RE: [TruthTalk] Hyperbole

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Amen Judy. One way to re-write scripture.  “The rule is to interpret a passage literally unless the context DEMANDS it to be interpreted figuratively.” (The Rod, Will God Spare It by J.D. Faust) Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Hyperbole   From: Wm. Taylor jt: Slade, I say that it is a strait gate and a narrow way and that only a few (Jews, and Gentiles, as well as the Church of God) are going to find it.   Actually, Judy, if you were aware of the literary conventions of the day, you would realize that there is only One who found it. The "few" and the "many" is an appeal to the Hebrew concept of the one and the many. Jesus is the only one who made it through the strait gate and narrow way. Yet when he did, he brought with him the many, i.e, all of humanity, reconciled and restored. Bill   jt: What do you mean Bill.  He IS IT.  He didn't need to find anything.  Jesus Himself is the door.  He Himself is the WAY. You have "another gospel" which to me looks a lot like Universalism or one of the 'isms' anyway - judyt