[Peace-discuss] Burdensome stones

[John W.]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:

Wayne quotes
>
> "in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people:
> all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,  though all the
> people of the earth be gathered together against it. - Zech 12.3"
>
> to which Bob replies
>
> "In fact, there is no reason for Jerusalem to be a burdensome stone in
> our era, nor for anyone to be cut in pieces."
>
> Keep in mind that in the Bible it is only Jesus (as far as I know) who
> indicates that some of the things that he says are "parables", i.e., are not
> to be taken literally. It is actually quite possible that Zechariah is
> engaging in that transcendent medium called Poetry. He won't tell us.
>
> Bob <http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss>


Zechariah was a PROPHET, Bob.  It's not poetry, it's prophecy.  You'll
understand soon enough.
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