Comments on: The Fullers’ Soap http://www.drslewis.org/camille/2010/01/the-fullers-soap/ He has made everything beautiful in His time. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Amanda http://www.drslewis.org/camille/2010/01/the-fullers-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-162237 Amanda Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:20:23 +0000 http://www.drslewis.org/camille/?p=2455#comment-162237 Interesting. I wonder if there isn't an additional parallel in that you felt (untreated) wool, and Bible frequently compares us to sheep ("all we like sheep"). Of course, I may be totally off there, but it's an interesting thought all the same. On a side note, nerd that I am, as soon as I saw the picture of your satchel I immediately wondered if it had been felted, and what type and weight of wool and needle size you had used. ANY time I see any knitted item, even mass-produced stuff in stores, I immediately start analyzing it, down to deconstructing the stitch pattern in my head. You have no idea how excited I got when I scrolled down to see you describing the felting process! Interesting. I wonder if there isn’t an additional parallel in that you felt (untreated) wool, and Bible frequently compares us to sheep (“all we like sheep”). Of course, I may be totally off there, but it’s an interesting thought all the same.

On a side note, nerd that I am, as soon as I saw the picture of your satchel I immediately wondered if it had been felted, and what type and weight of wool and needle size you had used. ANY time I see any knitted item, even mass-produced stuff in stores, I immediately start analyzing it, down to deconstructing the stitch pattern in my head. You have no idea how excited I got when I scrolled down to see you describing the felting process!

]]> By: Fred http://www.drslewis.org/camille/2010/01/the-fullers-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-162182 Fred Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:15:05 +0000 http://www.drslewis.org/camille/?p=2455#comment-162182 I think the way you see this passage is valid. I had always been taught that it was simply about cleansing and purifying. Of course, I had no idea about what the fulling process was. My teachers probably didn't either. We are cleansed by the refining fire and fuller's soap, but we are also made new. When metal is refined in the fire, it is made stronger, as the impurities are removed. We are being redeemed and remade. The final product will be so much more beautiful than the beginning. This fits with the concept that we are continually being "saved," that it's not just a one time event. I think the way you see this passage is valid. I had always been taught that it was simply about cleansing and purifying. Of course, I had no idea about what the fulling process was. My teachers probably didn’t either. We are cleansed by the refining fire and fuller’s soap, but we are also made new. When metal is refined in the fire, it is made stronger, as the impurities are removed.

We are being redeemed and remade. The final product will be so much more beautiful than the beginning. This fits with the concept that we are continually being “saved,” that it’s not just a one time event.

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