{"id":3847,"date":"2024-05-25T07:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/salt-importance-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:04:58","slug":"salt-importance-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/salt-importance-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5723\u7ecf\u4e2d\u7684\u76d0\uff1a\u542b\u4e49\u3001\u7528\u9014\u53ca\u5176\u51fa\u73b0\u7684\u6b21\u6570\uff08\u5728\u94a6\u5b9a\u672c\u5723\u7ecf\u4e2d\u51fa\u73b0 41 \u6b21\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>In the Bible, salt stands for what lasts. Because salt seasons food and keeps it from spoiling, God calls a lasting promise &quot;a covenant of salt for ever&quot; (Numbers 18:19). Salt also marks ruin, as in the land of Sodom and the pillar that was Lot&#039;s wife, and Jesus calls his disciples &quot;the salt of the earth&quot; (Matthew 5:13). Think of salt, then, as the thing that does not go bad. Israel put it on every offering and on every\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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