Hank\u00a0Hanegraff’s wrote a book called\u00a0“Apocalypse Code”. Dr Norman Geisler does a brilliant\u00a0scholarly book review and rebuttal of\u00a0Hanegraff’s\u00a0book that attacks premillennial dispensational theology. Here is just\u00a0a small sample of\u00a0Dr Geisler’s\u00a0summery.<\/p>\n
\nThis brings me to my chief concern about The Code<\/em>\u2013it is based on an allegorical method of interpreting prophetic Scripture that, if applied to other teachings of Scripture, would undermine the salvation essentials of the Christian Faith. Let me illustrate the extent to which The Apocalypse Code<\/em> goes in allegorizing away the literal truth of Scripture from above cited texts. It transforms \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n
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The plain meaning of the Bible into a so-called \u201cdeeper\u201d meaning<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Literal promises into spiritual ones<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Unconditional promises into conditional ones<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Jewish tribes into Gentiles<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A thousand years into eternity<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A literal resurrection into a spiritual one<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Land Promises for National Israel into spiritual life in Christ<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A literal mark of the Beast into a mere symbol of identity with him<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Physical clouds into mere symbols of judgment<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A literal earthly throne of David into a heavenly reign of Christ<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Two literal witnesses into literary representatives of the Law and Prophets<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Cosmic judgment into the destruction of a small city (Jerusalem)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAll of this Hank is fond of calling \u201cReading the Bible for all it is worth.\u201d Well, for all it is worth, this is not reading the Bible; it is a serious misreading of the Bible. So serious a misreading it is that were it a reading on an essential doctrine of the Bible \u2013 like the virgin birth, the sacrificial atonement, the bodily resurrection, or the second coming\u2013it would be a rank heresy!<\/p>\n
It is sad that a man who has fought so hard for so long against cults and aberrant teachings has himself succumbed to a method of interpreting the Bible that is not significantly different from those used by the cults which he so vigorously opposes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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