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1 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | Morant61 | 81801 | ||
Greetings! I was under the impression, based upon your original question, that you were seeking more information about this passage. Yet, you seem to be promoting a particular position rather than simply seeking information. So, if you have a point you would like to make, make it! :-) As I have already pointed out, my understanding of the passage is quite simple. The tree being discussed represents the nation of Assyria. The other trees represent other nations who are jealous of Assyria's great power and wealth. Yet, Assyria was judged. This is given as a warning to Egypt, who like Assyria, trusts in it's own power. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | winstonchurchill | 81815 | ||
I definitely agree with Tim. There is a great danger in trying to read a clearly allegorical statement in a very literal fashion ("... it doesn't say 'like'..."). As opposed to a simile, an allegory never says "like", but it is clearly not intended to be literal. How do we know that Ezekiel is being allegorical here? First a nation (Assyria) is said to be a tree ("Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon"). Now, we know it was not physically a tree, therefore we know that the author intended to convey that it was "like" a tree. Similarly, when the author says that Assyria was "higher" than all the others ("... its height was loftier than all the trees of the field...")we know he is not referring to topography. He is carrying on his allegorical description (i.e. it is 'like' a tree which is loftier than all the others). So, when the author brings forth another allegorical comparison ("all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it"), we have no evidentiary basis to abandon the allegory and immediately begin to take it as a didactic or declarative statement. How do we know that he intnded this particular statement allegorically? Because trees are never jealous of one another -- only humans or human institutions (i.e. states) are jealous. Much of the embarassing misinterpretation of the Bible which occurs today comes from failing to respect the context of the Word God has given us. |
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3 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | Morant61 | 81818 | ||
Greetings! Well said! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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