Psalm 2 and postmillennialism

Reading Psalm 2 in support of a postmillennial eschatological position appears to me to be the equivalent declaring that the apostle Paul was a Calvinist. In other words, it is a blatantly anachronistic reading of the text. Reading Psalm 2 in this way amounts to a rejection of a historical-grammatical hermeneutic in which the writer of the text is responsible for the meaning. While personal theological positions can and do influence our reading of the biblical text, this does not mean that anachronistic readings are valid. The text should never be what we make it to be but is always what the writer meant it to be.
Landon Jones
Landon Jones | 06.05.04 - 1:18 pm | #

Problem is, Paul WAS a Calvinist...

Oh, by the way -

"The text should never be what we make it to be but is always what the writer meant it to be."

What if the writer meant what we think he meant? Unless, of course, Mr Jones doesn't want it to mean that... in the same way he doesn't want Paul to be a Calvinist...

Hmmm. Just a thought.
pencils | Homepage | 06.10.04 - 3:58 pm | #

Paul can be a Calvinist if he wants to be......unless, of course, he was predestined to be Arminian.
Mr. Jones | 06.16.04 - 1:49 pm | #