Questions tagged [symbolism]
Examination of Metaphorical, Prophetic, and Mystical symbolism. However, figures-of-speech, or euphemisms, or word-study should be used separately.
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Meaning of the "seven basketfuls" after feeding the 4000
A long time ago, I heard a sermon comparing and contrasting "The Feeding of the 5000" and "The Feeding of the 4000."
The relevant passages are below.
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What is meant by ‘number of a man’ in Rev. 13:18?
What does it mean when the text say that this 666 number is the number of a man? To what aspect of the symbolism does this phrase point?
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Why did the tabernacle use the colors blue, purple and scarlet?
I see a lot of blue in the tabernacle, and when moving it. For example:
Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather, spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.&...
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In the Song of Solomon 5, is it be correct to interpret the honey, wine, milk, liquid myrrh, and the dew, etc., as biological fluids like semen?
In the Song of Solomon 5, would it be correct to interpret the honey, wine, milk, liquid myrrh, and the dew, etc., as biological fluids like semen?
Song of Solomon 5
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Ezekiel 8"each man in the room of his carved images" shows Israelites metaphorical idolatry being uniquely different with different Israelites
I might just be asking the obvious.
Some parts Ezekiel 8 could certainly be describing how Israel actually fell into outwardly expressive explicit idolatry where they adopted the religious customs of ...
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Which Version of Mtt 10:10 conforms most to the original?
Mtt 10:10 is presented in different phraseology across Versions, for instance:
NIV: no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for
the worker is worth his keep.
NKJV: nor bag for ...
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"... where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched" - Is Jesus' description of Hell (Gehenna) literal or figurative?
Mark 9:47-49:
47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48 ‘where their worm does not ...
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What does the river of the water of life signify in Revelation 22:1?
Revelation 22:1 ESV
Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Seeing that this book is full of imagery and ...
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If the vision of the kingdoms of the world was spiritual, why did the devil take Jesus to a high place?
In the temptation narrative (Matthew 4:8; Luke 4:5), it says the devil “took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.”
Many interpreters suggest ...
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Academic/scholarly theological phrases for actions taken in earthly realm that trigger events within earthly realm itself &/or in Spiritual realm
Lets obviously start with the Most Significant, Consequential & Well-known Action/Step that occurred which was the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Crucifixion:
Matthew 27:50-53
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What is the relevance of Jesus' associating the colour purple to the Rich Man , without naming him?
In Luke 16:19 (NKJV), Jesus introduces the Rich Man of the parable :
There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day
Curiously enough, Jesus ...
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In Revelation 21:16 do the walls of the new Jerusalem rise 12,000 furlongs?
Revelation describes the height of the new Jerusalem to be equal to its base, which is 12,000 furlongs. Generally speaking one does not usually refer to the "height" of a city. I'm not sure what that ...
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Ezek. 41:18 KJV: Why only the two of the “cherubim's” faces in Messiah’s future earthly dwelling place, a man and a lion, rather than four?
Ezek. 41:18:KJV And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
Verses 19-25 reveal that one of these two faces ...
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Deeper contextual meaning of (Lam. 2:6) "He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth" metaphor where God's tabernacle is like a garden
I hope I'm Not getting too nitty-gritty or nit-picky or getting bogged down by minor details.
I understand Lamentations 2 describes God's disciplinary actions against The Israelites.
However, I found ...
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Lamentations 2:1's "And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger"'s "footstool" term a metaphor for temple or ark of covenant or both?
I might just be splitting hairs or making much ado about nothing here.
However, out of curiosity, does Lamentations 2:1's "footstool" word/term a metaphor/symbol for the Ancient Israelite ...
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