Hermeneutics

Actually, is you are a student of the Bible; you use hermeneutist all the time. If you are concerned about rightly dividing the Word of G-d, then you are involved with hermeneutics. Hermeneutics designates both the science and art of interpretation. The Greek verb hermneuo, means ‘to interpret or explain.’ The Greek noun hermeneia means ‘interpretation. Interpretation has to do with meaning. So it is simply interpretation- hopefully, correct interpretation.
A few moments’ thought will bring the paramount fact that everyone who enters into a system of ideas; expectations are inevitably colored by a lifetime of experience, teaching and emotions.
There is nothing directly given in the O.T. about the church! It is a Jewish document that speaks both of historical and future Israel.
As the fathers of the early church tried to make it a Christian document, they dug through the Jewish books and disregarded the historical sense of the Torah and Tanach. Using what has come to be called the ‘allegorical method’ of interpretation. Augustine and others said that G-d had forever forsaken Israel – that all the promises made to Israel now belong to the Church. They did emphasize the truths of the Gospel in their fancies, it became a violation of hermeneutics to look beneath the surface of the Word for secondary or hidden meaning that have spiritual or prophetic significance. Are we not to find stories in the O.T. that, in addition to being historical accounts, are also chronicles of the future?
I am in agreement that one should follow acceptable guidelines when interpreting scripture. Compare with ‘accepted’ rabbinical interpretation and present it to the Christian community, showing how the modern history of Israel seems to correspond accurately and chronologically.
Why must we confine all of the O.T. to the dusty past? The hermeneutic of some would attempt to do just that, saying in effect the O.T. history must be seen as the fixed record of something long past. But the proper use of hermeneutic should allow for the Bible to reveal a consistent prophetic pattern – G-d’s plan for Israel, as well as the church.
Luke 24:44 says ‘all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.’ This contains a description of that which would begin the era, and of that which would end this dispensation.
These past twenty-one centuries have witnessed the growth of Gentile Christianity. However, we are living in an age which not only has seen the rebirth of Israel, but could see the return of the Messiah, as well.
The whole Bible is considered a Jewish book, written by Jewish people, except for Luke who was a Gentile, his book is second hand knowledge he required from others, for he did not know the Messiah personally.
One can not truly understand the N.T. without knowing the Old, its history and culture of the time. The whole entire book has G-d’s chosen in mind.
If you have been grafted into the family of G-d, you will be held accountable for how you studied His Word. 2 Tim. 2:15. Your study, not your preacher's study, build up intimcy with the Father.
Learn from the mistakes or success of G-d’s chosen for they are the original branch.