The sons of God shall be salted with fire! And were in the Bible is this found.
2007-12-03 10:34:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mark 9:49 (NKJV) “For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
This is a fascinating study, actually .... The Hebrew sacrifices all had to have salt added to them, so this is a reference to that practice.
The fascinating thing about salt is that it is a blood substitute. Like wine can be substituted for blood in a covenant, so too can salt be.
Wine is the blood of a grape. Salt is the blood of the Earth.
So, even a grain offering would have blood on it symbolically because the salt that was added to it was a blood substitute.
Remember also that blood does not speak of death in the Bible, quite the opposite, actually - blood always speaks of life.
Salt speaks also of life. It has preserving qualities.
Romans 8:1 says that we must offer ourselves up as a living sacrifice to God. I believe this verse is speaking of the exact same thing. The salt speaks of life. The fire speaks of sacrifice. We are living sacrifices to God, not dead ones.
God bless you
2007-12-03 10:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mark 9:47-50 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
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47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48where
" 'their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'[a] 49Everyone will be salted with fire.
50"Salt is good,but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
It basically talks about God's fire, & how it will be used for cleansing from sin.
The salt, is the Holy Spirit working through us.
2007-12-03 10:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read the complete passsage of Mark 9 here http://www.godrules.net/library/kjv/kjvmar9.htm you will definitely understand what Jesus is trying to tell his disciples. Please read it.
Here is my summary and interpretation:
"For every one shall be salted[seasoned] with fire" when seen in the light of the former passages, means:
"Every person's faith [disciple and otherwise] will be tested. If you are able to destroy that which you may love most, but which moves and stirs you to sin against yourself, then you have stood up to the test and won, but if you prefer your hands [work] and feet [status] and eyes [limited understanding, material view of things], even though they might have caused you to wrong the Innocent Child Within (i.e. the pure Spirit in you that feels God), they will burn eternally (i.e. they will forever remain in a state of being gnawed at by worms (doubts, remorse) and the fire (state of non-peacefulness in them) will never abate.
"...and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt." when seen in the light of the fact that salt at those times was a very precious commodity, as valuable (in weight) as silver and even sometimes gold, and only used sparingly and for the most valuable foods/sacrifice[food] means:
"When you do stand the test, and sacrifice that which is dear to you [as stated before], but leads you towards sinning [against the inner Child/spirit] then that sacrifice will be so valuable, as to be merited with a most valuable [spiritual] reward."
This interpretation becomes especially clear when jesus in continuation says:
"Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. ", which goes to say that:
"That (spiritual) reward is very valuable indeed, and the fact that you have been put to the test so is valuable in itself, but if you can't see it's value, and feel like you have not been rewarded OUTWARDLY, then search for that reward INSIDE and you will find it there, and DO NOT FIGHT OVER WHO IS BETTER!"
This basically ends the discussion among the apostles about who has more spiritual powers. Jesus is telling them that any spiritual power is merely a reward for sacrificing/destroying the elements within and without which cause us to sin, and not something innate.
In Love and Light.
P.S. This is one of the more poetic allegories of the Bible. Thanks that you brought it up.
2007-12-03 11:06:02 · answer #3 · answered by Babak Kaveh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats not what the verse says...
"Mar 9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. "
2007-12-03 10:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark 9:49 (KJV)
"For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt."
2007-12-03 10:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by johnusmaximus1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere.
The sentience "salted with fire" is used in Mark 9:49.
I understand that it has to do with the anointing of those who believe.
2007-12-03 10:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by Even Haazer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never heard that or anything like it.
There is a verse in the Bible which says that evil people who abuse children would be, not the Sons of God.
See Mark chapter 9
Pastor Art
2007-12-03 10:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Seems like they're trying to scare people away from religion . It's working too .
2007-12-03 10:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's not in the Protestant Bible
2007-12-03 10:39:48 · answer #9 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋