Page 67 - THE REVELATION OF THE THIRD HEAVEN and THE MEAT OF THE WORD

When the Word, through Paul, says that it speaks, as it were, ‘foolishly’ or as a
‘fool’ (2 Cor 11:17, 23); it is showing us a, factual, literal error (1 Cor 14:37) and
highlighting it by using an expressive device. This proves that the Word uses
inaccuracy via expression and contains factual errors, whilst never being in error.
It is spiritually inerrant in the single context of the one message or Word (2 Tim
3:15-17).

When Paul says “speak I, not the Lord” (1 Cor 7:12) he is referring to the fact that
Jesus did not speak these words in his ministry on Earth. What he writes is, of
course, the Word (1 Cor 7:12, 14:37, Rev 22:18-19) and therefore part of the
totality of Jesus’ words expressed in the Word (John 1:1, 14, Rev 19:13, 16, 22:18-
19).

The words “after my judgement: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God” (1
Cor 7:40) do not invalidate the doctrines being taught as applicable for those under
the Law (Deut 28:58, 61, Rev 22:18-19). These phrases prove that it was possible
to write, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the Word whilst unaware at the time
that this process was occurring. Paul was not sure that everything he wrote was
from the Spirit of God at the time that he wrote it, only that he thought that this
was the case (1 Cor 7:40). The inspiration of translation or interpretation is
therefore independent of the precise state of mind of the translator or the interpreter
as to his work (1 Cor 2:10-11, 14-16). John the Baptist did not publicly admit or
even know in his conscious mind that his basic spirit was that of Elias come again
(Mat 11:14, 17:12-13, Mark 9:13, Luke 1:17).

All, Every and Inclusive Statements

The default is that an ‘all’ or ‘nothing’ type statement, e.g. ‘whole’, is factually and
spiritually true (John 1:1, 14, 7:17, 8:14). Being a parable, full of parables, it is not
always factually true (Psalm 78:2). The Word, in context, does not ask of us that
we believe that everyone (‘he’) who digs a literal pit will fall into it (Eccl 10:8)
and so this is an expression as the context makes this clear, as is the case with the
rest of the verse which is another expression about hedge-removal. Neither does it
ask us to believe that birds of the air carry our voice, literally speaking (Eccl
10:20). By Love which is the Holy Ghost which is Truth we must discern when
the Word is being expressive, and when it is being ‘literal’. No culutural or
grammatical 'rule' can tell us, only the Spirit (1 Cor 2:13).

‘Nothing’ can be an expression in the Word as in Amos 3:7 where if the word were
to be literally true, the sum total of God’s eternal nature across all time and space