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Originally Posted by rdp
.....the verse in question is Ezek. 16, where God says that He covered Jerusalem w/ His "skirt." Should we then interpret this to mean that He literally "covered" the entire city in His "skirt"....& then put a "nose-ring" in the city of Jerusalem's nose?!?!?
Clearly, the passages employed by jewelry advocates are to be understood as figures of speech reflecting the beauty [as the jewels] of God's Mercy, & not in any way endorsing personal ornamentation.
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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.
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