Yes it does seem contradictory. I looked up honour, well, honor. It does seem like Hadit is keeping high status in spite of the mocking.
I also read the Bible verses. Now I have a headache.
Due to vacation Bible school at a Baptist Church one summer, I wibder uf I will ever be able to view those verses objectively. I cried, riddled with guilt, for a week after. And swore I would be a female minister. No big deal these days but back then my fifth grade teacher told me I was crazy, a woman should never be a minister.
Good thing he talked me out of it, I'd say.
Guess it's time to let go.
So I don't get the twist. And was the vinegar more mocking or aid? The purple robe and the crown(Kether?) seemed significant.
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