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Message started by jaximus on Dec 28th, 2014 at 6:52am

Title: Re: ice fishing??
Post by PhantomJug on Jan 8th, 2015 at 12:21am

Westwood wrote on Jan 7th, 2015 at 11:12pm:
The eye of a needle is a biblical reference which I think was made by Jesus.  I am not a biblical scholar, but I did go to Sunday School.  The eye of a needle is basically a cattle guard.  It is a gate to a city or other structure which is so small that a camel can't enter the city.  As a kid I had a hard time forming a mental picture of a camel going through the eye of a sewing needle.  Later as an adult I learned that the eye of a needle referred to a gate.


Yeah, I understand the reference, Westwood.  It's harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom than a camel to go through the eye of a needle.  You see, it wasn't impossible, only difficult, but a camel could could enter the through the eye of the needle on it's knees.  It's a reference to humility and where one puts their faith.  I was just wondering how it related to the fore mentioned parable of Jesus (which was a literal translation of the Aramaic, if I am correct  ;))

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