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Paul talks about being baptized into a body, as if one could be immersed into a torso. Peter talks about Christians as “living stones,” itself a mixed metaphor, and then he says that these “living stones are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood” (1 Peter 2:5 ESV).
Sep 5, 2024 · The Bible uses metaphor to help us make connections that allow us to understand deeper truths. Jesus often used metaphors to make statements about Himself, as in the examples below: Jesus said, “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). This confused some people.
Nov 28, 2021 · The Bible writers and Jesus often mixed metaphors and the OP has listed a prime example. Here is another example from the writing of Paul in 1 Cor 3 - V1, 2 - Paul uses the metaphor of infants drinking milk; V3 - metaphor of a walk compared to the Christian life; V6, 7 - church compared to a plants in a farm being watered and harvested
Feb 8, 2016 · The Bible is filled with hundreds of metaphors for God, yet Christians tend to limit themselves to only a few: shepherd, father, rock, king. A few of the obscure lyrical ones include clothing, beekeeper, a loaf of bread, a cypress tree. Consider how the power of metaphor may influence how our friendship with God, and our sense of ourselves ...
Apr 16, 2018 · But in the tenth chapter the writer of the Gospel of John goes all out and has Jesus using not just a metaphor but a mixed metaphor. For in chapter 10, we read that Jesus declared: “I AM the Gate. The gate through which the sheep must pass.” and then mixes it up by saying, “I AM the Good Shepherd.”
Sep 4, 2024 · One of the most beautiful ways in which God’s Word describes the church is through vivid metaphors that illuminate the identity and corporate life of the church in union with Christ. Some of these metaphors, such as Christ’s bride and body, are so familiar to Christians that we often fail to think about the amazing implications that such ...
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Metaphors for humanity abound in the Bible. If God is lord and king, then we are servants in a covenant with responsibilities to that relationship. The prophets are sentinels who watch and announce the coming dangers.
