[sirchtruth]

It's not easy to remember sometimes words mean "things." Yes, plural. And God means these things literally and metaphorically in the same breath. The earth could be both 6,000 years old and 15 billion years old based on the definition of whose time it is being defined by.

Think about this, God can not lie. It's one of the things God CAN NOT do. (John 2:19) When Yeshua, said if you tear down this temple I will rebuild it in three days, we understand him metaphorically, he was talking about himself. Defining "Temple" as himself. However, he was standing next to The "Jewish Temple" when he made this statement those around him laughed because they took him to mean the "Jewish Temple." Stones...

Here's where 'words mean things' gets really interesting. Yeshua claimed to be God, if people tore down that stone Jewish temple could God have rebuilt in three days?

Words mean things.

[stuartcr]

How is it, that you KNOW what God means, and that He means these things in the same breath?

[IamCenny]

They tore him down(crucified), and he was rebuilt in three days(resurrected).