Re: [TruthTalk] 1 Cor. 10:8

[Terry Clifton]

Slade Henson wrote: Examples:   In Exodus, Moshe gives us information on the Tabernacle. He gives very little visual information (essence). Instead, he gives the function of the Tabernacle (which, in the Hebraic mindset is far more important). We know what material is used in the curtains, for instance, but beyond the use of the color blue… very little visual information. The color blue is detailed because its FUNCTION is to remind us to obey the commandments of YHVH (see Numbers 15).   -- slade ================================================================= From what you said, I get the idea that how it works (function/purpose) is more important than how it looks, unless something in the appearance, in this case color, actually performs a function (blue functions as a reminder). Assuming for a moment that I am close to being on target, let me try a stab at  the numbers thing. The age of Methusilah would be functional, a part of a geneology that would be vital to determining the age of an era, whereas a body count in a battle would be non functional because the important thing would be who won, not whether 989 or 1000 were killed. Do I get a cigar, or am I hopelessly out of step? Terry