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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN Old: "These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, preach this message: "The kingdom of heaven is near"" (Matthew 10:5-7). "Jesus answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel"" (Matthew 15:25). New: "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. I am with you always, even to the end of the age"" (Matthew 28:18-20). If one does not recognize the progressive nature of God's revelation to humankind then they will be forced to admit contradictions in Scripture. There are a number of passages that are at odds with each other if not understood in their historical setting. This is essentially the reason for the development of Covenant Theology and Dispensation Theology. It may at first seem almost impossible to believe, but God Himself admitted that He gave Israel evil laws: Eze 20:24-26 "because they had not done My judgments, but had despised My sabbaths and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. Also I gave them statutes not good, and judgments by which they should not live. And I defiled them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that open the womb to pass through the fire, that I might waste them, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah." God gave them up to their own human ways as though the people themselves were responsible for devising those statutes and judgments. Unless we realize that these revelations were not absolute revelation of God just blurred, but accomodated revelation. What is accomodated revelation? When God wants to reveal, He has to talk in the langugage of the people. It is through this communication alone God can bring in the redemption. I have used the example of language, but it is not just the language but the whole nature, individuality, culture, tribal and historical situation. In a world which was deeply based on tribal war fare, retaliation, connivance and subotage God has to accomodate the context to lead them. The point is that the jews paid for their foolishness and tribal wars, but through it all God brought mankind out of this hellish life to a more sober one. Not that it is perfect but the only force that brought Man to this far had been the incarnation and the message of Jesus who lived among us and took the consequence of that even to the cross. Can anyone else claim this achievement? 137
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN The Ten Commandments were not the ultimate Truth but the best of that context. There are six things which Yahweh hates, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers. (Proverbs 6:16-19) Evidently God has been declared in the Old Testament as a just God and yet a merciful God. These were indeed clear to all the Israel. But people were immersed in head hunting massacre culture all over the world. History shows how God directed the nations to a place where Morality was defined by the Bible in the end. 138
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