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This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened (Luke 21:32)
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The Kingdom of Israel
John Shepard
April 8, 2002
Literal vs. Allegorical
The purpose of this article is to discuss issues of hermeneutics (biblical interpretation) as they apply in end-time prophecy.
Critics of amillennialism are quick to claim that amillennialism is based on an allegorical method of interpretation. Premillennialists often emphasize that their interpretation is strictly literal, but in reality, it is not as literal as they would have us believe.
These articles demonstrate that the New Testament writers themselves interpreted end-time Old Testament passages allegorically, and that it is their interpretation that provides the basis of amillennialism -- read more.
I will also show that the literal approach used by premillennialists is applied in an inconsistent and arbitrary manner. Thus, they are literal when it suits them; and figurative, symbolic or allegorical when it suits them. If they were to apply a consistent literal interpretation to the end-time passages it would lead to some very weird results -- read more.
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