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Originally Posted by Sam
Jesus wept and said, "O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee..." He was not implying that the houses, shops, streets, etc had physically done this but the people of the city. The same way I could say that Cincinnati is playing Chicago this Sunday in the Bengals stadium. The Carew Tower and the Ohio River and Main Street are not playing against the Sears Tower, Lake Michigan, and Maxwell Street but people are playing against people. YHWH was not talking in Ezekiel 16 about the buildings, streets and rocks but about the people. So we agree there.
However, YHWH said that He had decked out His child bride in nose rings, clothing, etc. Yes, there may have been spiritual meanings for each of those items, but if the nose rings and clothing were sinful or wrong He would not have used them in a pictorial way. He was actually saying that literal nose rings and clothing were acceptable adornment for His people and He was using them in a figurative way. He used adultlery/fornication/whoredom in a figurative way to depict their sin because adultery/fornication/whoredom are sinful literally also. |
Now we're getting somewhere. He also used jewelry in a whorish context [
Jer. 4:30] to depict their adulterous ways. Will you be consistent & apply the same hermeneutic to this verse as you do Ezek. 16?
So, based upon your interpretation of Ezek. 16, would you have a problem w/ your Pastor wearing a nose-ring, & "skirt," then "covering" the congregation in it Sun. morning? Get honest..............
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