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Originally Posted by missourimary
It is my understanding that John 20:22 was more prophetic and symbolic than anything
Symbolism: "He breathed on them" is symbolic of the breath of life of original creation, possibly a symbol of re-creation or rebirth.
And prophecy because there were people in the OT moved on by the Holy Ghost and filled with the Holy Ghost, including Saul, but what would come after Jesus' ascension would be something new and different, thus the mighty rushing wind.
Interestingly, there is a belief that Pentecost was the day the law was given to Moses on Sinai. It was a celebratory and joyful occassion, thus people thinking the disciples were drunk, even in the morning, might not have been a totally unreasonable assumption. |
I don't know, this doesn't sound simply symbolic to me:
21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
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