Sorry for two posts in a night. Lately I have been reflecting on certain passages and it's been a really great thing for me to do. I think I might start posting some here, because it would be good for me to get feedback and you all might find it interesting as well. They're not very long, but that's okay.

I'm not the first person to see these parallels, I'm sure, but I still found them important. They convey a great sense of completion to me, in terms of acts of God. By the way, forgive any of my etymology (which isn't really important to the point of the commentary anyway).

( God With Us )

( Breath of God )

My thanks to all those who commented on my last OP.Some may wonder how it is that I can believe such stuff, or why someone who does can come here and call themselves a christian. Perhaps if you knew how I got here it may help. sadly , there is a lot of detail to my life story, and I don't want tosend you all to sleep - so here is a bit of it in detail...
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One passage in Matthew that was always extremely strange to me is the one about salt: "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." (Matthew 5:13)

Sure it seems easy enough to understand, but I am not content to see yet not perceive, so I tried to investigate the implications of this statement. I got some answers in a post I may a while ago, but I wanted to expand upon them after also digging deeper in some of my own study...

Okay, so the seasoning part, which is the most apparent interpretation. If we, the Church, cannot maintain our saltiness, who can? This seasoning can be of goodness, Holiness, righteousness, or grace (although many other examples, I'm sure). If not even the Christ can keep us seasoned, then nothing will. This is the beauty of Jesus and all he stands for. But think: if we are not good for what we are meant for, then men, who are worldly, cast the Body of Christ aside and overtake it. That's not too far away from the basic interpretation. Only Christ can make us salty, and no other 'way' or 'belief' or 'fad', even, can do this.

There are a few other uses of salt: preservation and money (as in 'salary', which I should have caught with my background in Latin), but another use of salt back then was the destruction of the enemy's crops, as I learned.

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Hopefully I didn't ramble too much, or misapplied some information, but feel free to comment and critique.