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Symbolism (79:0)

Some examples of symbolism in the Bible: (79:1)

1."You must be born again" (joh 3:3) (79:2) see

2."Let the dead bury their dead" (luk 9:60) (79:3) see

3."Circumcise the foreskin of your heart" (deu 10:16) (79:4) see

4."He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire" (luk 3:16) (79:5) see

5."Real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal" (rom 2:29) (79:6) see

6.".. For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit" (phi 3:3) (79:7) see

Bahá'í Quote: "All the texts of the holy Testaments have intrinsic spiritual meanings. They are not to be taken literally (pup 460). (79:8) see

Christian Quote: "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. (1co 2:13 NIV) (79:9) see

"the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end" (dan 12:9) (79:10) see

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