Comments on: The Reed and the Oak http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/1 Living close enough to the edge to matter... Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:12:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bob Jones http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/1/comment-page-1#comment-6146 Bob Jones Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:49:55 +0000 #comment-6146 The sod: Eze 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. Egypt represents the world and people of the world. So Jesus is asking them, "What did you go to see? Foreigners chastised by the spirit? Or a king to lead you to redemption? John came to call you, not the rest of the world, to repentance. Furthermore, the wilderness the place where Isreal went to offer sacrifice, Aaron::Jesus kissed Moses::God and Jesus offered his sacrifice of obedience (better than sacrifice). John's call to repentance was a call away from the religion of dead sacrifices to one of obedience. The sod:

Eze 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Egypt represents the world and people of the world.
So Jesus is asking them, “What did you go to see? Foreigners chastised by the spirit? Or a king to lead you to redemption?

John came to call you, not the rest of the world, to repentance.

Furthermore, the wilderness the place where Isreal went to offer sacrifice, Aaron::Jesus kissed Moses::God and Jesus offered his sacrifice of obedience (better than sacrifice).

John’s call to repentance was a call away from the religion of dead sacrifices to one of obedience.

]]> By: John http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/archives/1/comment-page-1#comment-2 John Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:26:50 +0000 #comment-2 Chris, Wow, you move fast. I got your e-mail and sent a response. But then I got something saying I had to clear your spam filter. I tried and something went haywire. I was never sure if you got it or not. This looks great. I like the name and I've already added the book you referenced in the post to my Amazon wishlist. Let me know when everything is up and running and I'll add you to the blogroll. I hope you'll be able to port over your old posts. Chris,

Wow, you move fast. I got your e-mail and sent a response. But then I got something saying I had to clear your spam filter. I tried and something went haywire. I was never sure if you got it or not.

This looks great. I like the name and I’ve already added the book you referenced in the post to my Amazon wishlist. Let me know when everything is up and running and I’ll add you to the blogroll. I hope you’ll be able to port over your old posts.

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