Jesus Christ is More than a Cuss Word - Page 1 of 3
More and more we hear the name of “Jesus” or the title of “Christ” or the combo “Jesus Christ” used in the news, movies and everyday conversations. These are not used in a spiritual manner, but as expletives, cuss words for emphasis. And there are several other combinations of these which are not printable. It seems the only thing they emphasize is the lack of communication skills on the part of the user.
My mom was a very intelligent person. In the use of sordid language, she would usually comment “They can’t find anything intelligent to say.” It fit in most situations where this type of disrespect is shown by supposed intelligent people.
Proper words can be interesting and profitable. Let’s move back to the Bible, which is our platform for belief, and the background subject here. It is filled with a variety of interesting similes and metaphors making it, at times, “colorful,” but not sordid. That is a pun as we are going to look at Bible colors for a moment as they are used in a variety of ways to express a thought. Specifically, we will be looking at three.
Generally, the color “blue” is akin to Godliness, the Heavenlies. The color red is related to blood, sin and suffering. And purple is the color of royalty. Now let’s apply these.
We have God (blue) appearing in an (and I love to use this word) “anthropomorphic” form that being Jesus Christ and anthropomorphic being in a human physical form. We have His shed blood (red) for the sin of man. The blood of Christ was and is given for the redemption of man. It produces the believers. When you mix blue and red, you get purple, the color royalty. We, the believers, are “new” royal priesthood, 1st Peter 2:9.
From the above we see that words are more than “words.” They have meaning, depth, background, etc.
So, as we look at our subject in this manner, we consider and use the long accepted theological book titled Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance for our dictionary and thesaurus, among other uses. It is one of my mainstays in study.
The author was James Strong and the volume(s) were first published in 1890 AD. Before moving ahead here, I must note that the defenders’ spurious versions of the Bible have now assembled their own concordances to support their positions. It is to be expected. Enough said on this.
The Strong’s Concordance purpose was to, initially, to index every word of the King James Bible. During the compilation, definitions were added. Many frown on the use of these definitions, but without good reason. In looking at the lists of alternate words included with most of the index, and considering our thought processes and word usages have changed of the centuries since the words were first penned in their mother language, I find them to be very useful in expressing the context of the word(s) being examined as opposed to the meanings of individual words used by translators. But that is a personal position and I leave it to the reader to explore it and the Concordance further.