[This is the first part of a series of four parts in regard to a theological thought by Ben Soontorn]
Recently, my church is holding a Daniel Seminar after church. As I listened and observed, I could not stop thinking of the approach and interpretation which the church held. It flashed back to book I recently read “The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering Adventism” by respected Adventist Church Historian Dr. George R. Knight. In the book, he explained the details in which cause Adventist stop growing. He presented the traditional approach to the 1884 understanding and his suggestion to the new believes but yet the answer doesn’t s satisfy my heart. The question is that is our historical approach in hermeneutic to the book of Daniel fits to the word “The World” as the Biblical perspectives?”
I have two questions to present to this unsatisfactory heart:
One is "Why all the approach based on western history?" And with the first question, it raises the second question "Is our world concept too small for the true world?"
As I post these two questions, I hope someone could present me a satisfactory answer and in part two, I will give illustrations to support the questions. Shalom.
2 comments:
Boss...
I think one of the reasons why the hermeneutical approaches are based on western history is that they are written by western thoughts and through their perspective and worldviews. I think there yet to be Adventist thinkers in our world (Asia) to come up with our own asian approach. Reflecting back on what we have learned in the hermeneutics class at Mission College (formerly), I think we have rich resources to come up with our own. I think our world concept is not too small. It's only that maybe we (asian) are still young in terms of this area of studies.
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