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Literal vs Metaphor challenge

Literal vs Metaphor challenge

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Matthew 16:28

'Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.'
Did they not see Jesus after His resurrection?


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There's no challenge. It's quite simple really.

The terms used are metaphorical descriptions of a literal reality of events that will occur that are beyond your ability to comprehend with the natural mind.

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Correct I didn't see how any of it needed to be metaphors.
There was no need for them and I also said,

"John is seeing into the spiritual world, for all we know these are exactly what he
saw. So I take it as is, this is just what John saw and wrote about."

You call that a waffling?

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No I want to you to see you are not reading things written to you, instead you are
doing a mental dance in your head to find things or miss things that don't suit
your current views.


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No. I didn't say all the terms are metaphorical. You did.

Why don't you provide a specific example?

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Yes, but I said they literal in the first post, I'm not backing away from anything I have
said. Why do you think I'm attempting to back away, I'm telling you there was no
waffle involved.

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For a moment there I thought this thread might become interesting, but you laid that to rest by failing to address your own assertion.

I'm not going to do it for you. Simply provide a specific example of what you believe is a metaphorical term, and how you think it doesn't translate into reality.

That's your challenge. It's your thread.


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@secondson said
Did they not see Jesus after His resurrection?
Yes

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