"This is my Body."
"This is my Body."
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Good point. :)
FatherofFive wrote:
“Christians can’t even agree on what the meaning of the word “is” is. Even when spoken by Christ himself.”
Er, yes they can, if they are honest. They can honestly choose to think “is” doesn’t really mean “is.”
Iron clad logic, that. Well, so long as you are only referring to the particular bread He was holding at the time.
Yes, he also said, "Ye are the salt of the earth" So if one wishes to niggle over words, there is vast opportunity for that endeavor in the Bible. We each have to come to grips with God and the teachings of the Bible. There is ample evidence that some "Christians" go far afield in "interpretation" to justify their proclivities and lusts. This is not something new, it has been going on for about 2000 years and has been prophesized. So conditions of allegory and parable are, to me, things that should not be stumblingblocks. After all, the disciples did not understand the allegory about the "leaven" of the Pharisees and Sadducees. But "abomination" is a fairly clear word.
Jesus knew that the disciples were not morons and would understand that He was speaking symbolically without having to spell it out for them.