@Fatal Freedoms,
Fatal_Freedoms;46523 wrote::lightbulb:
The other statements you make above indicate a world view based on a lifetime of absorbing your ideas from TV and movies.
Quote:was Satan not in snake form when he talked to eve?...
Do you understand what an allegory is?
Definition of allegory - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
allegory
One entry found.
allegory
Main Entry: al•le•go•ry
Pronunciation: \ˈa-lə-ˌgȯr-ē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural al•le•go•ries
Etymology: Middle English allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Greek allēgoria, from allēgorein to speak figuratively, from allos other + -ēgorein to speak publicly, from agora assembly — more at else, agora
Date: 14th century
1: the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also : an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression
2: a symbolic representation : emblem 2
Do you understand what a parable is?
Definition of parable - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
parable
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parable
Main Entry: par•a•ble
Pronunciation: \ˈpa-rə-bəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin parabola, from Greek parabolē comparison, from paraballein to compare, from para- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 14th century
: example; specifically : a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
Do you not understand why God’s Word contains allegories and parables?
Mark 4:1 – 20, “Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea. He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching, He said to them: "Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow. As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn't have deep soil. When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn't have a root, it withered. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn't produce a crop. Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times [what was sown]." Then He said, "Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!"
When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables. He answered them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been granted to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables so that
they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven. "
Then He said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables? The sower sows the word. These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy. But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When affliction or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble. Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times [what was sown]."
By the way, this passage states that you may turn back and be forgiven. To do this, you must forgive and ask forgiveness, repent of your sin, and accept Jesus as your redeemer. That is all you have to do if you so choose. The choice is yours. It is a fatal freedom.
Quote:… Was Jesus not a Jewish carpenter who had powers superior to man?
No, the context is not “was,” in the past tense. He Is. He is not just a Jewish carpenter. He was, Is, and ever shall be, the Son of God.
