Allegories Similes, Metaphors, Proverbs, Parables, and Allegories pg 160

• Allegories are DANGEROUS! They are:

• Saint Augustine's favorite Bible twisting tool
• Catholic's favorite Bible twisting tool denying the Millennial Reign
• Protestant's favorite Bible twisting tool denying the Rapture

• Principles of Allegories

• As parable is an extended simile, so allegory is an extended metaphor.
• Allegory has several points of comparison i.e. Christians Armor of Eph 6
• Use historical-cultural, contextual, lexical-syntactical, theological analysis.
• Determine the multiple points of comparison intended by the author.

• Sound Examples of Allegory

• Christ is the true vine, with several points of comparison.
• Paul's use of allegory in Gal 4, is more his rubbing it in the face of Pharisees because of their gross hermeneutic practice of OVER allegorizing. He is using it to confound his hypocritical opponents!