Go Tell It on the Mountain
Part Three: The Threshing-Floor 5
Pg. 193
It is said that, “[John] was like a rock, a dead man’s body, a dying bird, fallen from an awful height: something that had no power of itself, any more, to turn.” This is just describing they way John was when he was being saved by God. This could also be describing they way John was before he was saved. He had no power against the wrongdoings that were being committed to him by the world including his father. But after he was saved, he finally had the potency to stand up to his troubles and overcome them.
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While John is hallucinating, it is said that, “Love is as strong as death, as deep as the grave.” I think this means that if you embrace love, you
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