Does anyone here think how we see The Word can change? (NO!!! I did not say the Word changes... I asked if how we see it can change.)
And, if our understanding CAN change, does that mean either our first perception... or our new one... has to be "right" or "wrong?"
Our life isn't static so, our "right" understanding in the past doesn't make it "wrong" compared to the "right" understanding that we have now.
We are growing. Our knowledge of God's love is growing.
If by reading a verse and say that you have the "right" understanding already then that's like saying you have absolute understanding of everything.
I think the bible is like the window to God. A window to eternity. On that thought, can we(insignificant as we are), really expect to understand what it is to view "right" from "wrong". Can we really expect to view "absolute truth" as a whole and understand it?
If someone here says they can then I'm sure they are not looking forward to heaven.
Absolute truth, is unreachable to us here. We literally get partial truths from the bible. Don't get it wrong though, these partial truths are not small by measure.
Anyway, God bless you. Really interesting thread.