Comments on: The Bible As a Book for Grown-Ups http://www.anwoth.org/2010/02/10/the-bible-as-a-book-for-grown-ups/ "O thirsty love, wilt thou set Christ, the well of life, to thy head, and drink thy fill?" Samuel Rutherford Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Texas Tom http://www.anwoth.org/2010/02/10/the-bible-as-a-book-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 Texas Tom Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:20:50 +0000 http://www.anwoth.org/?p=1848#comment-1200 I have faced the discomfort of a smart aleck response to the suggestion that much of the details of the Bible are "imagery" such as the harps, crowns and the like. The smarty comeback is usually "Inerrant my a--!" I solved the problem by remembering that not all literal reading of words have literal meaning. What is a harp but a source of music? What is a crown but that which is great? What is eternal to the finite? To appreciate all God has done, is doing, will do, one must accept that there is more to communication than our human understanding can grasp when the declaration of what is true is issued by our God through the mouth or hand of man. I have faced the discomfort of a smart aleck response to the suggestion that much of the details of the Bible are “imagery” such as the harps, crowns and the like. The smarty comeback is usually “Inerrant my a–!”

I solved the problem by remembering that not all literal reading of words have literal meaning.
What is a harp but a source of music?
What is a crown but that which is great?
What is eternal to the finite?

To appreciate all God has done, is doing, will do, one must accept that there is more to communication than our human understanding can grasp when the declaration of what is true is issued by our God through the mouth or hand of man.

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