2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The bible is already rightly divide... the Old Testament (earthly) and the New Testament (spiritual), we just have to acknowledge the divisions.
All stories in the bible come from one of two vantage points, the earthly realm and the spiritual realm. If we are going to understand God's word we have to rightly divide between the two - is the passage talking earthly realm or spiritual realm.
There are 2 types of lambs, an earthly lamb and a spiritual lamb. The lamb in Gen_22:7 is an earthly lamb foreshadowing the spiritual lamb Jesus. The New Testament gospel hidden in Old Testament shadows.
Gen_22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
That's an easy one to see for most people, but there are many more that are not so well known and easy to see. Here are a few.
Earthly Jerusalem - spiritual Jerusalem
Earthly temple - spiritual temple
Earthy bread - heavenly bread
Earthly wine - spiritual wine
Earthly father - spiritual father
Earthly mother - spiritual mother
Earthly wife - spiritual wife
Earthly stones - spiritual stones
If we don't understand these divisions, then we don't understand most of the word of God. For example which family members, physical or spiritual is this verse talking about?
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
The bible says we are to honor our earthly father and mother, the bible also says we are to love everyone as our selves. So you can, with great assuraty know that this verse is talking spiritual and not earthly. So who are the spiritual counterparts? There will be arguments over this so I will stop with this. Your spiritual father is the devil. How do we know that? The bible tells us so.
Joh_8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The bible is already rightly divide... the Old Testament (earthly) and the New Testament (spiritual), we just have to acknowledge the divisions.
All stories in the bible come from one of two vantage points, the earthly realm and the spiritual realm. If we are going to understand God's word we have to rightly divide between the two - is the passage talking earthly realm or spiritual realm.
There are 2 types of lambs, an earthly lamb and a spiritual lamb. The lamb in Gen_22:7 is an earthly lamb foreshadowing the spiritual lamb Jesus. The New Testament gospel hidden in Old Testament shadows.
Gen_22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
That's an easy one to see for most people, but there are many more that are not so well known and easy to see. Here are a few.
Earthly Jerusalem - spiritual Jerusalem
Earthly temple - spiritual temple
Earthy bread - heavenly bread
Earthly wine - spiritual wine
Earthly father - spiritual father
Earthly mother - spiritual mother
Earthly wife - spiritual wife
Earthly stones - spiritual stones
If we don't understand these divisions, then we don't understand most of the word of God. For example which family members, physical or spiritual is this verse talking about?
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
The bible says we are to honor our earthly father and mother, the bible also says we are to love everyone as our selves. So you can, with great assuraty know that this verse is talking spiritual and not earthly. So who are the spiritual counterparts? There will be arguments over this so I will stop with this. Your spiritual father is the devil. How do we know that? The bible tells us so.
Joh_8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.