Day 164: Word Smith

320:4-322:2

Today's reading covers literal versus figurative interpretations of the bible and how that applies to Christian Science. I marked Mary Baker Eddy's own interpretation of a passage in the bible:

The one important interpretation of Scripture is the spiritual. For example, the text, "In my flesh shall I see God," gives a profound idea of the divine power to heal the ills of the flesh, and encourages mortals to hope in Him who healeth all our diseases; whereas this passage is continually quoted as if Job intended to declare that even if disease andworms destroyed his body, yet in the latter days he should stand in celestial perfection before Elohim, still clad in material flesh,--an interpretation which is just the opposite of the true, as may be seen by studying the book of Job.

I don't have anything to add. I just like to see Mary Baker Eddy's interpretation.