Posted by Lou Pilder on May 11, 2008, at 13:22:19
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Dena-tuhum? » Lou Pilder, posted by Dena on May 9, 2008, at 1:14:46
> That made my spirit sing, Lou...!
>
> So, when I explain what I now believe to my traditional friends, they say, "yeah, but, He said the goats go away into eternal punishment, while the sheep go into eternal life. Eternal for one, has to mean eternal for the other."
>
> I know how *I* explain that passage, but how do you, Lou?
>
> Just wondering if we've been shown the same thing...
>
> Shalom, Dena
>
> "The unanswered questions aren't nearly as dangerous as the
> unquestioned answers."
>
> "We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to
> learn that it is God shaking them." - Charles West
>
> "Naked is having no clothes on. Nekkid is having no clothes on and
> being up to something."
>
> "Our truth, when it becomes the ONLY truth, ceases to be truth."
>
> "While we're not fearful of tasting new things, we don't necessarily
> swallow all that we taste."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dena,
You wrote,[...the goats go...the sheep go...][...How do you explain...?].
The passage in question has been revealed to me to be a parable. It has great siginificance and has been revealed to me as to what the parable means.
I could convey the meaning of the parable, from a Jewish perspective, elsewhere.
Lou
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