The Historical Sense, The Incarnate Christ, and Spiritual Interpretation

Speaker(s): Todd Billings
Date: Sept 16-17 2011
Length: 60 min
Product ID: RGDL4121D

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The Historical Sense, the Incarnate Christ, and Spiritual Interpretation In The Word of God for the People of God, Prof. Billings claims that in order to properly receive the Bible as God's word, Christians need to interpret Scripture from a particular yet expansive position: as ones united to Jesus Christ by the Spirit, confessing the incarnate Christ to be the culmination of God's work in history. This paper explores ways in which the historical and spiritual senses of Scripture can be construed in light of the unity of God's historical work in Jesus Christ, extending through the Old and New Testaments. Iain Provan provides a response.

This book discussion is also available as part of the complete set of presentations from the conference, Heaven on Earth: The Future of Spiritual Interpretation.

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Todd BillingsAssociate Professor of Reformed Theology, Western Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, he received his M.Div. from Fuller Seminary and his Th.D. from Harvard. He is author of The Word of God for the People of God: An Entryway to the Theological Interpretation of Scripture , and Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church .

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