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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

Christians Must See the Importance
of Esoteric Interpretations

The greatest error into which some sincere Christians fall in
interpreting the references to the "son" in the Torah is to evaluate
these references in the literal sense and not to look at the hidden
meaning. They make the same mistake in evaluating the words
of the Gospel. The fact is, however, that esoteric interpretation is
an important secret to understanding the word of God and a re-
quirement for deep reflection.
God's words are explicit, accessible, pithy and wise. How-
ever, our Almighty Lord sometimes employs explicit terms and
at other times esoteric ones (equivocal wording or statements re-
quiring interpretation at different levels). In order to be able to

see the deep meanings and secrets in these wise words, we need
to be able to look at them through the eyes of faith; that is esoteric
interpretation.
Our Almighty Lord sometimes imparts these deep mean-
ings through metaphor and simile. For example, in one verse of

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