Key Principles of Biblical Theology

• Unity of Scripture:

  The Bible is a cohesive, divine word with a single story, not merely a collection of isolated stories or doctrines. 

• Progressive Revelation:

  God revealed His plan gradually throughout history, with the Old Testament (OT) pointing forward to its fulfillment in Christ.

   

• Christocentric Focus:

  The entire Bible is about Jesus Christ; the Old Testament is seen as finding its focus in Him. 

• Authorial Intent:

  Interpretation must prioritize the original biblical author's intended meaning, not subjective interpretation.

• Contextualization (Redemptive-Historical):

  Themes are interpreted by watching how they develop and mature across different eras in the biblical timeline.

• Theological Interpretation:

  It involves interpreting the Bible as the final, authoritative Word of God that guides faith and life. 

• Typology:

  Identifying how characters, events, and institutions in the OT (e.g., sacrificial system, prophets) spiritual foreshadowed literal realities in the New Testament.

• Parabolic Representation:

  It refers to the use of vivid, visual descriptions to create mental images, or the creation of physical, pictorial representations.

• Hebrew and Greek Idioms:

  Refers to phrases with figurative meanings that differ from their literal words, often stemming from culture or history to make language more expressive.