is a “L____________,
B________________ Document.” This
subjects God’s Will to E_____________ & C_____________. Here we see the proverbial “D_____________
tail wag the T________________ dog.”
A: Constitution, Living, Breathing,
Evolve, Change, Darwinian, Theological
6.
This idea is also known as S___________
P______________ which means the “F_____________ S______________”. This espouses the notion that as man’s
K________________ increases so does his ability to see the H_______________
M________________ in Scripture that all previous generations could N_______
including the very A______________ of the Books of the Bible!
A: Sensus Plenior, Fuller Sense,
Knowledge, Hidden Messages, Not, Authors
7. The
most infamous teacher espousing “Sensus Plenoir” is B___________
M________________ espoused in his best-selling book: A GENEROUS ORTHODOXY.
A: Brian McLaren
8.
In reality, the Bible should be read and
U_________________ in the G______________ in which that portion written, just
like any other book! Proper
understanding of the Bible P____________ written in various G____________ is
called “S______________ L______________” which means the “L______________
S______________.” Jesus uses this method
in Luke 4 and Luke 24.
A: Understood, Genre, Plainly,
Genres, Sensus Literalis, Letter Sense
9.
The Bible contains at
least 12 genres: A:
A.
Legal Narrative (Story or account) –
The Torah – the first 5 books of the Old Testament.
B.
Historical Narrative – Joshua thru
II Chronicles + Acts in the NT
C.
Didactic (Doctrine) – Doctrinal
teaching found throughout the Bible in various genres.
D. Wisdom
– Job thru Ecclesiastes
E.
Poetry – Psalms + random places in
the NT
F.
Music – Psalms + various places in
the NT such as Philippians 2
G. General
Epistles (Letter) – Written to numerous people such as the books to the
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, etc.
H. Personal
Epistles – Written to individuals such as Timothy and Titus
I.
Sermons – The Book of Hebrews is a
sermon on the Old Testament
J.
Prophesy – Books foretelling the future
such as Isaiah and Jeremiah
K. Apocalyptic
– Highly symbolic books written in times of national crisis such as Zechariah,
Ezekiel and Revelation
L.
Metaphor – Various places such as
the Gospels. A metaphor is an
illustration using one thing to describe another.
10.
Based upon all of this, this passage is
most like which of these above? A:
Ezekiel is both Prophetic and Apocalyptic
Conclusion: We understand
the Bible literally in its proper context as it is written in a specific
genre. We read and understand the Bible
just like any other book. That’s the way
the Holy Spirit inspired the Bible and has preserved it for our time. We don’t read poetry as if it is
history. We don’t read history and
pretend it is allegory or fable.
