花に関する18の聖書の一節と、なぜ聖書が繰り返しそれらが枯れると言うのか

Most flowers in the Bible stand for how short human life is. Isaiah says, “The grass withers, the flower fades” (40:7-8), and Job, the Psalms, James and Peter use the same image. Scripture sets that brevity beside God’s care: Jesus pointed to the lilies of the field, and Solomon had open flowers carved on the walls of the temple. The eighteen verses below cover flowers as a picture of brevity, the lilies Jesus pointed to, flowers as a promise of…