I had a revelation

[help_the_lord]

This poem is about torah observant christianity

[SIZE=+1]1. The Road Not Taken[/SIZE] T[SIZE=-1]WO[/SIZE] roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;[SIZE=-2] 5[/SIZE] Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,[SIZE=-2] 10[/SIZE] And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.[SIZE=-2] 15[/SIZE] I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

 

[Kyran]

This poem is about torah observant christianity

How have you come to this conclusion? I interpret this poem as although things (the paths) may seem different now, in hindsight the differences (less traveled road) were in reality trivial, if they existed at all (though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same).

 

[Avonia]

How have you come to this conclusion? I interpret this poem as although things (the paths) may seem different now, in hindsight the differences (less traveled road) were in reality trivial, if they existed at all (though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same).

Although I'm not sure what help_the_lord means, you are correct. Frost says part of the poem reflects the self-torture of a friend who was always wishing he had made the "other" choice.

One of the lines where the reader's assumptions can make all the difference (pun intended) is this one - "made all the difference." You could assume this means difference in outcome. But Frost may be pointing to something else. That it made all of the difference in the road traveled.

Like the Bible, often what people clearly see in a text is what they clearly wish to see in a text.


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[the.Sheepdog]

Avonia, you are wise beyond your years! bravo!

 

[Joe67]

God has four streams of thought in each testimony.

These four lead us back to the pure stream that comes from the throne of God and from the Lamb of God.

The throne is God's reasonable authority and government as Creator. The Lamb that is in the center of the throne is God's hidden wisdom, that he reveals through the Spirit.

Joe

 

[help_the_lord]

in an updated note on this.. i just recently found out that robert frost was a christian who was against paul.. thus it makes perfect sense

 

[help_the_lord]

Robert Frost, winner of the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1924,1931,1937 and 1943, in his "A Masque of Mercy":

"Paul he's in the Bible too. He is the fellow who theologized Christ almost out of Christianity. Look out for him."
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[Avonia]

in an updated note on this.. i just recently found out that robert frost was a christian who was against paul.. thus it makes perfect sense

I'm curious if you sense there was something to learn in this thread about context. Thoughts?

 

[Jimlarmore]

I'm curious if you sense there was something to learn in this thread about context. Thoughts?

If you are a serious student of the Bible you have to consider context in every case of exegesis of scripture. However, there are texts in the Bible that clearly make declarative statements that context does not change or modify. Ecc 9:5 comes to mind as does John 3:16.

God bless
Jim Larmore

 

[Duckybill]

Robert Frost, winner of the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1924,1931,1937 and 1943, in his "A Masque of Mercy":

"Paul he's in the Bible too. He is the fellow who theologized Christ almost out of Christianity. Look out for him."
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So we shouldn't believe Paul's letters?

 

[k4c]

So we shouldn't believe Paul's letters?

Remember, we are in a huge spiritual battle. If Satan can distort the word of God, which he has been doing since the beginning, he can lead people away from true worship and God Himself.

Paul was personally sent by Jesus.

Acts 9:13-15 Then Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man Paul, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. "And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.'' But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

The writtings of Paul, as well as the whole Bible, are the inspired words of God.

2 Peter 1:19-21 We also have the prophetic word made more sure, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

The whole Bible, from begining to end, is able to make us wise for salvation because they testify of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 3:15 From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

John 5:39-40 "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. "But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.