Power of Metaphor

Reflections

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God, Spirituality, Jesus, The Bible Project, Tim Mackie, Theology, Bibleproject, Meditation, Religion, New Testament, Bible, Mindfulness, Religion & Spirituality, Bible Study, Cheree Hayes, Christianity, Old Testament, Reflection

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What is the purpose of metaphor in the Bible? The biblical authors use metaphors to help us better understand the world, God, and ourselves. In today’s episode, we reflect on the surprising metaphor of God giving birth. In the book of Job, we see God giving birth to elements of creation, and in the book of Isaiah, God is depicted as both a warrior and a mother giving birth to a new reality.

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0:00.0	What is the purpose of metaphors in the Bible?
0:20.5	Hey, this is Shree at Bible Project.
0:23.4	Today we continue our wisdom series and in this episode we're talking metaphors.
0:28.6	So what are metaphors again?
0:31.2	How does the Bible use them?
0:33.1	And how do they help us?
0:34.8	Curissa will unpack all this and more while she discusses a surprising metaphor
0:39.4	used to describe God.
0:41.2	You don't want to miss it, so stay tuned and listen in.
0:46.2	Hi, this is Curissa at Bible Project.
0:48.8	Thanks for joining us for this reflection on metaphor.
0:52.1	Metaphors are everywhere in our language.
0:55.1	Life is a journey.
0:56.6	Time is money.
0:58.2	It's an uphill battle.
1:00.0	This classroom is a zoo.
1:02.6	A metaphor compares two things that are different.
1:05.0	It says this is that it's a way of mapping two different ideas onto each other.
1:11.4	If you pay close attention to yourself and your conversations today,
1:14.7	I'm sure you'll come across some metaphors.
1:17.2	As I put my daughter to bed last night, I saying, you are my sunshine.
1:21.4	My only sunshine saying my daughter is my sunshine.
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