2006-09-23 18:19:53 · 11 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Those who believe in Him are the "goodness" of the earth. Salt is used to improve the flavor of food and it is also used to keep it from spoiling.
2006-09-23 18:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One aspect of this analogy is this, though there are other things to glean from the idea of "Salt" as well:
Salt is a preservative. It means that with Christians here on earth the destruction and decay of the earth is put on hold while they are praying and working for the Heavenly Kingdom. They pray for the unbeliever and pray for protection. Without the Christian praying God's protection, Satan would have total and complete reign over everyone and everything.
When the Christians are taken up in the rapture and there are no more believers in Christ here on the planet to pray and receive God's mercies, "all hell will break loose."
Then the unbeliever will wish that they had the "Salt of the earth" here to preserve them from the horrors of decay and destruction.
2006-09-24 01:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm suprised no one got this right. In Roman times, soldiers were often paid in salt, since it was a rare and sought after condiment. In fact, our word for pay, "salary" comes from this practice. So Jesus was calling his followers basically the fruits of the Earth, or the value of the earth, equating salt with something used as a reward for good works.
2006-09-24 01:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Salt makes you thirsty, so his followers were supposed to make people thirst for the Living Water, which is Jesus.
2006-09-24 01:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by the LKP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt is a necessity in putting taste in any meal. so that means these people are the necessity of the earth to feel of the taste of God!
2006-09-24 01:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by Cool Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, when you salt the earth, nothing grows there. Maybe he meant they were to keep any actual knowledge from growing?
2006-09-24 01:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he was mis-quoted. I think he really said "pass the salt" during a meal with them, but someone heard otherwise and that was passed on to the eventual writers.
2006-09-24 01:23:30 · answer #7 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he meant that all religion shall be taken with a grain of salt.
2006-09-24 01:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Walmart shoppers; blue collar workers.
2006-09-24 01:22:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Found in abundance and will kill much ?
2006-09-24 01:24:40 · answer #10 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋