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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
"Allegorizing to produce new truth" -- Paul did not do that, everything he said about Hagar did not produce a new truth. I don't think anyone can do that. Peter said that no verse is of its own interpretation so I don't believe that option of "allegorizing to produce truth" was ever open.
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In an earlier post I mentioned this allegory from Galatians. For Paul to equate the concubine Hagar with
earthly Jerusalem was monumental. This was "new truth," if ever there was some, and the Jewish believers were infuriated, no doubt. Yes, the Lord spoke prophetically about the destruction of Jerusalem while on the earth, but I have to believe statements like this by the Apostle caused him to be on the "most wanted" list in Jerusalem. This statement, at least to me, was ten-fold more striking than his stance on circumcision. Had they known this during the Acts 15 summit, the course of history might have been altered.