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Originally Posted by ManOfWord
That's really neat! You know, I teach this Jewish "stuff" in depth, but I have never taught that we must return it. There just really is a HUGE amount of insight and revelation that we can glean from it though. Doesn't make any of us more or less saved, just greater understanding, which, when it comes to the Word of God, can't be bad!  |
I'm not going to knock anyone for doing any of these things. To each their own I suppose.
But... on the statement "when it comes to the Word of God, can't be bad" I would only point out the following.
In the word of God there was instruction given to make a brazen serpent. Later on that serpent had to be destroyed because the clamor over the symbol had superseded the instruction and intent behind it.
I think that we do need to recognize that symbols can take on a meaning and worth to us that is far beyond the intended use and purpose. As fleshly beings we have a propensity to latch onto symbols to the point that the symbols themselves bear as much worth as the truths they were intended to convey. It is simply demonstrated human nature that we have this tendency.
I am not casting judgment on anyone elses position in relation to these symbols. I am just stating that a blanket statement like the one I quoted above is, upon closer observation, not necessarily so.
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