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Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011


"The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches."
"And the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."
The odours "are the prayers of the saints".
"They are the spirits of demons."
"The seven heads are seven mountains..."

In all the above and in every other metaphor(?) the verb could be rendered 
"represents" or "signifies". In all these the two nouns are literal and the 
figure lies only in the verb.

It is also an interesting item to note that in the majority of cases (as 
far as I know) when the language is literal (no metaphor) the verb is 
dropped as not being necessary for the literal sense.  In our example in 1 
Cor. 12:27 we have the metaphor "Ye are [the] body of Christ". In verse 29 
Paul changes to a literal case and so the verb is removed as being 
unnecessary, "[are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? 
[are] all workers of miracles?"
I hope these examples clarify the point in question as it is not clear that 
I was understood earlier.

Thanks.
Jamie Smith



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