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SS study Daniel
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Ron Corson
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Oct 02, 2004 17:14 PDT
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I am going to start this up again since the subject of Daniel is pretty
important. Mainly because of the distortions that have been applied to
the book. The following is a letter from the Conversations About God
list which sums up some of the concerns. (Yes sometimes there is even
good thoughts from that group.)
Her comment in number 12 shows the problem of not standing for beliefs.
People need to get involved with the discussion. Running and hiding is
the last thing one should do if a church is teaching poor material.
my list
from Joyce Griffith
CONCERNS ABOUT DANIEL
Take a good, hard look at Daniel, folks. I sincerely believe that our
attitude towards this book has alienated far too many sincere people.
Following are my primary concerns about how we Adventists tend to regard
the last book of Old Testament times. There must be a reason why Daniel
and Revelation each mark the end of an age and the beginning of new
times, and I suspect that the reason may
not be what you and I have supposed. My concerns--
1. We place way too much emphasis on interpretations not given in the
Bible
2. We talk way too much about the sanctuary as a physical place
3. We blissfully disregard the fact that Daniel was not a mainstream
Hebrew but wrote in total isolation from his people
4. Like Revelation, the book of Daniel should have a broad, not a
specific, purpose in our liturgy
5. We have too great a dependency on one day =3D one year, a principle
that is very difficult to substantiate from the Bible
6. We place too much weight on Daniel 8:14 as the justification and
proof of the "rightness" of our church
7. There is far too much emphasis on predictive rather than redemptive
prophecy
8. We rely too much on interpretations based on the linguistics of the
King James Version (which is all our Adventist leaders had in the early
days of our church)
9. We swing the messages we derive from Daniel too readily to a
legalistic attitude (I believe truth; I am worthy to be saved)
10. We almost never discuss what the book of Daniel meant to God's
people and others in his day at the close of Old Testament times
11. We use this book to justify a narrow view of the world centered
around the Middle East of Daniel's time
12. I sense in the study guides for this quarter a more forensic,
judgmental, and works-oriented "doctrine" than I can handle. I'm
thinking about joining the kindergarten division or just taking Sabbath
mornings off for the next thirteen
weeks.
Joyce Griffith
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