Scriptural Interpretation of Revelation

Scripture cannot be broken (John 10:35).

We have the proofs of a certain interpretational paradigm, and we also have the interpretation itself.  Building upon themselves, they must ideally be built separate from one another, albeit relying on one another’s arguments.  The agreement between the two should be clear from the get-go, but it must be understood that no perspective of either the direct interpretation, nor the formulation of its proofs, must be developed in direct dependancy upon the other, or it will be circular and fail.

Arguments from the opposing viewpoint must also be encountered, and systematically proven to be short-coming.  As with the development of one’s own argument, the destruction of a secondary argument is hardly a point of concern for either party, while the direct challenge of a primary argument is notable.  It is, however, in the systematic removal of arguments, primary and secondary, that we see the superiority of any interpretational system.  And, it is a superiority, but not of the arguer, but rather the position.  Many people may have an opinion of a matter, and it may even be that none are right, but it will never change the fact that there is a right answer, that it is knowable, and that it is, as God’s Scriptures permit, provable where revealed.  In matters such as these, it isn’t that anyone is smarter than anyone, it is simply that one is right.  Standing on the plain Word of scripture is sufficiency enough.

Directly coming forth from this then, the discussion of the actual text will be filled with either a section by section analysis of the subject at hand, or at its best, a thought for thought or even word for word study of the text.  It should prove itself, through its own right, and stand together with the other proofs, and all scripture will work together to the whole to point to Christ.

That being said, remember well the prophecies of Jesus’ birth.  He was to be born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, and, as a prophetic portrait, “Out of Egypt I called my son”.  Without knowing the clear history of these events, few if any would have pieced together the parts of this prophecy to predict the actual sequence of things happening.  Knowing this was God’s actual purpose, to both foretell and conceal, let us never become conceited, but let us remain humble, contrite, and instructable, always seeking and endeavoring to please the Lord in all things.

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