PRESIDENT'S ESSAY
Quadrigizing Leviticus
POSTED
October 26, 2018
A brief, sketchy outline applying the quadriga to various topics of Leviticus. The quadriga. Fourfold sense: Literal, allegorical, tropological, anagogical. Examples: Jerusalem; David and Goliath. Strengths *Implies a Christology, an ecclesiology, an ethics, and an eschatology *Allegory and tropology. *Faith, hope, love built into hermeneutical. Quadrigizing the sanctuary. Literal: *Zones and furnishings, according to the pattern (Exodus 25:40). *God’s house. *Tent of appointment. Allegory: What we believe *Christ tabernacled in flesh. *Christ the temple. *Ruin and raising of temple. Tropology: What we do *You are temples of the Spirit. *Sexual purity (1 Cor 6). Anagogy: What we hope for *City-temple of new Jerusalem (Rev 21). *Tabernacle of God with men (Rev 21:3).   Quadrigizing Sacrifice. Literal: *Rite: Lay hand, kill beast, spread blood, burn flesh, eat meal. *Gate liturgy: Past the sword and fire into the garden. *Qorban: A thing brought near. *Service to God; “bread of God” (Leviticus 21-22). *Wedding feast. Allegory: Faith *Christ our Passover. *Death, resurrection, ascension form a sacrificial sequence. *Jesus, the Bread from heaven. Tropology: Love *Living sacrifices (Rom 12). *Sharing and hospitality as sacrifice (Heb 13). *Sacrifice of praise. *Our acts are true sacrifices because swept up in the sacrifice of Jesus. Anagogy: Hope *Sacrifice, ascent, glorification, union with God. Quadrigizing Purity. Literal: *Sanctuary access. *Sources of impurity. *Rites of purification. *Sanctuary pollutions and land pollutions. Allegory: Then *Jesus purifies: His sacrifice is a final purification. *“Unclean spirits” and the Holy Spirit. *Barriers broken so that Jews and Gentiles can be knit together as one new man. *Jesus purifies the heart of Israel by the Spirit, so that cleansing water flows out (John 7). Tropology: Now *Re-erecting purity barriers is an offense to the gospel (Gal 2). *Purity is moralized; land pollutions remain in force (cf. Eph 5:5). *Sexual immorality and idolatry are focus of rebuke (Rev 2:14, 20; 3:16). Anagogy: To come *Hope for a world made clean, a city of pure gold (Rev 21:18, 21). *A world where all evils have been expelled (Rev 21:27).

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