I cannot - its very cryptic- have no clue what it means Sprint

It reads to be a pretty heavy thing to give to someone about to be baptised.
But I handed the message on.

As I interpreted it, the Sin and Guilt is absolved when one is baptised.
So once she is baptised, then she is without Sin and Guilt.
She is no longer a prisoner to those things.

She will be 'cleaner' than the people who said this.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 6^th, 2017 at 1:07am:


Reproof.

As you know the chapter is about the reign of Ahaz, and not a very good one it was.

His wickedness and the trouble he bought upon himself.

One hopes that whoever sent you that is not implying that an innocent child should carry the burden of his trespass.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 12^th, 2017 at 3:33am:


Raven doesn't see how any child has anything to do with anything that happened over 2000 years ago.

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