[wmfights]

It’s obvious, when you read and understand the Bible, that phrases like “from the north … remote parts of the earth” are not meant to be interpreted using a modern geography book, but in accordance with the words of Scripture.

Seems like a reasonable approach, but it denies how imagery is used throughout Scripture. Read Ephesians 6 especially 10-17.

I don't believe you would say that the Armor of God are actual physical things.

[topcat54]

Seems like a reasonable approach, but it denies how imagery is used throughout Scripture. Read Ephesians 6 especially 10-17.

I don't believe you would say that the Armor of God are actual physical things.

No, I wouldn’t. But Ephesians 6 explicitly tells us what the armor of God represents. It could not be clearer. It tells you; “this means that”.

In the case of the faulty futurist interpretation of Ezekiel 37-39, they need to avoid the apparent historical content, and reinterpret all the words to suit their preconceptions about what the verses are teaching. Further they avoid using the Bible as its own commentary to help them understand the words, as I have demonstrated.

The “this mean that” is only in their minds. It is not in the text.

They are fixated on a fantasy scenario, and they cannot help but abuse the text to their own ends.