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goes on to say that Jesus is God’s authority made into flesh and

walked among us. John 17:1-2 these words spake Jesus, and

lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;

glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast

given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to

as many as thou hast given him. We see the picture of Jesus in

our minds as God’s word and authority. Jesus spoke in

metaphors or parables to give a picture of what he was saying

but the people were blind to the meaning of his sayings. Their

education and development of a modern alphabet and legalistic
view of life had destroyed the metaphorical understanding of

their minds. My grandfather used to say, “They have book

sense, but no common sense”. Native Americans use metaphors

for every part of life and communication. Their names are to

represent the personality and life of the individual. Names of

people sometimes changed throughout their life as they did

important acts of courage or shame. As a child they might be

known as little Tree but after they are grown be called Strong

Tree. They might say that a person spoke with the tongue of a

snake. If you did not know their understanding of this metaphor

you might think they meant with deep understanding of things

since a snake feels with his tongue. They had no idea a snake

feels with his tongue. They knew a snakes tongue is forked and

speaks double talk, says one thing and means another. If you do

not know the meaning of the metaphors God is using, you

cannot know what he is saying. So there is also divine revelation