That's a metaphor in God's Word, "But woe to them that are with child" (Luke 21:23; Mark 13:17; Matthew 24:19).
What is a 'metaphor'? Merriam-Webster dictionary explains it...
metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
An analogy, or allegory, or parable, are similar. Description of one type of object is used to point to another type of object, often unrelated in type. An example? "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time," lyrics by Elvis Presley. A metaphor is simply a figure of speech. God uses it a lot in His Word.
Here is Lord Jesus using the 'blessed are the barren' metaphor, which He applied to the idea of remaining a chaste virgin waiting on Him, and thus spiritually barren without child...
Luke 23:27-30
27 And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck."
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us"; and to the hills, "Cover us."
KJV
When Lord Jesus was carrying His cross up to be crucified, women of Jerusalem looking at Him wept for Him. Jesus then told them to not weep for Him, but instead for theirselves, and for their children.
Because... He said, the days are coming when those weeping will say that, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck." And because those "Daughters of Jerusalem" will say that then in final, they also will realize their shame when He returns, and therefore will wish for the mountains to fall on them, and for the hills to cover them.
That is very powerful metaphor Lord Jesus used there. He is applying the natural idea of a womb that stays barren (without child) as being blessed, but in the SPIRITUAL SENSE. This is where Apostle Paul got the idea in 2 Corinthians 11 that we are espoused (betrothed) to one Husband (Christ Jesus), and we are to remain as "a chaste virgin" for Christ, waiting on Him instead of falling away to the "another Jesus" (Antichrist).
That blessed are the barren metaphor actually was first given through God's prophet Isaiah.
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What is a 'metaphor'? Merriam-Webster dictionary explains it...
metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
An analogy, or allegory, or parable, are similar. Description of one type of object is used to point to another type of object, often unrelated in type. An example? "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time," lyrics by Elvis Presley. A metaphor is simply a figure of speech. God uses it a lot in His Word.
Here is Lord Jesus using the 'blessed are the barren' metaphor, which He applied to the idea of remaining a chaste virgin waiting on Him, and thus spiritually barren without child...
Luke 23:27-30
27 And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck."
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us"; and to the hills, "Cover us."
KJV
When Lord Jesus was carrying His cross up to be crucified, women of Jerusalem looking at Him wept for Him. Jesus then told them to not weep for Him, but instead for theirselves, and for their children.
Because... He said, the days are coming when those weeping will say that, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck." And because those "Daughters of Jerusalem" will say that then in final, they also will realize their shame when He returns, and therefore will wish for the mountains to fall on them, and for the hills to cover them.
That is very powerful metaphor Lord Jesus used there. He is applying the natural idea of a womb that stays barren (without child) as being blessed, but in the SPIRITUAL SENSE. This is where Apostle Paul got the idea in 2 Corinthians 11 that we are espoused (betrothed) to one Husband (Christ Jesus), and we are to remain as "a chaste virgin" for Christ, waiting on Him instead of falling away to the "another Jesus" (Antichrist).
That blessed are the barren metaphor actually was first given through God's prophet Isaiah.
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