WORD_SCRIPTURE
Non-Historicity of Scripture
The Bible is not a historical record of external events or people, but a parabolic, supernatural revelation of eternal truths and states of consciousness…
Related Bible passages
- Psalms 54:null
- Daniel 4:13-17
- 2 Corinthians 5:16
- Galatians 1:16
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A Parabolic Revelation
It is in you as a person that the nature of God is revealed, for a scriptural episode is not a record of an historical event, but a parabolic revelation of truth. To see Jesus or David as an historical character is to see truth tempered to the weakness of your soul. You must see what the characters represent, rather than the characters themselves. This is true for every story in scripture, for every episode will unfold within you. ... Many times I have been asked if I believe there was once a man called Jesus, and I always answer, �No.� I did believe it, but I no longer believe in the historicity of any character of scripture, for I encounter them as personified states. ... The whole Bible from beginning to end is a supernatural document and not an historical fact as man has been led to believe. ... Every story is true, but not as recorded. They were not writing secular history, but divine or sacred history, which is forever.
The Bible is not a historical record of external events or people, but a parabolic, supernatural revelation of eternal truths and states of consciousness that unfold within the individual. All characters are personifications of these internal states, and understanding this is crucial for spiritual awakening.
The Dweller On The Threshold
When you see the story is not secular history – that we have taken personifications for persons, we have taken the vehicle that conveyed the instruction for the instruction itself and the gross first sense for the ultimate sense intended, and when the non-historicity of Scripture is revealed to man, and man accepts that so that the physical, visible concept of Jesus vanishes – he vanishes." ... "I tell you, the Bible is not secular history; it’s salvation history. The dream is taking place in Eternity, but they must be reproduced here in us while we are generated on earth"
The Bible is not a record of secular historical events but a spiritual drama, 'salvation history,' whose characters and stories are personifications of eternal truths and states of consciousness that unfold as mystical experiences within the individual.