He does not intend us to behave in this manner in order to curse or belittle the adversary as most Him if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. The Apostle encourages as he says: ‘Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed If the beast of the enemy falls, we are obligated to lift + In other words, you heal him of his vices by burning his hatred, and so win him over through + This means that you purge your enemy from sin due to your patience which overcomes his Purify the enemy: through repentance, he comes to comprehend the love you give in return for It means coals of the fire of the Spirit of God that ![]() ``this matter will be hard unto him, as if thou heapest coals on his head to burn him, (wtvb bwrm), "because of the greatness of his shame", on account of the good that he shall receive from thee, for the evil which he hath rendered to thee.''į17 R. ![]() That is, for the time to come: and another of them observes F17 that ``when he remembers the food and drink thou hast given him, thou shall burn him, as if thou puttest coals upon his head to burn him, (er Kl twvem rwmvyw), and "he will take care of doing thee any ill" '' The sense given of this passage by some of the Jewish commentators on it agrees with what has been observed in some measure says one F16 of them, Not to do him hurt, not to aggravate his condemnation, as if this would be a means of bringing down the wrath of God the more fiercely on him, which is a sense given by some as if this would be an inducement to the saints to do such acts of kindness which is just the reverse of the spirit and temper of mind the apostle is here cultivating but rather the sense is, that by so doing, his conscience would be stung with a sense of former injuries done to his benefactor, and he be filled with shame on account of them, and be brought to repentance for them, and to love the person he before hated, and be careful of doing him any wrong for the future all which may be considered as a prevailing motive to God's people to act the generous part they are here moved to: in the passage referred to, ( Proverbs 25:21 Proverbs 25:22 ), "bread" and "water" are mentioned as to be given, which include all the necessaries of life: and it is added for encouragement, "and the Lord shall reward thee". SO to give the enemy hot coals is to give them a means to purify themselves, as the Seraphim did Isaiah.įor in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head It seems that when someone does wrong, the sin is purged through hot coals. ![]() "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged." He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die. He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain. ![]() As in the Old Testament to take hot coal seems to bring that.Īaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. Peter has already ststed, the best you will hear on here will be people's personal views) it si to give the enemy or wrongdoer a means of purification.
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