Foreigner: Metaphor

In the Bible, being a foreigner or stranger is used as a metaphor for a certain type of religious awareness, that is, the idea that life on earth is only a short stay. The believer is on earth as a stranger in a strange land, on his way to his heavenly home.

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Hebrews 11 1 Peter 2.11 - 1 Peter 2.17

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