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What Does it Mean to be “Under the Law”?

Ken Rank4 min readAwaiting author

An idiom is a figure of speech that is designed to express a literal concept through an abstract picture. “Kicking the bucket” is an idiom depicting death, yet at death one doesn’t literally kick a bucket. There are literally thousands of idioms in the English language, but nobody knows the actual number. Many idioms are regional, and some are even personal. When I was growing up, my friends and I

About the author

Ken Rank was born and raised in South Jersey in an agnostic family. At the age of 29, God did a quick work in his life which launched a time of heavy study and discipleship, eventually landing Ken and his family in Winchester, Kentucky, where Ken studied under author and teacher Frank Houtz (www.DryBonesRestorationCompany.com). Currently, Ken is a teacher and elder at Beit Minorah in Winchester Kentucky and also owns a Hebrew Roots discussion forum (www.DiscoverHebrewRoots.com). He can be reached at discoverhebrewroots@gmail.com.

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