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Steve Crook:
Yeah, I just thought, is there anything to taking the water from your hand to your tongue, versus quickly drinking it on your hands and knees. Seems it would take a little longer to go from river, to hand, to tongue instead of directly from the river. There must be something to the process of it "working in our hands" first, before it hits our tongues?

Very interesting indeed.

Daniel:

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--- Quote from: Joey Porter ---Interesting discussion about the tongue.  Does anyone have any insight or see any spiritual symbolism in the story of Gideon?

Judges 7
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink." 6 Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

 7 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place." 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.

Lapping water (Christ) with our tongues like a dog (the dogs licked Lazarus' sores, also the Canaanite woman likened herself to a dog.)
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WOW!! Very interesting. I'm not at all familiar with those particular verses, but that is certainly something to look at isn't it?  :wink:

I'm just heading out to the dentist so can't look at it now, but one of the first things that came to my mind was one of the things you mention about the 'dogs' and how the "Gentiles" were considered 'dogs'.

I also noticed that they were on 'all fours' and we to be "at His feet" and that they were not using 'their own hands'????

Now I'll have something to think about while I'm sitting in the dentist's chair!!  :lol:

Chrissie
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It does sound like all the "fourfooted beasts" Peter saw in His vision which were "the gentiles".

They were not of those who used "their hands" to serve God

Makes sense after that reasoning, don't know really but I thought the connection was there to the picture alongside your thinking here. Partaking of something with "unwashed hands" ??

Never considered it really, I'm thinking, "does it work"? :lol:

I'm guessing here, I dont guess well

Daniel

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