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Israel was chosen to be a living parable to teach all nations of the promises made to Eve, Noah, and Abraham. They became unwitting actors in a play. Paul would later call the play 'the mystery hidden from the beginning'. In fact, all the people before Israel were already in the play to make the invisible God known. | Israel was chosen to be a living parable to teach all nations of the promises made to Eve, Noah, and Abraham. They became unwitting actors in a play. Paul would later call the play 'the mystery hidden from the beginning'. In fact, all the people before Israel were already in the play to make the invisible God known. | ||
In this play, using the rules mentioned before, every symbol used is the same everywhere. This makes it easy to begin to unpack the hidden meaning. Every man represents Christ and every woman represents his bride. Even when there are four | In this play, using the rules mentioned before, every symbol used is the same everywhere. This makes it easy to begin to unpack the hidden meaning. Every man represents Christ and every woman represents his bride. Even when there are four or six men in a story, they all represent various aspects, titles or roles of Christ. | ||
