From: jpewther@aol.com   
      
   On Saturday, December 18, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Jon Gearhart wrote:   
   > "A sword, a sword--My kingdom for a sword."=   
   > "Words, words--anagram my words, ok Fido?"   
   >    
   > earth jargon   
      
   I was Google searching alt.anagrams for the very obvious anagram "Sword =   
   Words" to see if it had ever been explicitly posted here.  Well, not quite.    
   Yet Jon's anagram above obviously includes that small anagram three times.   
   Good work, Jon.   
      
   The thing that makes "Sword = Words" especially interesting to me, is that in   
   the Revelation to John, John sees the glorified Jesus in his vision, and sees   
   a sword coming out of his mouth: "In his right hand he held seven stars, and   
   coming out of his    
   mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword." (Rev 1:16 NIV)   
      
   So what does that strange symbolism mean, seeing the glorified Jesus with a   
   sword coming out of his mouth?  Many centuries after the Revelation was   
   written, the English language gives us a huge hint by way of the obvious   
   anagram,   
   "Sword = Words".   
      
   So considering this anagram, plus the fact that John identifies Jesus as the   
   "Word" of God in John 1, I think the obvious conclusion is that the sword   
   coming out of his mouth in the Revelation symbolizes sharp, cutting words.  Of   
   course, it might also    
   symbolize more than that.   
      
   Jud   
      
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