Paul,

I won’t go further concerning the Talmudic laws. The topic is intertwined in my world view and spiritual view. (Of course it is; you knew I’d say that.) And Jesus Christ, and His Cross, and his Wisdom over the wisdom of Solomon. And why Jesus said, “Consider the lilies”... and it is the lilies that outshine King Solomon. And it has to do with the measure of Solomon’s gold... mentioned twice in scripture... as being the weight of his ‘wisdom’ (lower case) likened to a fool and his money counting his gold. And it has to do with the fact that the Lord said to the daughters of Jerusalem that they would accept one who comes in his own name vs. the one who came in the name of the Lord. It also has to do with the Parable of the Landowners in Matthew 24. And that Jesus told us why he spoke in Parables... as some would understand, and others won't. I want you to understand... maybe not today. But I do feel strongly convicted... (about Jacob and Esau, too.) "yeah, right." None of this means anything to you, but it does to me, in Faith.

-Kathy