Trinity of Truth - How to Stay off The Merry Go Round of
Speculation about the Second Coming of Chri
The conservative approach to God and his word has a kind of
trinity of truth at the heart of its doctrine. All three parts
of this trinity come from the Bible but together they are what
can assure us that we have found a true biblical conservatism.
It is not always a failsafe and at times may still produce some
controversy among the believers, but it is an altogether safer
platform from which to start any search for biblical truth and
the salvation of God.
The first doctrine in the trinity of truth is found in 2 Peter
3: 16...All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: Starting here is to fully
recognize the authority, the inspiration and the infallibility
of Gods word. This is also the best starting point from which to
approach all second coming doctrine.
The second part of the doctrinal trinity comes from 2 Peter
1:20...Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of
any private interpretation: The opposite of private is public.
That means there is a public interpretation among the believers.
A consensus or a main stream of thought emerges concerning all
Bible interpretation the world over. Just one example would be
that while some think that antichrist could be only a spirit or
some body politic like the UN, the larger body of Christ (the
church) worldwide holds that he is just what scripture says he
is...a man.
The third part of the doctrinal trinity, answers why the church
arrives at generally the same interpretation all over the world.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,
and ye need not that any man teach you. 1 John 2:27a. The Holy
Spirit teaches every believer around the world the same thing,
God is not divided against himself. Thus a Spirit taught church
says what its Father says, it hears the voice of its Savior, and
it doesn't hear every wind of doctrine. The church doesn't
cuddle up with every doctrinal new kid on the block. If we were
to take the time to do the homework we could see that the main
body of the church throughout the world comes up with just about
the same interpretation of scripture, not counting the liberal
church of course. That single Spirit taught, scripture trusting
interpretation is what conservative means. If you stick to the
conservative side of second coming doctrine you will find
yourself outside of the confusing fray and that is exactly where
God wants you to be.