How important is audience relevance when interpreting scripture? What I mean to say is: who was the text written too, and what did it mean to them.
Consider this verse:
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. [1 Corinthians 10:11 NKJV]
-Who was Paul writing to? The church in Corinth.
-Who's the "our" in "written for OUR admonition? the church in Corinth or some unborn future group of people 2000 plus years later?
-To whom did the ends of the ages come? The church in Corinth or some future group?
-Why does Paul say ends(plural) of the ages(plural)? Hebrews 9:26 is similar
If the ends of the ages has come (and gone) how would that change the way you worship God?
-Who's the "our" in "written for OUR admonition? the church in Corinth or some unborn future group of people 2000 plus years later?
-To whom did the ends of the ages come? The church in Corinth or some future group?
-Why does Paul say ends(plural) of the ages(plural)? Hebrews 9:26 is similar
If the ends of the ages has come (and gone) how would that change the way you worship God?
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