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The senses of scripture help us to ______________ the Bible correctly.
Interpret
When we study the text carefully to find what the author meant to say, we are using this sense.
Literal sense
Literal
Literal: The surface level of the reading, what is literally happening
This sense of Scripture is about the plain meaning of the words in the Bible.
Literal
We cannot interpret Scripture however we want
True or false
True
What are the 3 senses within the spiritual sense?
allegorical, anagogical, moral
The story of Noah’s Ark can remind us of Baptism because water washes away sin and brings new life. Which part of the spiritual sense helps us see this?
Allegorical
Allegorical/Typological:
Points to Jesus, the Work of Salvation, etc.
This sense includes understanding figures of speech, like metaphors, in Scripture.
Literal sense
This sense helps us see how Bible stories point to deeper spiritual truths.
Spiritual
God’s messages for His people
Prophecy:God’s messages for His people
This sense teaches us how to live and act the right way.
Moral sense
What should we keep in mind while reading a specific bible verse?
The context of the scripture as a whole
The spiritual sense shows that the events in Scripture are signs of what?
Our faith and God's plan for salvation
This part of the spiritual sense helps us see how events in the Old Testament point to Jesus.
Allegorical
The moral sense of scripture is related to which writing genre in the Bible?
Law
The spiritual sense builds on this other sense, which focuses on the words themselves.
Literal sense
Anagogical
Anagogical: Points to Heaven
When Moses lifts up the bronze serpent to heal the people, and later Jesus is lifted up on the Cross to save us, this shows which sense of Scripture at work?
Allegorical
This sense helps us think about Heaven and our final destiny.
Anagogical sense
Why are the senses of scripture related to an onion?
An onion has layers and you have to use the literal sense first in order to understand the spiritual sense
What genre of writing in the bible relates to the Anagogical sense of scripture?
Apocalyptic
When we read that “God stretches out His hand,” we know God doesn’t have a body. What kind of language is this, and which sense helps us understand it correctly?
Figurative language, literal
The study of how people or events in the Old Testament point forward to Jesus is called this.
Typology
What genre of writing in the bible relates to the allegorical sense of scripture?
Prophecy