Biblical Hermeneutics
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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN<br />
One of the most important underlying theological concepts for dispensationalism is<br />
progressive revelation. While some non-dispensationalists start with progressive revelation in<br />
the New Testament and refer this revelation back into the Old Testament, dispensationalists<br />
begin with progressive revelation in the Old Testament and read forward in a historical sense.<br />
Therefore there is an emphasis on a gradually developed unity as seen in the entirety of<br />
Scripture. <strong>Biblical</strong> covenants are intricately tied to the dispensations.<br />
C. THE ETHNIC DIVISION PRINCIPLE:<br />
"The word of truth is rightly divided in relation to the three classes which it treats, i.e. Jews,<br />
Gentiles and the Church."<br />
The ethnic division principle teaches that the Bible as we have today addresses three different<br />
classes of people viz. the Jew, the Gentile, and the Church.<br />
In the beginning, Genesis chapters one through 11, all the people of the world had one<br />
language and one people. Babel brought about a dispersion of mankind into different races<br />
and languages scattered all over the world. However God's plan was to save the mankind.<br />
for this purpose in Genesis chapter twelve, God called Abraham to be the father of a special<br />
race. God chose Abraham’s son Isaac and Isaac’s son Jacob to father the nation of Israel.<br />
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