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Understanding Biblical Symbolism


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2 CORINTHIANS 3:6

2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Here in 2 Corinthians we are told the entire new testament is parable.

To be an able minister / teacher of the New Testament is to not interpret the letter (literal) but to interpret or understand the spirit or the meaning of the message.

Most religionists will say the letter means The Law.
If it means The Law (OT) then God knowingly led us astray by giving us something that he knew would lead to our deaths.

Religionists like simple answers like the letter means the law but often neglect to logically follow through the ramifications of the interpretation. Then again religionists believe God kills innocent children just to make his point. The dangers of biblical literalism.

 

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