Anonymous ID: 76cb67 Feb. 22, 2022, 1:23 p.m. No.15693205   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>15693199

I like that idea.

>โ€œPray without ceasing,โ€ Paul said; โ€œin everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit.โ€ (1 Thes. 5:17โ€“19.)

Anonymous ID: 76cb67 Feb. 22, 2022, 1:39 p.m. No.15693335   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

> >15693151

Just wonderin about multiple mirror meanings >>those who wish not to have their 'ego' die ("eternal life") take nother's life rather than dying to self

 

Narrative

From John 12:24-26 (KJV)

Verily, verily, I say unto you, ะตxcept a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

 

From the NIV:

Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honour the one who serves me.

 

Interpretation

Jesus drew this parable about resurrection and the kingdom of God from the everyday circumstances of life. His rural audience could easily understand the principle of "resurrection" produced by dead seeds sown into the earth.[1] Jesus uses the metaphor of the grain of wheat to illustrate the importance of ego death in the pursuit of salvation and entering the Kingdom of Heaven. He is suggesting that one must first allow their current convictions and ideas about the world to die and be shed, before they can be reborn with a purer, more virtuous self that is stronger than the original.

 

The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection.

Anonymous ID: 76cb67 Feb. 22, 2022, 2:09 p.m. No.15693528   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>15693495

A pattern; so many not raised by their 'parents' (even cf Merkel).

 

Early life and education: With her siblings, Candace Owens was raised in Stamford, Connecticut, by her grandparents from around the age of 11 or 12, after her parents divorced.