- Let the Bible be what it is, and be open to the notion that what it says about the unseen realm might just be real.
- The content of the Bible needs to make sense in its own context, whether or not it makes sense in ours.
- How the biblical writers tie passages together for interpretation should guide our own interpretation of the Bible.
- How the New Testament writers repurpose the Old Testament is critical for biblical interpretation. Also called intertextuality.
- Metaphorical meaning isn't "less real" than literal meaning (however that's defined).
Source: The Unseen Realm. Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible (2015) by Dr. Michael S. Heiser.
Interesting book.
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