Christ in Egypt
I received an email today from A Xian fundie - as opposed to a follower of Christ’s teachings who would be more properly termed a ‘Christian’ - which purported to be from someone who talked regularly to God and who had thus prophesied Katrina in advance and seemed to think an earthquake will hit San Francisco in a week or so.
There was also lots of OT Biblical references (out of context and wildly misunderstood tellingly) but luckily it didn’t take a lifetime of rigorous Jesuit training to realise that my correspondent was that a representative of that class which is the bane of modern life: the literalists.
But I must be positive and not express negativity so I shall pay homage to him (and all other literalists out there of whatever stripe) by posing a question.
What, in a literal sense, could the following passage from the KJV of the Bible, Revelation 11:8, possibly mean?
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
What do you all think? Is it literal? Or metaphorical?
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