This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...water; and the multitude misconceived His meaning when He spoke of bread from heaven; many stumbled when He told them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood; and His disciples were mistaken as to His meaning when He cautioned them against leaven. Some still fail to see the force of the words 'This is My body' ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...water; and the multitude misconceived His meaning when He spoke of bread from heaven; many stumbled when He told them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood; and His disciples were mistaken as to His meaning when He cautioned them against leaven. Some still fail to see the force of the words 'This is My body' or 'that Rock was Christ;' whilst others whose authority stands high have interpreted the incense and pure offering mentioned in Malachi i. n, as literal incense and a bloodless sacrifice, not noticing that the purity of the offerings of the Gentiles is in contrast with the polluted offerings of the Levites, and failing to remember that the Levitical incense and offerings are shadows of which Christ is the substance. There is a general rule that the literal interpretation is to be preferred; but this rule does not always hold good in dealing with prophetic language. Our object must be to find out what the prophet meant, and this will teach us to look for realities beneath figures. Many obscurities in the writings of the prophets will be cleared up if we bear in mind that they frequently expressed future events in language borrowed from the past or present. Personages such as David and Elijah were to reappear, the Egyptian bondage was to be repeated, the Red Sea crossed, the valley of Achor again to be a door of hope, but in what sense? Not in a literal but in a figurative sense; that is to say, persons and events answering to these would play their part in the future. Before passing from this branch of our subject, a few words must be added on what is called anthropomorphism--i.e., the attributing human feelings and actions to God. If I wish to speak to a deaf man, I must use gesture language; if a blind man wants to read, he must use raised ...
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