Certainly. We all fully agree with Kevin and Judy here, that we STILL (emphasis mine, again; please see original post below) need the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and enable us to receive the truth of Scripture.
The point Kevin and Judy didn't seem to notice at all was that we do have to actually read the text, and "reading" the text without drawing on (historical, cultural) context is qualitatively similar to "reading" it in an unknown language. Making use of such context is something we do all the time in order to understand verbal communication; it's part of the communication. Only usually we're standing right in the context and it's pouring into our ears and eyes daily. In the case of Scripture, we have to do some work to get at the context.
Debbie
Amen to this
