[TheRealThing]

"We but see through a glass darkly," so I try to never get all bent out of shape when discussing Bible with folks who know personally why Christ referenced looking up at the serpent on the pole in Mose's day.

We see through that glass darkly when peering into our eternal future, or in the perception of how the people we think we know, really are in their heart. When God looks at us He sees now, what we will see when we go to be with Him, the true character of the person with no façade. Now, where correctly interpreting God's Word and how it applies to life on this earth is concerned, there we ought to have clarity. It's a matter of diligence, we are to "study to show ourselves approved." We all will be held accountable and justifiably so, because understanding and knowing the truth is the Scriptural norm for the average Joe who seeks Him, not the elite state of the seminary chancellor.

It is certainly ok even legitimate in my view for one to cite the ultimate authority in these matters, but we must get it right. Agreed?