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Allegories are a common thing found in the Bible and ignored by many theologians. In the Bible are many stories and scriptures that are allegorically understood. An allegory is a story or scripture that has a spiritual meaning that is far greater than its literal understanding. This is a Bible principle that has been taught to us by Jesus Himself. For example: John 3:14: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. By using a story from the Old Testament about Moses and the children of Israel, Jesus was able to open our understanding of His crucifixion, and the terrible price He paid on Calvary. In this story the children of Israel had sinned against God. Because of this, fiery serpents had bitten them. Many died, and many more were dying. God told Moses to make a brass serpent and put it on a pole. He was told to hold it up for everyone to see. Everyone who looked upon this serpent was healed from the serpent's bite. This story is an allegory about Jesus. When Jesus took upon Himself our sins, He was made to be sin, which means that sin, was imputed to him. This is the same kind of thing God did for us. He has imputed the righteousness of God to us through Christ. He took the blame for our sins. There are false teachings that declare that Jesus became a sinner and it is not true. Jesus was the lamb without spot that our sins were placed upon. The allegory of the serpent helps us to see how evil all the sins of the world appeared to the Father as he looked at Jesus on the cross. The serpent represents our sins on Jesus. The pole represents the cross. Everyone who looks upon Jesus in faith is healed from sin, or the bite of the serpent, and is saved from eternal death. Paul used an allegory to explain the law and Grace. Galatians 4:21-29: Tell me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye not hear the Law: For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was born after the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, REJOICE, THOU BARREN THAT BEAREST NOT: BREAK FORTH AND CRY, THOU THAT TRAVAILEST NOT: FOR THE DESOLATE HATH MANY MORE CHILDREN THAN SHE WHICH HATH A HUSBAND. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Paul is using the story of Sarah and Hagar out of the Old Testament to open our understanding about the Law and Grace. This is why Abraham had two wives. It is the reason God allowed many events to occur that didn't really seem to make a whole lot of sense. Those things happened and were written down to become allegories of revelation today. They happened for our understanding. God never wanted man to have two wives, but He allowed this story so that one day He would be able to use it to show us the difference between Law and Grace. The Law is born of the flesh, and Grace is born of promise. We are children of the promise. There are a number of allegories in the Bible that have been overlooked down through the centuries. It was God's plan to keep them a secret until now, but now He wants us to understand these stories in the Old Testament, in the allegorical interpretation. It is important to realize that not everything in the Bible is written as an allegory. But there are more allegories in the Bible than many Bible teachers realize, especially in the book of Genesis. Most of these are found in the life of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There are many Old Testament stories that reveal God's plan for Israel. By understanding these allegories we understand his plan, we are also able to understand the book of Daniel, Matthew 24, the book of Revelations, and many more mysteries that have been hidden for centuries. There are two allegories in particular that reveal many wonderful truths. They are found in the story of the life of Joseph and the story of Jacob and his wives. The names of Bible characters in the Old Testament are allegorical in their meanings. While researching the names that are used in Genesis, their meanings were drawn from a number of references. I was surprised to see that the leading concordance fell short in some ways, even though it is still the greatest source of words and their meaning probably in America. I will explain by using one of the names in the Bible, as to how and why I determined which references were right in their meaning. For example: In Genesis 32:28, God gave Jacob a new name. It was the name of Israel. The leading concordance said the name of Israel meant He will rule with God. Other concordances and Bible references said that it meant Prince of God. I chose this meaning because of what God said to him in Genesis 32:28: And he said thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and has prevailed. Which sounds right to you? I have also heard the Jews themselves say that prince of God was the meaning. I don't know about you, but if I really wanted to understand Russian, I think that I would prefer a Russian's opinion over that of an Englishman. We use references, but must always take into account, what the scripture says, including the persons life in the scriptures. Many people call allegories, Bible shadows or types and shadows. I have called them shadows for so many years. In order to understand how we have arrived at the understanding that we have concerning Bible prophecy it is also necessary to read and understand prophetic scripture along with understanding types and shadows. It is also important not to try and over-spiritualize everything you read in the Bible. And it is important to get our understanding from Jesus and the Apostles themselves on how to recognize when it is significant. The Bible itself is the teacher revealed by the Spirit. In order to understand this let me share with you an example of this. Paul for example said that Abraham had two wives, Sarah and Hagar. Sarah and her son represented the promise of freedom through Christ. Hagar and her son on the other hand represented bondage and the Law of Moses. If we apply this principle to Jacob's wives we will find that we are able to understand more clearly why God gave Jacob two wives and why there were two women that were servants. In both wives we will find the freedom of Christ and in their servants we will find bondage and the Law. We learned this from the story of Abraham and his wives. However you must also remember that the characters of the Bible are significant because of the importance of their character. Such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and David, from the stories of these men we will find and learn a number of mysteries from allegories, types and shadows. I sincerely hope that you will be able to read and understand the teachings on this page and may God open your understanding to what we are teaching. Your brother in Christ, |
