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>>>>> "Todd" == Todd M Rosel <todd@mail.netease.net> writes:

    Todd>    Something that should be considered in the issue of
    Todd> wearing a ring, is that the Father in the story of the
    Todd> prodigal son gave the returning son a ring as a sign of his
    Todd> reconciliation and restoration. The father in this story
    Todd> represents our Heavenly Father, and I cannot picture Jesus
    Todd> using an illustration of our Heavenly Father doing something
    Todd> that is against his word. If a ring is sinful then the
    Todd> Father would not have given his son a ring in this story.
   
That ring was not a piece of jewlry; it was the authority of the name
of the father!  It was a signet ring, used in those days to bind and
seal contracts.  It gave the son the authority we now associate with a
signature.  It gave him the authority to act in his father's name.  It
represents the name of Jesus to us today, not a finger ornament.

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