Gene Robinson

Why is Biblical Interpretation

Important?

•What is “Interpretation”?
•The Scriptures Show the Need for
Biblical Interpretation
•Language and Culture Show the
Need for Biblical Interpretation
What Is Interpretation?
Meaning – The paradigm or principle
that the author consciously willed to
convey by the shareable symbols [i.e.,
writing] he or she used (Stein)

Interpretation – the verbal or written

expression of a reader’s
understanding of the author’s
meaning (Stein)
The Scriptures Show the
Need for Biblical Interpretation

2 TIMOTHY 2:15
PSALM 119:18
2 PETER 3:15-16
EPHESIANS 4:11-13
2 TIMOTHY 4:2-3
Language and Culture Show
the Need for Biblical
Interpretation
‫ֹלהים‬
‫אשית בָּ ָּרא אֱ ִׁ‬
‫ְּב ֵר ִׁ‬
Βίβλος γενέσεως
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ
Ἀβραάμ.
APPROACH THE BIBLE IN
PRAYER

-Psalm 119:5
-Psalm 119:10
-Psalm 119:12
-Psalm 119:17-20
-Psalm 119:34-37
READ THE BIBLE AS A BOOK
THAT POINTS TO JESUS
LET SCRIPTURE INTERPRET
SCRIPTURE
APPROACH THE BIBLE IN
FAITH AND OBEDIENCE
TAKE NOTE OF THE
BIBLICAL GENRE YOU ARE
READING
BE AWARE OF HISTORICAL
OR CULTUREAL
BACKGROUND
ISSUES
READ THE BIBLE IN
COMMUNITY
BEGIN THE JOURNEY OF
BECOMING A MORE
FAITHFUL
INTERPRETER
READ AND
LISTEN TO
FAITHFUL
PREACHING
AND
TEACHING
ACQUIRE AND EMPLOY
BIBLE STUDY TOOLS
KINGDOM ANTICIPATED
KINGDOM INAUGURATED
KINGDOM CONSUMMATED.
KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE BIBLE
KINGDOM STAGES BIBLICAL/HISTORICAL PERIOD

PATTERN OF THE KINGDOM GENESIS 1-2

PERISHED KINGDOM GENESIS 3

PROMISED KINGDOM GENESIS 12:1-3

PARTIAL KINGDOM GENESIS 12-2 CHRONCLES

PROPHESIED KINGDOM EZRA-MALACHI

PRESENT KINGDOM THE GOSPELS

PROCLAIMED KINGDOM ACTS-REVELATION

PERFECTED KINGDOM INAUGURATED AT JESUS’ SECOND

COMING
DISPENSATIONALISM

1. DISPENSATION OF INNOCENCE (CREATION TO THE

FALL)
2. DISPENSATION OF CONSCIENCE (FALL TO FLOOD)
3. DISPENSATION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT (NOAH TO
BABEL)
4. DISPENSATION OF PATRIARCHAL RULE (ABRAHAM
TO EXODUS)
5. DISPENSATION OF MOSAIC LAW (MOSES TO DEATH
OF CHRIST)
6. DISPENSATION OF GRACE (PENTECOST TO 2ND
COMING)
7. DISPENSATION OF THE MILLENNIUM (1000 YR
REIGN OF CHRIST, ENDING IN GREAT WHITE THRONE
JUDGMENT)