Abraham
looked up and saw three men standing nearby (Gen 18:2 NIV)»... Furthermore, there is a good reason to study the old Orient, the rituals and cultures
of the Middel East, especially
at that time,,, i myself being Half Egyptian and having been raised there, am blessed with this foreknowledge for certain
things that are still the same
way now as they were
at th etime
of Jesus and earlier,,, where Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love
of Jonathan being greater than that
of a woman,,, and
at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still is) was very
poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately is Verses ripped out
of the context and interpreted in such a
way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimony!