![]() 51:7), but dismissing other verses in the same book by suggesting “it’s only poetry so it doesn’t mean anything!” when the message does not fit the same agenda.įor instance, the Bible says that the earth is like a footstool to God, so this is an analogy for us to consider. It is also important that we do not pick and choose by taking certain verses out of context and read them literally (for example “in sin did my mother conceive me” by king David in Ps. Still, authors might like to express a point with this type of text usage which often mirrors the reality. In the Bible we will find poetry, visions, dreams, parables, analogies, figurative speech, prophesies, psalms, hyperboles, etc, and naturally we must read the text with this in mind. They might express the reality in a figurative sense. ![]() ![]() Some of the verses below are poetic in nature but this does not mean that we can pretend that they do not hold any type of message to us and are meaningless. A footstool under God’s feet or a constantly moving BALL? ![]()
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