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Read this excerpt from Edwards's sermon. The devil is waiting for them, the flames gather and flash about them- Jonathan Edwards Gaping means "wide open." Why is this word so effective in conveying Edwards's purpose to his audience?

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In his sermon "Sinners In the Hands of An Angry God", Rev. Jonathan Edwards used the word "gaping" to project an image of hell that is opened so wide that it will swallow anyone who sins and move away from the true God.

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