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I found an article about a fascinating verse. The verse appears in Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam, but appears to be misunderstood by all of them and the answer only appears in Christianity. This kind of stuff fascinates me, and is validation for my approach of decoding the symbols first. The verse in its most basic form is :

"He who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the entire world."

The Talmudic version states :

"He who has saved one life in Israel, it is as if he has saved the entire world."

This article talks about it from a Jewish perspective, and I think a Christian should be able to point out the error in it :

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/history-ideas/2016/10/the-origins-of-the-precept-whoever-saves-a-life-saves-the-world/

The error is the same error made by Zionists - assuming that "Israel" is a simple word with a simple meaning. This, BTW, is why I insist that Christianity not be flattened into a mythology based on literalism. Such a lobotomy of spiritual meaning endangers the entire mission. But I digress... Here's the meaning of Israel, and then Paul's proof of understanding :

https://image.nostr.build/492022c152a0c4c0037cd0bc698718ad058b31f8b8904aff6d5382b6eb4125af.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/c61375ae87cde63a2faac8a40e63fbcf366fd05ef6f459ea13f1ce333ac45147.jpg

Thus, the full meaning of the verse addressed in the article is : 

He who saves one life spiritually, since the body in spirit is the true body, and 'saving' is being reborn in Christ, which makes you a descendant of Abraham, it is like he has saved the entire world.

Or phrased in Buddhist terms :

He who has become enlightened, it is as if he has enlightened the entire world. - which explains the Bodhisattvas

There's no contradiction there, although going through the symbolism for that is more than I had intended for this note. Symbols and meaning, and even the "real" world, are like a fractal of becoming... It all fits... But again, I'm not here to write a whole book.

I just thought it was really interesting how this verse is in all of the major religions - Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam

I focused on the Jewish version because the article was consice and interesting, but would love to delve more into it in the Islamic and Buddhist versions.

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