There are many biblical teachings I heard whilst growing up - which I must say, I believed until I discovered from the scriptures that they couldn't be farther from the truth! Strangely, some of these teachings have been embraced and even postulated by prominent christian leaders; men and women who you'd have no reason to doubt their knowledge of the scriptures. The sad truth however, is that it only takes one person to start a hoax - and then many others ignorantly subscribe to such heinous heresies. Perhaps, more worrying is the suspicion that some of these wrong scriptural interpretations were orchestrated from the kingdom of darkness. And it wouldn't be a surprise, as Apostle Paul already warned us through his first letter to his protege, Timothy, that 'such' will be prevalent in the last days - a period we're currently in. As it is written: "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
(1 Timothy 4:1-2) 'The Rose of Sharon' is a book that seeks to correct certain erroneous statements and wrong subtle doctrines that have been perpetuated by some. And whilst at face value, we might consider 'human error' as mostly the cause of these howlers; it is however not unlikely, that something - or 'someone' sinister was actually behind these misrepresentations!