dn23:17.0 2.8. The Simile of the Hot Iron Ball
BAGIAN 17
dn23:17.1 “Well then, chieftain, I shall give you a simile.
dn23:17.2 For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said.
dn23:17.3 Suppose a person was to heat an iron ball all day until it was burning, blazing, and glowing, and then they weigh it with scales.
dn23:17.4 After some time, when it had cooled and become quenched, they’d weigh it again.
dn23:17.5 When would that iron ball be lighter, softer, and more workable—when it’s burning or when it’s cool?”
dn23:17.6 “So long as the iron ball is full of heat and air—burning, blazing, and glowing—it’s lighter, softer, and more workable.
dn23:17.7 But when it lacks heat and air—cooled and quenched—it’s heavier, stiffer, and less workable.”
dn23:17.8 “In the same way, so long as this body is full of life and warmth and consciousness it’s lighter, softer, and more flexible.
dn23:17.9 But when it lacks life and warmth and consciousness it’s heavier, stiffer, and less flexible.
dn23:17.10 By this method, too, it ought to be proven that
dn23:17.11 there is an afterlife.”