{"id":4368,"date":"2014-02-13T09:27:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2014-08-23T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T22:16:39","slug":"holy-water-your-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/13\/holy-water-your-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Water: Your Ticket into the Kingdom of Elohim"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 3:5, Of water and the Spirit.<\/i><\/strong> This phrase is a literary device that is common in Hebraic literature called a hendiadys, which is a grammatical structure where two nouns are linked by the word and<\/i>, and at the same time have a coordinate rather than a subordinate relationship. The two nouns represent a single modified concept rather than two separate concepts. For example, if we say \u201cthe coffee is nice and hot,\u201d what we really mean is \u201cit\u2019s nice hot coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In this case, a better translation of Yeshua\u2019s words would be \u201cunless one is born of spiritual water, one cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biblically, water is a spiritual metaphor for both the Holy Spirit and the Word of Elohim, which are, in reality, two sides of the same coin. That is to say, one can\u2019t understand the Word of Elohim without the Holy Spirit who, according to Yeshua, helps us to understand the Word of Elohim (John 16:13\u201314).<\/p>\n

Perhaps this understanding gives new meaning to the concept of “holy water.”<\/p>\n

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