Bible, NT-21, Metaphors/Allegories: Part 2

LESSON 21

METAPHORS & ALLEGORIES

PART 2

By Rev. G. Evan Newmyer

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When we obtain the Righteousness of Jesus, all other forms of righteousness become unrighteousness. When the Father forgave our sins, the power of sin to deceive us was reproved. When Jesus gave us the keys unto the saving of our souls, judgment was also presented to those who reject the keys. There was neither Salvation or Judgment on the earth until the Cross, thus we rightly Divide the Word, remembering which side is which.

Psalm 122 is called “Jerusalem”, but which one? Jerusalem of the earth, or New Jerusalem? Psalm 122 begins with “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the House of the Lord” (Ps 122:1). David viewed this House as the Temple yet to be built, but John saw it much differently. The House of God is one of Mercy, the House of the Lord one of Grace. When we are taken from here in the Rapture, we will meet Jesus in the Air, then we move before the Throne of God. There we will be in absolute safety, while at the same time they on the earth will say Peace and Safety, then comes sudden destruction. Verse two shows the Gates of Jerusalem, to David this pointed to the actual gates in the wall around Jerusalem of the earth, but John pointed to the Gates in the Wall of New Jerusalem as the place for the twelve New Testament tribes of the Remnant. David also shows the tribes and the Testimony of Israel, not the Testimony of the Lord (Ps 122:4). Not all who call themselves Israel, are of Israel, the difference is found in those who “give thanks unto the Name of the Lord” (Ps 122:4). Then we find “for there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the House of David” (Ps 122:5). These are not thrones of Salvation, but of Judgment, pointing to the Night. The House of David is not one of Salvation, but Judgment, it contains those who will make the enemies of Jesus His footstool. Then we see “pray for the peace of Jerusalem”, but which one? Jesus said “Peace unto you”, we are New Jerusalem, the Bride who descends, thus we pray for our Peace to become evident, rather than a peace as the world knows.

In Isaiah 57:4-13 we see how the Wicked sport themselves against the people of God, their mouths are wide, they are children of Transgression, “a seed of falsehood”, which points to the word Disobedient (Isa 57:4). They did slay the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks (Isa 57:5). Their portion is among the “smooth stones of the stream”, but wait didn’t David use a smooth stone to kill Goliath? Yes, it’s the point. David caused a head wound by using the smooth stone; therefore, the inheritance of the Wicked comes when they join to the Head (authority) of the Beast who suffered the head wound.

In reference to Good Works we find there are evil works as well, the House of the Wicked has workers of iniquity (Ps 59:2). The same evil use of the tongue is found, as these workers “belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips” (Ps 59:7). Wait, don’t we use the Sword of the Spirit? Yes, it’s the Rhema, not the swords of slander, deceit, cursing, unbelief, or fault finding.

We also find, “except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain who build it” (Ps 127:1). This doesn’t say they can’t build a house, truly they can, but one who builds his own house, yet still uses the Name of the Lord, does so in vain. Isn’t the Stone disallowed by the Builders? Before Jesus came mankind was left with the task of building on his own, Paul shows we are still builders, but thank God, not on our own. If Jesus builds the Church, what building could this refer to? The Body, the Foundation is laid, which foundation is Christ, let every man be careful how he builds, some with wood, hay and stubble (self-endeavors), others with gold, silver and precious stones (Spirit-endeavors).

Jesus told the Laodiceans “I counsel you to buy of Me Gold tried in the fire” (Rev 3:18). Does it mean Jesus has a “Bank of Heaven”? Hardly, it shows Gold as a metaphor, just as the Bride is seen as Clear Crystal. We can labor to build our own house, or become a Servant by following the commands of the Master Builder, the choice is ours, the result in the hand of God. Paul said “for we know if our earthly House of this Tabernacle were dissolved, we have a Building of God, a House not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (II Cor 5:1). The word House is the Greek Oikia meaning A dwelling, relating to the whole of a deceased persons possessions. The word Building is the Greek Oikodome literally meaning The act of building something, equating to the word Edification. Zion in a metaphoric sense has the People who worship in Spirit and Truth, they are being formed into New Jerusalem. Can earthly Zion provide this? Hardly, the city of bondage sits on it, thus we come unto heavenly Zion, the Rock, in order to be New Jerusalem the city of Liberty and Freedom.

There are Day Watchers, and Night Watchers, we are of the Day, not the Night, but there are servants who Stand By Night in the House of the Lord, we are not them (Ps 134:1). Psalm 134 points to the Lesser Light of the Night, not the Greater Light of the Day, don’t mix houses, or Lights.

None of us build a house in one day, God didn’t build the House of Israel in one day, it took time. If the Lord builds the House, then the House must have some attitude it to identify the building process, purpose, and who built it. On the other hand, if the Wicked build their own house, there must be some identifying character to detect the house as well. The enemy attempts to switch builders and methods, but the servant of the Lord is able to discern the Tare from the Wheat.

The Book of Proverbs has many comparisons, the basic comparison is between the Wise and Foolish. The Book of James holds many Proverb concepts, pointing to the Wisdom of God as an active element of our faith. Jesus talked about the Ten Virgins, five of which were Wise, five of which were Foolish. All ten were virgins, defining the class, all had lamps defining authority, but only five had the Oil, defining Mercy by the Spirit. All ten were in the kingdom of heaven, five of the ten moved on the path obtaining the Spirit to enter the Kingdom of God. Being a virgin means one is not associated with idols, thus all ten were void of idol worship, the only difference was the Oil, thus a lamp without oil cannot shine. This also sounds like “one is taken, one is left”.

When God’s Wisdom enters into our heart, knowledge becomes pleasant unto our soul (Prov 2:10). This division shows without Wisdom one can have knowledge, but it won’t be Pleasant to the soul. Paul said We all have knowledge, but knowledge without love will puff (cause pride) up (I Cor 8:1-2). Paul also said faith without love ends useless, just as any aspect of God void of love fails in the end. Love keeps the gift in the proper area, as it keeps us with the proper attitude. A lack of love always ends in pride, meaning pride is the wrecking crew to the house. The potential to be a “virgin of God’s wisdom”, or become a “Strange woman” lays in our hands, we have the Keys.

In Proverbs 2:16 we have the Strange Woman, Strangers, and the House of the Strange Woman inclining to death, thus her paths all lead to dead (Prov 2:16-19). The wording “strange woman” is the Hebrew Zur meaning To bind up, To turn away, or To be a foreigner. This Strange Woman is noted in Proverbs as one within the City (courtyard), but she is one who binds; whereas, the Wise are those who Loose.

Within the House of the Strange Woman we find the Wicked, who shall be Cut Off from the Earth (Rock), then the Transgressors who shall be Rooted out of the Earth (Rock) (Prov 2:22). Jude said they are Plucked up, but his reference coupled with the reference here doesn’t mean the Wicked will be Raptured, rather it shows a shaking taking place removing their false sense of security. John sees them as the Beast out of the earth, showing they come from the Rock, but were not part of us.

This Strange Woman then has two groups within her house, the Wicked and the Transgressor. The word Wicked is the Hebrew Rasha meaning Lawless, or Apostate equating to the word Iniquity. The word Transgressor is the Hebrew Begad meaning To act covertly, or cover with a false garment, to deal deceitfully, or be unfaithful, it means more than one who is a sinner, rather this word would be akin to Paul’s comments regarding false apostle, or the self-transformed, who appear righteousness, but hold Satan within (II Cor 11:13-15). The wording “shall be cut off” in Proverbs 2:22 is the Hebrew Karath meaning To Cut off a part of the Body, in metaphoric context it refers to the Broken Body of Jesus at the Rapture. The wording “shall be rooted” is the Hebrew Nasach meaning To appoint, or consecrate, or to ratify a covenant, but with this we find the word Out in verse 22, showing these Transgressors were part of the Covenant with Roots, but they will be Uprooted. Jude referred to this by saying the false were, “without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots” (Jude 12).

Are these two elements, two different aspects from the same base? Yes, Paul called the son of perdition the Man of Sin yet to come, yet he said the Iniquity was already at work. John said there was one spirit of antichrist, but many antichrists, thus this Strange Woman has strangers. This also shows how the Strange Woman will come against evil, not because she knows evil is opposed to God, rather she is deceptive as she uses evil against evil, yet calls it good. This same attitude was found in the Pharisees, who attacked Jesus for casting out devils, but they were of their father the devil, they feared the demonic realm, talked against it, yet were in it. There couldn’t be a Strange Woman until Wisdom came to Build her own House, thus the Strange Woman is the counterfeit of the Bride of Christ. The Strangers are the workers of the Strange Woman, they are the counterfeit of the Workers of the Harvest, thereby making them Workers of Iniquity, attempting to wreck the faith of many.

Since we find the Wisdom of God is the opposite of this Strange Woman, what would the Strange Woman use? The wisdom of man, which is earthly and natural, it’s the mother of strive, division and bitter envying, it’s the wisdom the old man uses; James said it was earthly (lacks heavenly virtues), sensual (soulish), and devilish (James 3:14-16). The Strange Woman thinks naturally, spiritual things are foolishness to her, stolen water (mercy) is sweet to her, and bread eaten is secret is pleasant (Prov 9:16-17).

The curse of the Lord is in the House of the wicked: but His blesses the habitation of the Just, yet the Just live by Faith (Prov 3:33 & Heb 10:38-39). If the curse is in the House of the Wicked, what do we think they will use? The curse of course, thus showing the Wicked go about cursing as they seek fault to exalt themselves, or promote their fables, yet in their zeal to find error, they become the error. They assume man is the enemy, they fear governments, they fear icons, they fear the demonic; much of their time is spent fighting demons, but using the works of the devil to do so. If the devil is ego centered and pride motivated, what does he desire? Attention? Yes, anyway he can get it, when we spend more time in conversations with the devil, then we do the Lord, we’re giving the devil exactly what he desires. Nonetheless, if we change and give God the glory, as we “mind the Spirit”, we are well on our way to full victory.

Surely the Lord will scorn the scorners, but He gives Grace unto the Lowly (Humble  Prov 3:34). The word Scorn and Scorners comes from the same Hebrew word, which is Luts meaning To mock, the word includes the phrase “to make mouths at”; therefore, it relates to the one who slanders, mocks, or talks evil about things they know nothing about. There is no evil in God, how then can God bring Scorn? God doesn’t produce the Scorn, rather it’s directed toward God, thus God rejects it, sending a test back to the person. We see the Bible is a place of division as well, the Word in us is dividing for us, so we can see hindering elements in order to be rid of them, to be free indeed.

If we have the Mind of Christ this same benefit of Godly warfare rests with us, it’s not giving back to the Slanderer evil for evil, rather we simply can’t receive their folly, meaning it returns to them. This is the reason Paul told us not to render evil for evil, this also connects to Numbers 14:28 where God said “as you have spoken in My ears, so will I do to you”. Speak faith, hope and love, God will do unto us, speak slander, strife and envy, and it returns, shaken together and running over.

On the other hand, Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get Wisdom: with all your getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you: she shall bring you honor, when you do embrace her (Prov 4:7-8). How do we Exalt Wisdom? By the works of our Faith, as our Faith works, Wisdom comes forth, as Wisdom comes forth, we gain in the experience. Rather than talk about Wisdom with one side of our mouth, while cursing man with the other, we become of the one Mind of Christ. Wisdom is also noted as a she, but we also find she is like a Tree of Life to them who lay hold upon her, happy (blessed) is everyone who retains her (Prov 3:18). We have two elements noted as a she, one is Wisdom, the other the Strange Women; is Wisdom the Spirit? Is this the Attitude to the Character of Christ in us dealing with people and events? The just live by faith, if any man lack Wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives liberally and upbraids not, but let him ask in faith (James 1:5-6). What would this Wisdom do? The Wisdom from God is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, but void of partiality and hypocrisy (James 3:17). The result of God’s Wisdom is the ability to hold the Fruit of Righteousness, so we can sown Peace in the hearts of them who make Peace with God, thereby allowing us to deal with people and events in a Godly manner (James 3:18). Peace will not come to us, unless we by Faith take on the attitude of Peace. There are some who begin wars just to fight, the Wicked cause wars, they bring division, strife and envy, they are carnal, yet claim to be Godly. Faith comes by hearing, the hearing by the Word (Rhema), and we are told “Hear Me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the Words of My mouth. Remove your Way far from her (Strange Woman), come not near the Door of her House: lest you give your honor unto others, and your years unto the cruel: lest Strangers be filled with your wealth: and your labors be in the house of a Stranger” (Prov 5:8-10). Here is an event most face, God has moved in their life, they tell someone, then get mocked, or ridiculed. Jesus said man does not live by Bread alone, but by every Word (Rhema) proceeding from the Mouth of God. The word Honor in is the Hebrew Hod meaning Glory, or the Honor coming from the Glory. The Hebrew word Hod is not found in other Semitic languages, rather it’s unique to the Hebrew speaking people only, it’s used to describe the Olive Tree in Hosea 14:6, but the greater usage is attributed to God, or His Glory. Another situation, we give Mercy by the Olive Tree in us, but are mocked by the Wicked. The premise of giving Mercy and having it return shaken together, doesn’t mean the person we give the Mercy to, will return it. Rather when we need it, then it comes shaken together and running over.

Where is our Hope? Jesus said, He who enters by the Door of the Sheepfold will not hear the Voice of Strangers (Jn 10:1-5). The Voice of the Strangers comes from the Strange Woman, producing earthly, sensual and devilish wisdom, but God speaks from the Tree of Life, bringing about His Wisdom by the Spirit, we win in the end.

The Wisdom of God will mingle her Wine, which means to mix the Water and Blood, thus it’s not the Water alone, but the mixture of the Water (Mercy) and Blood (Grace Prov 9:2). The house of the Strange Woman has a Way as well, but it’s the Way to hell (Prov 7:27). However, Wisdom has built her own House, and has hewn out her Seven Pillars (Prov 9:1). The wording “has hewn out” is the Hebrew Chatsab meaning To cut or Carve from wood or stone, also it points to Division, it’s connected to the Hebrew Chatsah meaning To cut into two halves, or separate into two things, while coming from one thing. This shows the Seven churches are divided into two groups, yet they are Hewn Out, or formed for their time. The division gives us five for the Day, and two for the Night, showing the Seven Pillars are the Seven churches. The five relate to the Grace Season, then the last to will have the Law and Prophets to make the enemies of Jesus His footstool. The context shows Wisdom has called the Pillars done, thus Wisdom has called something a not to us, as a were. The last two already have the “work” complete for the Night, thus when the Spirit goes, the works God completed in Genesis will then come into play.

From the Strange Woman to the Foolish Woman (Prov 9:13), which is a direct correlation to the five foolish virgins. What attitude does the foolish woman have? She sits at the Door of her house, on a Seat in the high places, not the Highest. Paul said the place where spiritual wickedness is committed is the high places, it’s where we find the Strange Woman (Eph 6:12). The Strange Woman never makes it to the Highest of all, she sits above the world, but still uses the ways of the world. She steals the mercy of others, never giving any, she hides in the Bread, thinking she is not detected (Prov 9:13-14). She calls to passengers who are going on the Right Way, or those who have Ways, thus her targets are not those in the world, but those in the kingdom. She uses like terms as Wisdom; Wisdom says “whose is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wants understanding, she says unto him,” (Prov 9:4). The foolish woman says “Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, and as for him who wants understanding, she says to him” (Prov 9:16). This is where the division is discerned; Wisdom promises one thing, the foolish another. Putting them together we find the differences:

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WISDOM – PROVERBS 9:5

“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.”
FOOLISH – PROVERBS 9:17

“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

The Foolish steals the mercy from others, uses the mercy against the person who gave it, yet in the end they find Mercy was the element Jesus will judge them by. They keep themselves hidden behind the mask of righteousness, when they want God to do something, they put on their mask of holiness thinking they have fooled God and us. When one takes of the foolish woman’s suggestion, they are dead, but claim life, all her guests are in the depths of hell (Prov 9:18).

Proverbs 9:14 shows the foolish woman sitting at the door to her house, thus she is a counterfeit porter, thinking she is the Holy Ghost, she is self-deceived into thinking God gave her the Body of Christ, assuming she is the Head, clearly she has a Lucifer mind,  yet claims to have the mind of Christ. These are they who fit, “spiritual wickedness in high places”, the same attitude we fight not to become by asking for and walking in God’s Wisdom by the Spirit.

Why seek God’s Wisdom? A wise son makes the Father glad, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother (Prov 10:1). The word heaviness is the Hebrew Tuwdah meaning A grief, it comes from the Hebrew Yugah meaning To cause grief, but which Mother does this metaphorically refer to? New Jerusalem, the mother of us all. How can we call her “Mother”, yet cause her grief? Paul told us corrupt words grieve the Holy Spirit, thus when we use corrupt words, they are coming from the wrong source.

The foolish hold treasures of wickedness, but the Righteousness of Jesus delivers us from death (Prov 10:2). The Way of the Lord is strength to the Upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity (Prov 10:29). The mouth of the Just brings forth Wisdom: but the forward tongue shall be cut out (Prov 10:31). The Just still live by Faith, yet Faith comes by Hearing, as the Hearing by the Word (Rhema). The phrase “shall be cut out”, could also read “shall be cut off”, it’s the Hebrew Karath, which we saw prior. The wicked are overthrown, they are not: but the House of the Righteous shall stand (Prov 12:7).

Water being a metaphor for Mercy, also shows there is a type of water void of Mercy, introducing the metaphor Bitter Water. Therefore, leave off contentions, before it be meddled with (Prov 17:14). We allow Rivers of Living Water to flow from us, but here we find A crack in the vessel produces a leak downward, not a flowing over the top, thus strife, envy and division produce cracks allowing our Anointing of Mercy to dissipate. We heal the cracks by giving more Mercy, thus Mercy is a healer, for us and others. If the cracks are not cared for, the vessel becomes one of dishonor, causing a root of bitterness to spring up, producing bitter waters. The Water depends on the vessel, if the vessel is one of dishonor, it’s incapable of holding living water.

The Wicked do rob, not our material possessions, rather they are out to steal our Mercy by producing strife, contention, or words sent to make us angry to the point of retaliation. However, the robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do Godly judgment, which is Mercy based (Prov 21:7). A wise man will scale the city of the Mighty casting down the strength of the confidence thereof (Prov 21:22). Paul said “casting down imaginations” is part of our warfare (II Cor 10:4). How does one become a Wise Man? By the Wisdom of God, thus Wisdom is one of the weapons of our warfare. Do our weapons include slander? Deceit? Trickery? Anger? Hardness? No, James shows our Weapons are Pure, Peaceable, Gentle, Easy to be entreated (teachable), Full of Mercy, and Good fruits, without Partiality, and without Hypocrisy (James 3:17). By Wisdom the House is built, by Understanding (experience) it is established (Prov 24:3).

If Wisdom builds the House, where is it built? Right after Jesus spoke on those who will come to Him and say “Lord, Lord haven’t we”, He points to the person who builds their House (Matt 7:21-24). It’s not just hearing, but the doing; but didn’t these Lord, Lord people do things? Yes, they cast out devils, gave prophecy, and did many wonderful works, all in the Name of Jesus; what then does Jesus mean when He says, “hears these sayings of Mine, and do them”? The Sayings of Jesus prior were all based in Mercy, a Way, thus it’s not the Acts we judge, but the Fruit or Ways. Those who hear will build upon Mercy; Grace does her own building.

If you Walk in Mercy, you walk in Love covering a multitude of sins, thus Love is seen in a variety of ways. Jesus rebuked Peter and the others when they made ungodly statements, thus He corrected them when they were wrong, but Loved them all. Love is not going to allow someone to continue on the wide road of destruction in their self-deceived notion it’s the narrow path of Righteousness.

All the houses are subject to the rain, floods, and winds, but the Wise build on The Rock, the Foolish on The Sand. Ahh, the metaphors Rock showing Christ, and the Sand showing the nation established on the Law of Moses, which is a principality for those still subject to the fall nature. Both the Law of the Moses and the Law of the Spirit were given by God, but remember it’s not who gave the law, but to whom it was intended making the difference.

This brings us to the word Built, which is the same Greek word used in reference to both locations. The word Built is the Greek Oikodomeo meaning To build, it was the same word used by Jesus when He said He would Build the Church upon the Rock. Paul uses the Greek word Sunoikodomeo in Ephesians 2:22, the addition of the Greek word Sun shows a cooperation process, thus Paul says, “in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit”. Paul’s comments reflect to the Body of Christ having a Foundation, yet still needing a building by the Spirit (Eph 2:20-21). This is clearly a process, but here Paul says the foundation is the apostles and prophets, but Jesus said The Rock, but we also know the prophets delivered Doctrine, the apostles gave us Commandments connecting to First Corinthians 12:28. Without the Prophet delivering Doctrine, or the Commandments we have no stability, we will then make up our own doctrines or commandments giving birth to a cult.

Paul said “according to the Grace of God which is given unto me, as a Wise Masterbuilder, I have laid the Foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereon” (I Cor 3:10). The wording “build thereon” is the Greek Epoikodomeo meaning To edify or Build, thus showing we build by building others in the Lord. Something the Corinthians failed to do, although they themselves were edified by Paul. The Corinthians received, but refused to give, they were exposed by their words, as words are the fruit identifying the tree (source). Paul knew by their words they were carnal, divided, paying too much attention to the winds of doctrine, yet little or no attention to the areas of importance. Their debates over baptized them was the biggest clue, baptism is important, but the one who baptized us doesn’t make ours any better than another, it’s knowing why we were baptized.

Now the Door to the House and the Window, if we are the House then the blessing must flow from us. Isaac was a blessing in and of himself; therefore, surely we can be blessings in and of ourselves. If we walk by the Spirit our very presence will be a blessing, a pillar of Peace in a world of war, a tower of Hope, where there is no Hope, a structure of Mercy where there appears none. Mercy grants us Blessings, but when we give Mercy we become a Blessing.

Is this concept seen in the Shadow? Yes, Elijah and the widow woman show us how we can be a blessing. The prophet was told the ravens would bring him Bread and Flesh in the Morning and Evening (I Kings 17:4-6). This shows how God can provide in both Seasons, even if He has to use the Birds to do it. The prophet had the experience of a creation supplying to an anointed servant, then God told him “I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you” (I Kings 17:9). Did the woman meet the prophet and say “The Lord has told me to take care of you”? No, she had no idea it was commanded, but the prophet did. When the prophet found the widow woman she was seeking sticks (wood, hay and stubble), but the prophet told her “Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel so I may drink” (I Kings 17:10). We know Water is a metaphor for Mercy, here the widow obeyed showing her mercy, then she was granted Mercy. It was her first test, in the doing, she gained strength to believe. She was then told to bring a Morsel of Bread in her hand; Bread is a metaphor for the Body, which is also linked to Mercy. This time she said “I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse” (I Kings 17:12). She was ready to die, she only had a little of what it takes, a little Oil and a little meal, thus she was out gathering wood, hay and stubble; what then was her attitude? She assumed she was going to die, thus showing wood, hay and stubble all relate to an attitude of death; however the prophet knew something most of us forget. The prophet told her “Fear not, go and do as you have said, but make me thereof a little cake first” (I Kings 17:13). Oh the conceit of the man, oh the self-based thinking, this widow has enough for her and her son, yet this man has the gall to say “feed me first”. It wasn’t conceit or self-based thinking, but a Mystery. Giving the prophet the best she had was going to open the blessing. If she would have said “no, I will give my son first, then me, and you a little”, she would have died. We want to be blessed, but forget “give to the prophet first”. God will send the prophet to us, but for many of us we stick them in the lowest place, feed them scraps, then complain because we’re not blessed. Whatsoever a person sows, they shall reap. Here we find the prophet knew in order for the widow woman to enter the commandment “to sustain you”, the woman had to give first. The evidence? Not only did this widow woman and her son live, they went into the Oil business.

There is an allegory between Saul the Pharisee, and Paul the Apostle, which helps explain the change made by the New Birth. In the Old Testament the word Blessing was the Hebrew Barak meaning to Bless, or to Curse, depending on the usage (I Kings 21:10, 21:13 & Job 1:5). This Hebrew word also held a close association to kneeling in order to receive a blessing (Gen 24:22-27, II Chron 6:13 & Ps 95:6). It was also used in reference to greeting another person with benevolence (I Sam 28:25 & II Kings 4:19); however, as we saw, it also held the idea of the cursing. In the New Testament the word Blessing is the Greek Eulogeo meaning To speak well, referring to God speaking well of us, as we speak well of others, it’s always void of cursing, condemning or belittling. In the Old Testament it depended on the usage, in the New it depends on the character of the person. James tells us the tongue is a deadly thing, it blesses God one second, then curses man the next, it’s a direct reference to the Old Testament. James’ point? The tongue cannot be saved, the person must be saved, filled with the Spirit, have Wisdom coupled to their faith in order to guide the tongue. Saul the Pharisee felt he was going to be blessed for eliminating the Christian from the land, but found his course was not Godly in nature at all. Paul the Apostle centered on being a blessing, by blessing others with the Good News. The difference between the two men is character and nature, the nature brought the character change by the New Birth. Being religious is not the answer, being Christ Like is. Saul was religious, Paul Born Again.

Jesus used many metaphors and allegories, some of the metaphors ended being allegories. Perhaps the most used by Jesus were the metaphors Tree, and Seed, at times He used the simple reference “tree”, other times He defined what type of tree He was talking about. The Fig Tree and the Olive Tree are two completely different trees with two completely different fruits. The fig tree has two fruits, for two seasons, but the olive tree only has one. If one transplants a fig tree it will bloom again, but if one transplants an olive tree, it will not produce fruit again. The first fruits of a fig tree are being prepared for the second fruit, but the first fruit are really useless as food. The second fruit grows into the first, but if the first fruit is corrupt, so will be the second. If the first fruit of the fig tree is removed, there is no second fruit. When Jesus noted how the Fig Tree would have no more fruit, or second fruit it was a blessing for the Remnant.

The Olive Tree is a different story, the olive berries picked from the tree are uneatable, they will make you sicker than a dog (another metaphor). The olives have to soaked in lye in order to prepare them, in order to make oil, the olives must be squeezed in a press. The word Gethsemane relates to this, thus to get the fruit from the Fig Tree all one needs to do is wait for the second fruit, but to get the anointing from the olives takes a process. The Olive Tree is a symbol of the Anointing on the Body of Christ, thus we use Olive Oil, not the Old Testament anointing oil. We are not attempting to dedicate something to the Tabernacle, we are representatives of the Mercy of the Lord.

There are other parts to a Tree as well, the leaves are important. Jesus told the Parable of the Fig Tree, as the Leaves, not the fruit would come forth in the latter days. The leaves of the Fig Tree represent a covering, but the leaves of the Tree of Life produce healing of the nations (Rev 22:2).

There is the Trunk of the tree, the element supporting the branches of the tree, but without the roots the trunk would fall. The roots are the unseen, yet they determine the ability for the tree to stand. Jesus told us people fail because they have no root, but does it mean they have to eat a tree? No, it points to the Foundation, the established foundation in the person. The seed is planted, the roots must grow first, in order for the tree to stand.

Since there are various trees, it also stands one can’t put figs on an olive tree, or olives on a fig tree, neither should one expect to see olives on a fig tree, or figs on an olive tree. There needs to be a tree change, in order to bring about a change in the fruit. When Jesus said “either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit”, did it mean we had to go out and buy a tree? (Matt 12:22). No, it means we need something of God in us to bring about the change. Jesus didn’t say “its fruit”, but He did say “his fruit”, showing the Tree has a nature based on a character, thus attempting to change ourselves into the New nature is self-transformed, a failure in the making. We must have a new heart to produce a new tree.

In the Book of Revelation the Tree of Life is on either side of the Street, connecting to the River of Life, which is Crystal clear, the metaphor Crystal in the Book of Revelation points to the Bride (Rev 21:10-11). The River of Life flows from the Throne to the Born Again believer, connecting heaven to us by the Witness (Rev 22:2). The Tree of Life is seen in two places at the same time, the Street is the place between places, thus the Tree of Life connects the Record as the place where the River flows to the Witness in us where it becomes Living Water. Man was removed from the Garden, not the Garden from man. When we are Born Again we enter Life, the Tree of Life is seen in us as the Spirit producing Life more Abundantly. The Record is the Father, Word and Holy Ghost, the Witness is the Water, connecting to the Mercy of the Father, the Blood connecting to the Grace of the Word, and the Holy Ghost connecting to the Spirit, joined by the Tree of Life with the River of Life giving us Life so we might have it more abundantly.

Before the throne of God there is Crystal, so did God have a party? Or go into selling Crystal? No, the metaphor Crystal points to the Bride, thus the Bride has Rivers of Living Water, all pure, honest, no masks or facades (Rev 21:10-11). Hanging a crystal around our neck doesn’t make us the Bride, having the Spirit does. Crystal is Pure, the first attribute for the Wisdom of God is Pure.

The leaves of the Fig Tree are for covering, not healing. In the latter days the Remnant will be those leaves, but there will still be no fruit on the Tree. The Wicked are wild olives, they will attempt to transplant their wild olives on the fig tree, to bring about figs under their control, they will fail, bringing about sudden destruction.

What would happen to the Remnant if the same old Fig Tree produced the same old corrupt fruit during the Night? The Remnant wouldn’t have a chance, whether 144,000, 144 or 14, they would be in a winless situation. However, if there is no fruit, yet the leaves remain as a covering of Mercy, showing God’s mercy endures forever, whether in the Day or Night, they will be able to stand in the face of adversity.

The wilderness areas of God is a place we all face, but when we’re in a wilderness, or when Jesus was in the wilderness does it mean we’re stuck in some Egypt? Or does it mean a place of training between places? It’s a place of training and victory, but do we know there is more than one wilderness? There are 21 different types of wilderness experiences, yet not all pertain to the wilderness the children went through. We will list these wildernesses in the order they appear in the Bible. The word Wilderness comes from the Hebrew Midbar meaning A wilderness, but it also means Mouth, or Speech, in the wilderness we gain New Tongues from Mercy, and Unknown Tongues from the Spirit enabling us to speak from a different source, relating to “by your words you are justified, or by your words you are condemned”. Our wilderness experiences are moving us from the world deeper into the Promise, each wilderness removes some hindering. Rejoice you of the heavens, without the wilderness experiences we wander aimlessly.

1. The first place we find a Wilderness is in Genesis 14:6, it relates to rebellion (Gen 14:4); therefore, the wilderness will expose and bring a place where rebellion can be conquered.
2. The next Wilderness is Beer-Sheba (the well of oath), bringing about a division (Gen 21:14 & 21:31-33). We can go through more than one wilderness at a time, or one at a time; in each case we have the children in the wilderness as our guide to what not to do (praise the Lord).
3. The wilderness of Paran (cavernous) points to the Hagar and Ishmael experience (Gen 21:21). This wilderness will expose the many Ishmaels we brought about, giving us the opportunity to cast out the woman and her son.
4. The wilderness of the Red Sea (Blood-world, or the place to divide us from the world into the Blood – Ex 13:18). This is where the Spirit will lead us into the wilderness to fortify our love for God.
5. The wilderness of Sur (a fort) is the one where the Water seemed to be lacking, but was found in the Rock, this wilderness brings the Living Water to the surface (Ex 15:22).
6. The wilderness of Sin (Clay) is the place of murmuring, or the place where we learn the danger of murmuring (Ex 16:1).
7. The wilderness of Sinai (pointed) becomes the wilderness of decision. It was here God said “If you will obey” (Ex 19:1-5).
8. The wilderness of Zin (thorn) develops the Witness by exposing and vacating us of the false witness (Numb 13:21).
9. The wilderness of Beth-Aven (House of vanity) will expose and destroy pride (Joshua 18:12).
10. The wilderness of Judah (praise) where the Children of Judah learn to praise and worship the Lord (Judges 1:16).
11. The wilderness of Ziph (Flowing) builds the tower of safety by bringing down the stronghold of the carnal mind (I Sam 23:14).
12. The wilderness of Maon (habitation) is the point of division between the Saul (prince) nature and the David (king) nature, allowing us to leave the Saul nature behind (I Sam 23:24).
13. The wilderness of En-gedi (fountain of a kid) teaches us the protection of the prophet’s cave (I Sam 24:1), relating to the cave of Elijah, wherein we learn our calling as we hear the Voice of the Lord, rather than the noises of destruction.
14. The wilderness of Gibeon (pertaining to a hill – Joshua 9:3) is the place where deception stops, both from us, and toward us (II Sam 2:24).
15. The wilderness of Damascus (activity) is the place of anointing, it was on the Road to Damascus where Saul (Paul) found the Anointed One (I Kings 19:15 & Acts 9:3-19).
16. The wilderness of Edom (Red or Esau – Gen 36:8) is the place where presumption is exposed, allowing us to define the difference between presumption and faith (II Kings 3:8).
17. The wilderness of Jeruel (founded by God) is the place where we learn to Stand: when we have done all to Stand, we are more than ready to Stand some more (II Chron 20:16).
18. The wilderness of Tekoa (sound of the trumpet) is the place of battle, the place where Belief is secured in our heart (II Chron 20:20).
19. The wilderness of Kadesh (consecrated) is the place where the Voice (Word) of the Lord shakes all that can be shaken (Ps 29:8).
20. The wilderness of Horeb is the place where self-pity is exposed, as the place where we find God is our Provider (I Kings 19:4-8).
21. The wilderness of Jesus is the place where we defeat the works of the devil (Matt 4:1, Mark 1:12 & Luke 4:1).

It may surprise us to find Zion, and the holy cities are termed as a wilderness (Isa 64:10), thus the Woman and Zion are in the wilderness when the 144,000 are marked.

This allows us to revisit the Anointing, Jesus didn’t say “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me so I can be blessed”, nor did He say “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, so I’m a child of God”, rather each area of the Anointing pointed to Jesus doing something for others (Luke 4:18-19). The Rock is established to help others, which is the purpose of the anointing on the Body. Yet, there are many organizations seeking to help others, who are not established on the Rock. Feeding the poor is a ministry open to anyone at any time, whether in the Body or not. However, baptism by water, the New Birth, the spiritual nature are only for those in the Body of Christ.

The natural mind of man will do all sorts of things they consider “good”, but they always have some self-motive, self-glory, self-promotion, or desire to look holy before man, or to have others talk about their goodness. We in the Body don’t use the ways of the world (at least we’re not suppose to), we are motivated by the Holy Spirit as we give God the glory.

The Spirit of the Lord came for a specific reasons:

(1) Preach the Gospel to the Poor,

(2) to Heal the brokenhearted,

(3) to Preach deliverance to the captives,

(4) and Recovering of sight to the blind,

(5) to set at Liberty them who are bruised, and

(6) to Preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19).
None of these say “to force them to receive”, nor do we see one word regarding the Curse, rather the Anointing came to Bless. Did Jesus preach to the Poor? Yes, Blessed are the Poor in Spirit. He also Healed the Brokenhearted by providing us the saving of the soul. The deliverance of the captives included anyone held by the prince of the power of the air, as well as the captives taken captive. Some of these things came about as a result of the Cross and Resurrection, as long as we have the Spirit Christ is on the earth.

The phrase “to preach the Gospel” is one Greek compound word Euaggelizo meaning To evangelize, it’s not the same as the Office of Evangelist, rather as we found the context means one who speaks in public regarding the Gospel. One can evangelize without being an Evangelist, just as one can prophecy without being a Prophet. There is no office or calling for a “Preacher”, we’re all Preachers in the Lord. This is seen in the use of a compound word found in Luke 4:18-19, which is the Greek Aggelos meaning An angel or Messenger, defining why Stephen had the Face of an Angel, he spoke as a Messenger of God. Stephen was not an Evangelist, or Pastor, but he nonetheless preached.

The other two uses of the word Preach in Luke 4:18-19 come from the Greek word Kerusso meaning To proclaim. Within Luke 4:18-19 we find six things, but in essence we also find the area of Preaching deliverance and recovery of sight as one area.

All these factors come as a result of the character of the Son of man which consisted of:

1) the Obedient Son full of Faith,

2) the Acceptance by the Father,

3) the Anointing,

4) the Holy Ghost and Spirit

5) and the Power of Christ.
None of these things call for an “office” they relate to anyone who is Born Again. This was a New Thing, it opened an area to change the entire course of things. John tells us the New Commandment isn’t New, yet it is. Before Faith came by Jesus the ability to do the Commandment was not available to man, but after Jesus came the ability was presented to man. God winked in times past, but the time of winking ceased for the Season of the Day. The premise is found in one statement, “God so love the world, He sent His only Begotten Son”. When Jesus came it was based on Love, not duty, yet Mercy connects to Love, Love to the Light, Light to Life, Life to Grace.

Understanding metaphors opens many verses, one is Psalm 50:10 where we read, “For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills”. The Hebrew word for Cattle used here is Behemouth meaning a Hippopotamus, or Nile-horse. What is a Hippo doing on a hill? A “fish out of water”? The word is connected to another Hebrew word showing the Beast is Mute, or unable to speak. In this reference it means these Cattle are unable to praise God, since they are in a place they should not be, but they nonetheless belong to God. Even the “beast of the forest” is among the Trees, yet it too belongs to God. We do not mold vessels of honor or dishonor, the vessel regardless of its type still belongs to God. How can a vessel mold another vessel? Our concern is the molding process being done on us; therefore, Jesus told Peter, “what do you care what I do with him, you follow Me”. The context goes with “Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your Vows unto the Most High” (Ps 50:14). Instead of looking about to find what is wrong with others, we offer Thanksgiving,  paying the Vow of Mercy, be a Blessing.

Psalm 50:10 has nothing to do with God filling our bank account, it has to do with those who have wandered away, either by their choice, or by trickery. Psalm 50 also connects to the Day, and what appears to be God’s silence in judgment during the Day, as we read, “When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been a partaker of adulterers. You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue framed deceit. You sit and speak against your brother, you slander your own mother’s son. These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes” (Ps 50:18-21). The context is “will reprove you”, a future tense promise, thus as Paul told the Corinthians, it may appear as you are getting away with your deceit, but a price will have to be paid if they don’t repent.

Allegories are considered abstract ideas in the form of symbolic characters, events, or objects, but within we find something not Abstract, but gives us insight to the phrase “Greater is He in you”. If the Greater He is in us, than the Greater He must have a Nature, Character and Attitude, those attributes must come to us in some form not of us. Whenever God places “he” or “she” on an element, He is showing they have a character, or identifying elements. The old man has a character, earthly, sensual, devilish, self-based motivated, but still a character. The New Man also has a character, Christ in nature, full of good fruits, based in Love, Mercy, Grace, Faith, Hope, and centered on Salvation. Also we must consider the uses of masculine, neuter, and feminine, as they relate to position, authority and purpose, or we will not understand the difference between the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit.

Since Grace and Salvation are for us, it stands we must make the decisions in the matter of the Keys granted to us. We are told to put off the old man, and put on the New, yet we are also told to bind the strongman There must be a method God has established to accomplish this, there is, the method points to the metaphors Binding and Loosing, and the understanding of the metaphor “Seed of God”. It’s vital for us all to understand when we were in the world it was not the “real” us, neither is the world “real” it’s the biggest façade of all. The first thing we have to understand is how God didn’t make us self-based, the old man did. The Real Us is only found when we are Born Again, never think for one second we can’t change, we are born into this world to be changed by the New Birth into who we are suppose to be. We will only find out “who we are”, by the Spirit. When clarity comes we will say, “I don’t know who I am”, we never knew, the old man gave us a bill of goods, we bought it and formed our souls around the flesh. It then becomes time to put those carnal thought processes away, as we enter the place of the Greater He. So, if the New Man is the Greater He, who is He Greater than? The he in the world, the old man, all those deeds and methods attached to the old man. The old man uses feelings, the feeling of pride, being superior, never wrong, or the complete opposite, self-pity, a feeling of worthlessness, yet either side lacks Truth. The natural mind cannot understand spiritual matters, because of the façade of darkness. We put off the old man by putting our mind on the Spirit, the closer to the Spirit we become, the further from the old man we travel.

The New Man began as the Seed, or Word in us. Jesus used one type of Seed to explain the Word being planted in us. However, why did Jesus use the seed of a plant? Why not the seed of an animal? Even the slowest of man knows the reproduction process of a cow. This mystery goes back to Genesis chapter one, showing the methodology God uses. God created and called forth certain Seeds they didn’t need another partner other than the ground to produce, yet all those equated to “living creatures”, thus the “life” was in the seed. God had a plan wherein we as nothing could receive something, the Life we needed was part of the something we gained. The life was not in us, we were sold under death, thus Life, Grace, and the Ability were all in the Seed, we became the Ground.

Did the Ground have a responsibility? Yes, the Ground has the duty to do the least of the Commandments of Mercy to prepare the Ground for the unhindered growth of the Seed. We find the Ingress Aires before Pentecost as the prerequisite for “receive ye the Holy Ghost”, confirming the importance of Mercy.

The Seed of any plant is akin to the Parable Jesus used regarding the Word growing in us, thus the Parable is based on a fact to explain a Truth. The Herb seed, or better the Seed with life in itself has five products, the Seed Coat, the Epicotly of Embryo, the Hypocotly of Embryo, the Cothledon, and the Hilum. To see the method of Growth take place we can see how the dead Seed has to be placed in the Ground, then certain elements must be added, Water being the most important. The Seed of God is really no different, it takes the Sower to Sow the Seed, then it takes Good Ground treated with Water to bring the growth. Why the dead Seed? The Cross is the place of death, the Seed then becomes the product of the Resurrection unto Life.

There are various Hebrew words for the word Herb, one is Eseb meaning To glisten, referring to any tender shoot. Then the Hebrew Deshe meaning Green herb or Tender Herb, then Asah meaning To yield, Gather or Make, then Chatsiyr referring to the Greenness of the Courtyard. The Hebrew Yaraq means Green vegetables, or Garden of herbs, the Hebrew Ewrah used in Isaiah 18:4 means Luminousness or Prosperity. In the New Testament we find the Greek Lachanon meaning a Vegetable herb, the Greek Botane used in Hebrews 6:7 meaning A grazing herb, comings from the Greek Bosko used in the phrase “feed my Lambs”. The word Grass has some cross over words found in the Hebrew word for Herb, and there are others. Like the Hebrew Yereq meaning Yellowish green, referring to sickly vegetables. In the New Testament we find the Greek Chortos for the English Grass, in I Peter 1:24 we find the metaphor points to the flesh of man. In the Book of Revelation we find when the First Angel sounds, all the Green Grass was burnt up, but in Revelation 9:4 after the demons are loosed from the pit, they are not allowed to hurt the “grass of the earth, neither any Green thing, neither any Tree” (Rev 9:4). The separation goes back to the wording Green Grass, then any Green thing, referring to two separate items. Isaiah says “all flesh is grass” (Isa 40:6); then the grass shall fade away (Isa 40:7); therefore, the metaphor Grass refers to people, the Trees to leadership of some type, the “green tree” is one with mercy, it was the same context as the people worshipping idols under a Green Tree, or presuming the Mercy of God would protect them no matter what they did. In Luke 23:30-31 Jesus defined the “green tree” as something with life, the dry tree as something without life, usually pertaining to the Night. The Fig Tree was dried up, or Dry, but it will nonetheless have leaves. The word Green generally refers to something flourishing, or has the ability to flourish by mercy. When the First Angel sounds all the Green Grass is taken, but it also leaves the Brown Grass, the Weak Grass, and the Sickly Grass. Therefore, Grass shows people in general, the type of Grass defines the type of people. Any Green thing also refers to anyone who has any mercy, thus the people with mercy will be spared, yet they will also be killed by the demon possessed, removing the righteous from the earth, then comes the end.

We ask “so what, what about the Seed of God?”. Good question, considering it’s the metaphor we are looking at, but we want to make a separation between the actual herbs, the metaphor for the herbs; between the method of production and the method of reproduction. It’s important to make the distinction between the two methods of reproduction and production. Failure to look at the proper method assumes God used some dead spirit in us to bring about His Spirit, thus causing the misconception of God finding some goodness in us, better than the Goodness in Him. Metaphorically we consider ourselves the Ground, the Ground cannot produce the Seed, it keeps the Seed within. The Seed is planted in the Ground, the Ground doesn’t make the Seed produce, but it can hinder growth.

Peter told us we are Born Again with the Incorruptible Seed of God by the Word (Logos), which lives and abides forever (I Pet 1:23). He also said, we are Redeemed With the Precious Blood of Jesus (I Pet 1:19). However, purifying our souls comes by obeying the Truth through the Spirit, with the purpose to receive the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:22 & 1:9). It becomes clear, there are seeds many, but the only Seed for us during the Day is the Seed of God. The Seed is the Word (Logos), but we could confuse it to mean the Bible, then presume if we read about life in the Bible, we have Life. It’s the same error the Pharisees made, just reading about it, doesn’t mean we have it. Our souls associated or were born of the flesh making our souls carnal, natural and earthly, but when our souls are born (regenerated) by the Spirit our souls become heavenly, making our souls spiritual. Our transition is from the flesh to being Spirit, the Spirit came by the Holy Ghost, but we become one with the Spirit, making us Spirit.

No one, pro-life, or whatever confuses conception with birth, the process Jesus gave us is a process. The conception is not birth, neither is the root stage birth, but birth is the purpose for planting the seed. The premise shows Purpose is something we must not overlook, the reason for us to have the Seed of God is for us to become Spiritual in nature.

The Conception was the planting, the growth began in a place we could not see, but nonetheless we knew something was happening. Just as the flesh grows, the seed and root began to grow forming a foundation in the Ground. Mercy, prayer, belief and faith all became motivators for the growth of the Seed. The more teachable the Ground the deeper the Root would go, until deep speaks to deep. Then comes the Blade, then we are Born Again, the concept is not “Seed planted as Spirit is Spirit”, nor is it, “by the Root is Spirit”, it takes the Birth to bring clarity, a time when a change is noted in our character. Instead of thinking what would Jesus do, we do it.

A law by God was placed into effect as a confidence of any of us who asked for the Spirit, one Jesus affirmed. If we ask God for bread will He give us a stone? If we ask for a fish will He give us a serpent? Two things the devil can’t stop or counterfeit, one is our entry into the Body (Bread), the other is receiving the Seed by the Holy Ghost (Fish). The instant the Seed is planted there are signs, speaking in unknown tongues is one, prophecy another, speaking the wonderful things of God from either tongues or prophecy is the confirmed sign the Seed was planted. However, it’s not the same as Born Again, since the Process must be accounted for. Everything still produces after its own kind, flesh for flesh, Spirit for Spirit. However, there is a danger, the Seed can be removed or choked out of the person, but not counterfeited. When we were baptized in water did we expect to be devil possessed? No, why then do some think Jesus will baptize them in the Holy Ghost and they will end devil possessed? Because they can’t control or see the event, faith must hold God will give us the Seed as He upbraided not.

The Seed of God is Created after God’s True Holiness and Righteousness, it is all God, but it is not all God is. We are told to be Holy as our Father is Holy, and Jesus holds the Scepter of Righteousness, which is the Scepter of the Kingdom (I Pet 1:16 & Heb 1:8). Jesus told us to Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, the Kingdom of God is within, thus we seek to be Born Again then walk in the Righteousness of the New Man. The New Birth is Grace, the ability to do Grace (Spiritual matters) is by Grace (Spirit).

The New Birth puts us on the path to be Conformed To the Image of God’s Son, making us sons of God. The word Conformed is the Greek SumMorphos, which is a compound word meaning Together with (Sum) and Form (Morphos); this Greek word shows us there is a union of something taking place with the Forming, which explains the Seed and the ground. The New Man doesn’t grow over our souls, nor does He take over our souls, neither does He destroy our personality. The New Man joins to the Soul, the Soul to the Spirit in order for the two to become One. Our soul in the flesh is flesh minded, our soul with the Spirit is Spirit minded.

Jesus also told us there was one Field, but in the field we find two different types, the Wheat, and the Tares, each grew in the same field, yet they were planted by different people. Jesus cannot plant Tares, He has none, the enemy cannot plant Wheat, he has none. The Tare appears just like the Wheat on the outside, but inside it lacks the useful grain. However, we also find the metaphor Ground relating to each person in the field, the Tare grows because the ground allows it, the Wheat grows because the ground allows it.  Tares are watered by bitter water, Wheat by the water of Mercy. Can a field maintain both Wheat and Tares? Yes, Jesus said so, but it ends double-minded. One second it appears Christ like, the next it’s nasty, deceptive, lying in wait to deceive. James says it will bless God, yet with the same mouth curse man.

Jesus then explains the difference between Predestinated, and those who simply reject anything having to do with God. The same Seed is used in the Sowing, it’s always the Logos, Jesus told the Pharisees “you have not the Love of God in you”, and “you have not His Word (Logos) abiding in you”, with, “search the Scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal Life: and they are they which testify of Me” (Jn 5:38-42). In order to have Life, one must have Jesus in them. John also said “you are Strong, and the Word (Logos) of God abides in you”, with “God is Love”, adding “God is Light”, then “Greater is He in you” (I Jn 1:5, 2:14, 4:8 & 4:16). All these must connect to the Seed of God, which grows into the New Man. The New Man is the Greater He, the Spirit forming our souls into Spirit, as Another Comforter, Christ in us the Hope of Glory.

The Seed is the base product, everything produces after its own kind, but by Jesus using the growth of the herb seed to explain the growth of the Seed of God we find it’s a process. The Spirit produces the Birth, but it begins as conception. Jesus as the Logos said the words He spoke were Rhema, which He defined as Spirit and Life (Jn 6:63). The Seed is the Logos, but the New Birth brings the joined effort of the Logos and Rhema.

Predestinated simply means God has a plan, thus God knows all, before there is an all. The Plan shows God saw the end, before the beginning. The Plan is not automatic, it’s connected to something in order for the Plan to come to pass. The Plan is the Record in heaven, the Father, Word and Holy Ghost, the Witness to bring the Plan to pass is the Water, Blood and Spirit (I Jn 5:7-8). The Witness is not intellect, flesh and soul. The Water relates to the Father, centering on Mercy, as the Holiness of the Father. The Spirit is the result of the Holy Ghost planting the Seed, we must have the entire Witness.

It’s obvious the New Birth is a Blessing, not one of us deserve it, rather it’s granted  based on the efforts of Jesus. Therefore, the Seed of God is centered on Blessing, while completely void of Cursing. However, we know there are enemies who desire to disrupt our stand. The phrase “fowls of the air” takes us to the phrase “the prince of the power of the air” in Ephesians 2:2, relating to the “spirit now working in the children of disobedience” (Eph 2:2). The word Disobedience is the Greek Apeitheia corresponding to the verb Unbelief. It’s a much stronger term than the Greek Apistia (unbelief), this word is also found in Romans 11:30, Ephesians 5:6 and Colossians 3:6. In Romans 11:30 it’s found in the phrase “for as you in times past have not believed God, yet have obtained Mercy through their unbelief”. In Ephesians 5:6 it was used to show the Wrath of God falls on the “children of disobedience”. In Colossians 3:6 it also shows the wrath of God coming on the “children of disobedience”, thus in Ephesians it’s future tense, in Colossians it’s present tense, but it’s the same “children of disobedience”. The difference is found in the word Mercy, the difference between a vessel of honor, and one of dishonor.

Since the New Testament writers talk of the New Man and the old man, then all this must some how relate. The old man is not really a human man, or a “he” as a nature, based in disobedience. Paul told us the spirit of man is ignorant of the things of God, yet the spirit of the world is opposed to the Spirit that is of God (I Cor 2:11-12). The “he in the world” is connected to the spirit of the world, the spirit of disobedience to the spirit of man. The reason we entered the Kingdom was to be free of the old, by becoming engrafted into the New. If we use the old man by attempting to make him intellectually religious, he becomes the “he in the world” opposing the Greater He we should have. Since he is motivated by envy, the envy will manifest in pride, arrogance, attacking the Bible, or brethren, turning into the spirit of antichrist.

The old man doesn’t understand one thing about the things of God, or spiritual matters, although he has many opinions on the subjects. The old man is not us, he is a nature we picked up through the flesh by the prince of the power of the air. The old man attempts to tell us “this is you, this is who you are, yes sir, it’s you”. Not so, it’s the old nature, it must be nailed to the Cross, as we must put it off (disavow it). If the old man was really us, how then could we “put” him off? Putting him off has to tell us the old man is a mask, a nature we picked up, something we can put away without destroying the real us in the process.

We entered baptism with the hope of changing our identity, we no longer wanted to identify with the world, it’s systems, it’s power, authority, seat, or nature. So what does the old man do? Make his attempts to get us back into a realm he is comfortable in. Like his father the devil, he is all mouth. The old man lost any and all power when we came into the kingdom of heaven, but he will nonetheless entice us. When we were under the authority of the prince of the power of the air we were led around by the desires of the flesh. Therefore, lusts where planted as evil tares, it’s the lusts the old man seeks to entice. Even the lusts lost their power, thus they attempt to pull us back to a realm where they are effective. The New Birth grants us the ability to overcome, as long as we mind the Spirit.

The Book of Hebrews tells us time and again, “Today if you hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation” (Heb 3:7-8, 3:11-12 & 3:15). Within the teaching we also read, “Take heed, brethren lest there be In any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the Living God” (Heb 3:12). Wait! My Bible says, God will not leave me! True, but it’s not the issue, here the issue is one leaving God, which is possible. Nothing can separate us from the Love of God found in Christ, but we can leave Christ, thus separating ourselves from the Love. The context here, as well as in Jude is the person leaving God, or “divorcing” God. There is a vast difference between God leaving us, and any of us leaving Him.

We know about the metaphor Head pointing to Authority, but what about the metaphor Horn? It represents Power, the ability to carry out the authority. However, the Beast has horns, but there were also horns on the Ark of Covenant, thus there are differences of Power. Authority is the right to do something, power is the ability to carry out the authority granted, but power used outside of the bounds of the authority, or authority used outside of its bounds is rebellion. Jesus granted the Authority when He said, “All power (authority)” was given to Him, but then He said Tarry for the Power. One can have Authority, but no Power. There is a time to Tarry for the Power.

How does it effect us? Use the Name of Jesus in the proper manner and it works, you may not, but the Name does, why? The Name has power built into it, but it’s the Name, not you or me doing the work. Those who say, “Lord, Lord” used the Name, but it didn’t help them in reference to the “Father’s Will”. We need position, authority and power, regardless. When we were in the world we had position, the seat of Satan, we also had the authority of the prince of the power of the air, and we had the power of darkness, all of which were in the old man, all of which had the same goal, to get us into hell. A change in character and nature demands a change in authority, power and position. We are In Christ changing our position, we have the Name of Jesus granting us a change in authority, we have the New Man as the Power from on high. If we are Born Again we have “the Power of His Christ” allowing us to carry out the granted Authority in a Godly manner.

In Matthew we find the Parable on the Wheat and Tares, we know the Tares were planted by the enemy. The premise shows how the enemy attempts to use the Sowing in reverse, the tare seek the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things. The Holy Spirit is fully able to take the Golden Plow of the Rhema to remove the Tares, yet preserve the Wheat, all He asks is for us to allow it.

Since we talked about the Footstool, we should also view this metaphor to conclude why we read “come worship at His footstool”, as it fits with, “make Your enemies Your footstool”. The first place we find the word Footstool it relates to the Temple, as David said, “I had in my heart to build a house for the rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God” (I Chron 28:2). Psalm 99:5 says, “Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool”; however, we know David was talking about the Temple, but why would the Father tell Jesus “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool” (Heb 1:13, 10:13 & Ps 110:1)? Seems strange at best to worship at the Footstool of the Lord, then find we’re His enemies for being at His Footstool. Seasons and Purpose, as we will see.

The Hebrew word for Footstool is Kebesh meaning A footstool as trodden upon; the root word is Kabash meaning To tread down; could David have been mistaken about the Footstool? No, he had it correct, during our Season the Jew does worship toward Jerusalem, we toward New Jerusalem. Their Temple will be rebuilt, our Tabernacle is being built. However, for them it will be the same place where the Woman and her lovers will set up the abomination. The enemies of Jesus will take over Jerusalem of the earth, and the temple causing the abomination making desolate to be set up, thus the footstool will be the place where the enemies of Jesus will congregate. The Throne of Jesus is in heaven, the earth His footstool, thus when all the worshipers are gone the only ones left at the “footstool” will be His enemies. God said heaven was His home, the earth His footstool (Isa 66:1), thus David knew he was earth bound, yet he wanted a place to worship the Lord. The Holy Ghost through David knew the place for us to begin was here on earth, if we don’t worship God here, we won’t in heaven.

Psalm 74:14 says “You did brake the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness”. Then in reference to the same wilderness, and the same people we read “man did eat angels’ food: He sent them meat to be full” (Ps 78:13 & 78:25). Does it mean Leviathan and Manna are Angel’s food? Can’t be, we know Leviathan means Crocodile a symbol of Egypt, what could all this mean? We find the word Leviathan in Job 41:1 in the answer the Lord is giving to Job, as we read, “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down? Can you put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you? Will he make a covenant with you? will you make him for a servant forever? Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet for him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? lay your hand upon him, remember the battle and do no more. Behold the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce who dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me? Who has prevented Me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine. I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round about. His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, no air can pass between them. They are joined one to another, they stick together, they cannot be sundered. By his sneezings a light does shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or cauldron. His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves: they cannot be moved. His heart is as firm as a stone: yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold, the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood, The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear. Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things upon the mire. He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. He makes a path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary. Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.” (Job 41:1-34). This defines Leviathan, pointing to the old man, the he in the world, or worldly (Egypt) thinking, meaning the children in the wilderness were free of Egypt, they had authority over the things of Egypt, yet they used the ways of Egypt against God. The Angel’s food was the manna, two different things.

The description given in Job 41 also explains some statements in the Book of Revelation, but prior to we have to take a look at Isaiah 27:1 which reads, “In the Day the Lord with His sore and great and strong Sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan the crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon in the sea”. The word Dragon is the Hebrew Tannin meaning One who shakes the hand as a gesture of threatening, it was also used to describe the Wave offerings of the Lord, thus it depends on the context used to determine which usage to use. There are two elements in Isaiah 27:1, the piercing serpent, and the crooked serpent, same title, two elements, connected by using the same authority. The piercing serpent is the beast of the sea, the crooked serpent is the beast of the earth.  Here in Isaiah it relates back to Isaiah 19:16 where the same word is used in the saying, “In the Day shall Egypt be like unto a woman: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking (Tannin) of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He shakes over it.” The word Shakes in the phrase “shakes over it” is the Hebrew Nuph meaning To quiver, or Rock to and fro, the metaphor Egypt points to the world. In Revelation 13:1-2 we find the dragon gave the Beast of the Sea power, a seat and authority to act in his behalf. This also equates to First John where we find we are not to “love (Agapao) the world”. If any man love (Agapao) the world, the love (Agape) of God is not in him, for all of the world, is contained in the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, they are not of the Father, but is of the world” (I Jn 2:16). If we use the authority of the dragon, we will love the world, as does the dragon. However, if we have Jesus as the Head (authority) of our Life, then we Love as God.

Metaphorically Leviathan has become a symbol of a hostile kingdom, such as Babylon or Egypt. It explains how the children in the wilderness had Leviathan as food, they had power over the things of Egypt. Although they had the Authority and  Power, they refused to exercise them, instead they retained the power, seat and authority of Egypt. When they found no water, they murmured, instead of reaching for God, they reached toward Egypt. Instead of saying “Praise the Lord God, for He has provided a Rock from which to bring the Water”; they said “You brought us out here to kill us”. Attitude, stinking thinking is negative in all respects.

Back to the history of Leviathan, the name came from the Ugaritic mythology, it was known as Lothan as well. According to the Ugarit mythology Leviathan engaged in a battle with Baal, but was on the side of the god Mot (god of the underworld), which is Satan fighting Satan. The name Ugarit means Field, it comes from the Ugaritic word Ugar. The Ugaritic nation had two temples, one for Baal and one for Dagon, here is where the Bible comes into play. Dagon was an ancient Semitic false deity attested to north Mesopotamia. The most common Northwest Semitic meaning of the word Dagon is Grain; in First Samuel 5:2-7 we find this god is the chief god of the Philistines. It was the Philistines who placed the stolen Ark before this false god; of course they found the power in the Ark was greater then their god, causing them to returned the Ark. The same reference showing the children in the wilderness had the knowledge of God destroying the power of Egypt, but they refused to believe it, or accept it. The Seed is planted in the ground, but if the ground refuses to believe it, the ground will soon choke out the Seed.

It was also in the temple of Dagon where Samson ended his ministry by pulling down the entire temple. According to the Bible it was in the temple of Dagon where the Philistines hung the head of Saul, which temple was presumed to be in Beth-shan (I Sam 31:12). In Joshua we find two references to Dagon as Beth-dagon (Joshua 15:41 & 19:27). The Ugaritic language was found in the Syllabic Cuneiform texts, or tablets of clay, many of those tablets have been found, and mention Baal, Dagon and Leviathan.

Prophetically and metaphorically Job 41 gives us some insight, the beast in Job 41 is wild in nature, self-based, seems to be Joyful, but the joy is based in destruction; it sends out darts, fire and is bent on robbing, killing and destroying, all of which show him as  the motivation behind the Beast of the Sea. This beast is prideful (high things), he was a king over the children of pride, a sword; however, in Luke 10:17-20 it all changed, he no longer was king, but dethroned by servants acting in Mercy.

Before the Cross Jesus gave His disciples the power to tread on serpents, scorpions and All the power of the enemy. If it’s all the Power of the enemy, how can some of us be so beat up? By our words, or carnal ventures we give place to the enemy. Every time we speak unbelief we are giving food to the devil, each time we condemn a brother or sister in the Lord, we are doing for the devil, what he cannot do for himself. All those times we say “well this is going to turn on me, it always does you know”, or “I know this will be the toughest thing I’ve ever been through”, or “I guess it’s okay, but I thought I would get more”. Negative, stinking thinking, produces negative words encouraging Leviathan.

All this Negative and Positive stuff, it was once said Jesus gave negative statements, after all didn’t He say He had to suffer in Jerusalem at the hands of the religious rulers, then die? Of course it assumes the Cross is negative, yet it’s only negative to the unbeliever, never to a Believer. Peter assumed the same premise, but Jesus told him “get you behind Me Satan”; therefore, Peter displayed a “word of Satan”, and he was soundly rebuked. Peter as a disciple was also out of order for rebuking the teacher, showing it was Peter who was negative, not Jesus. The definition of Negative is, Expressing or containing negation, denial or refusal; less than zero; an image showing the Light as darkness. On the other hand the definition of Positive is, Directly affirmed; Inherit in a person regardless of the event; Open, Not engaging in doubt or unbelief; Greater than zero; Not allowing the event to hinder the goal. Rather be positive, thank you very much.

There are sayings which become metaphors as well, in the Book of Revelation we find Jesus as the “Alpha and Omega”, and “First and Last”, and “Beginning and the End”, and “Beginning and the Ending”, as well as the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”. Why not just say “Jesus”? There are reasons, God isn’t out to trick us, He is giving us mysteries so we as kings gain the honor in the discovery. Alpha and Omega at the same time means timeless, or everywhere at the same time. We have our Alpha the middle then Omega. The First and Last means the same, yet with the added concept of Jesus being over the Day and Night.

One can’t talk about metaphors without talking about the Book of Jude, which is full of metaphors and allegories. Jude talks about Filthy dreamers who despise Dominion, speak evil of Dignities, they walk in the Way of Cain, run Greedily after the error of Balaam, use the Gainsaying of Core (Korah), they are Spots in our Feast of Love, they Feast with us, Feeding themselves without Fear, Clouds are they without Water, Carried about of Winds, Trees whose Fruit has Withered, Without Fruit, Twice Dead, Wandering Stars, Plucked up by the Roots, Raging Waves of the Sea, Foaming out their own shame, Murmurers, Complainers, Walking after their own Lusts, Speaking Great Swelling Words, Having Men’s Person’s in Admiration because of Advantage, Mockers who Walk after Ungodly Lusts. More than a few metaphors, yet each has a meaning. Both Seasons are seen in two, Trees whose fruit has withered in this Season, but without fruit in the next.

The allegories are found in Cain, Balaam and Core (Korah), the angels who kept not their First Estate, Sodom and Gomorrah. Jude used metaphors like they were going out of style, showing us we must understand metaphors, in order to understand the words of the prophets. When a prophet says, “God is giving you a new heart”, what do you think it means? A physical heart? Perhaps, but more than likely it relates to the New Man coming forth.

We will view these metaphors, but one will stand out in reference to our study on Leviathan, connecting the Beast of the Sea to the Wicked. The phrase “their mouth speaks great swelling words” (Jude 16), can also read “the mouth of them speaks proud things” (TR). These subjects are related to the children of Leviathan, going right back to the Pharisees at the time when Jesus told them “you are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do” (Jn 8:44). If there were false ones in the Temple, could there be false ones in the Tent of the Tabernacle? No, but they are found in the courtyard of the Tabernacle. They will attempt to toss strange fire into the Holy Place, but if we stand guard, we will be able to quench their fiery darts.

Jude also uses the term “ungodly” more than once, but wouldn’t you know it, they are different Greek words. In Jude 15 we read “all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed”, and there are three different Greek words used for the English Ungodly. In the Textus Receptus (TR) this reads, “to rebuke all the ungodly of them concerning all the works ungodly of them which they ungodly did”, both are correct, but we see there are different uses and tenses regarding the word Ungodly. The first use of the word Ungodly is the Greek Asebes meaning Impious or Wicked referring to the person, the second is the Greek Asebeis meaning the act, the third is the Greek Asebeo meaning The result of Wickedness, or the conclusion of the act; therefore, Jude points out they are Wicked, they do Wickedly, and the result will be Wickedness.

The word Clouds is a metaphor for Witnesses, but this group in Jude are defined as Clouds without water indicating they lack mercy, thus they are the vessels of dishonor. Are they in the world? No, they are of the world, but they Feast with us, or consume themselves on the benefits our Mercy produces. They know we must walk in love, so they bring strife to knock us form our walk of love and mercy. This is found in the word Feeding, which is the Greek Poimaino from the Greek Poimen which we know as Shepherd, or Pastor, thus they feed off the revelations given by others; although no revelation becomes to a human, they make it appear as if they obtained the revelation on their own.

They are Without Fear which is the Greek Aphobos with the Greek A meaning Negative or Without, and Phobos or Terror, Paul used Phobos in the phrase “fear of God” or “Terror of the Lord” (II Cor 5:11, 7:1 & Eph 5:21), thus this group will teach against the Fear of the Lord, claiming any such concept is absent of Faith, yet a fear of God is a part of Faith. The fear of God is based in God’s Equalness and Perfection, if the righteous turns from his ways to be wicked, will God not treat him as wicked? If the wicked turn from their wickedness unto righteousness, with God not treat them as righteous? God is equal.

In Jude the phrase “spots in your feasts of love” could also read “in the love feasts of you they are rocky reefs” (TR), the word for Spots or Rocky Reefs is the Greek Spilos. Jude 12 is the only place where we find this Greek word, it means A ledge or Reef in the Sea which cannot be seen by those on the surface. These Reefs lie in wait to deceive, they plan to shipwreck our faith.

Of course we know the metaphor Sea means the world, which brings in Jude’s statement “raging waves of the sea”, which could also read “wild waves of the sea” (TR) (Jude 13). The word Raging or Wild is the Greek Agrios, meaning without control, or  absent restraint. These waves reject all laws governing their behavior, they feel the Body of Christ is given to them to do with as they will.

They also termed “foaming out their own shame” which shows their mouths produce their shame, connecting to the Wild Waves causing havoc, or fear. It’s not just the Sea, or the Wave, but the combination of Wild, Wave, Sea and Foaming describing the group. The word Foaming is the Greek Hautou meaning Itself or Himself, meaning produced by the person. It doesn’t mean the Greek Hautou is evil, since we find it associated with Jesus, but when we add the Wild Waves it shows the Wicked are self-based, self-run, producing their error in themselves.

Why did Jude use so many metaphors? According to history he was a prophet, they tend to use metaphors. He also used the metaphor “carried about of winds”, which could also read “by winds having been carried about” (TR – Jude 12). The word Carried is the Greek Periphero meaning To transport to and fro, the word Winds is the Greek Anemos, which was used by Jesus in His Parable of a man building a house. The Greek word Anemos for Wind was used in Ephesians in reference to the “winds of doctrine”, pointing to the fringe elements of a Doctrine, or making the fringe elements more important than the subject of the Doctrine.

The next phrase in Jude says these Wicked are Wandering Stars, the word Wandering is the Greek Planetes meaning A planet or prophetically an Erratic teacher, here in Jude 13 is the only place we find the Greek word. The metaphor Star points to those who are called, thus Jude shows those in this group are Vessels, called of God, but they refuse to crucify the flesh, rather they put a “religious clothe” on the old man calling him holy. They jump from one teaching to another, not because of the Truth, but because they seek to gain men’s admiration. They want to be the “stars” of the Body, but not the Star of God. They seek popularity, to gain the admiration from men.

At what point in time does Jude say these will appear? In Jude 18 we find it’s the Last Time, but we are also told to remember the Rhema spoken of by the Apostles, how there should be Mockers, but what is a Mocker? In II Peter 3:3 the same Greek word is translated as Scoffers, it’s the Greek Empaiktai meaning To Jeer or Mock, the word Jeer means To speak or shout in a derisive (to scorn) or flouting (to express ones contempt) manner. The next area would be “having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage”, which could also read “admiring faces for the sake of gain” (TR), either is correct. The word Persons is the Greek Prosopen meaning The front, or Face, or the Appearance. The word Admiration is the Greek Thaumazo meaning To wonder or Admire, showing the false do things to gain peoples admiration, thus they use the Name of Jesus to cast out devils, so we will think they are great, or they use the Name of Jesus to prophesy, so we will think they are the one and only prophet, or they do many wonderful works, but their intent is to be admired by man, or have man give them the glory. They know the Power on the Body is effective for anyone in the Body, Wheat or Tare, but they use it for self purposes.

We have said all this to reach the Counter to these false ones, Jude tells us “building yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the Love of God, Looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Jude 20-21). Jude didn’t say “praying in unknown tongues” or “praying in the Spirit”, rather praying in the Holy Ghost means to pray in the Will of God in reference to gathering in the net. This is clear since Jude then says, “And” which is a conjunction connecting to the prior verse, “of some have compassion, making a difference, and others save (Sozo) with fear, pulling them out of the fire: hating even the garment spotted by the flesh” (Jude 22-23). He doesn’t say toss them back, he says bring them in, but why? Opportunity, like Philip who water baptized Simon, if they want in the Body by giving their confession of faith, we water baptize them, it’s up to them what they do afterward.

In addition Jude gives us three allegories, Cain, Balaam and Core (Korah). In the prior studies we viewed the ways of these three, but here in the study of allegories and metaphors we need to include the fallen angels, as well as Sodom and Gomorrah as they relate to the metaphor Filthy Dreamer. Cain killed his brother over a sacrifice, it’s the same context here. We can kill the Just by words of discouragement, thus unbelief kills the hope of more Christians than a gun. Balaam went beyond his office for gain, this has nothing to do with receiving and giving, it has to do with placing money in such a position we won’t go unless “the money is right”, or we judge congregations on the material, rather than the spiritual. Korah (Core) was the one who attempted to take the anointing of another, or overthrow leadership to place himself in the position.

Bringing us to the fallen angels, as well as the terms Blackness and Darkness. In verse 6 of Jude we find the fallen angels Under Darkness, in verse 13 we find the false have a place reserved in the Blackness of Darkness. The word Darkness in verse 6 is the same Greek word as the word Blackness in verse 13, but the word Darkness in verse 13 is a different Greek word. Don’t get confused, there is a reason. The word Darkness in verse 6 and the word Blackness in verse 13 are the Greek Zophos meaning a Dark cloud, the metaphor Cloud means a Witness, thus this word refers to a witness based in darkness. The word Darkness in verse 13 is the Greek Skotos meaning Obscurity or Hard to understand, or Hard of understanding, or Remote, or better, One who obscures or Opposes, Hinders the process, or causes injury. The wording First Estate is the Greek Arche, known to us as Beginning, or Principality, or the place princes are known by. This shows they left their principality by following the serpent, but their only principality was heaven, there is no second chance for them, thus they are stripped of Godly attributes bound in a place of darkness.

The metaphor “chains under darkness” is very important, since Jude didn’t remove any of the fallen angels from his wording, rather he included them all. Not one fallen angel escapes this, all of them are bound in chains under darkness now. This means the darkness is the world, showing why the Pharisees could resist Jesus, yet the devils couldn’t. Even fallen man has more power than the devils, yet by being in darkness they have like concerns. Peter adds to this by showing God spared not the angels who sinned, but cast them Down to hell, delivering them into chains of Darkness (II Pet 2:4). They are bound now, how can you bind the bound? Peter then talked about the “wells without Water” or false ones, as the Midst of Darkness is reserved for them (II Pet 2:17). If the children of disobedience are in darkness, then the fallen angels are bound under them, yet we are children of Light. Does Light have more power than darkness? Yes, the Light controls whether darkness can invade or not, thus if our Light Shines, the darkness is dissipated, if it’s the case how much lower are the devils under the darkness?

This brings us to Filthy Dreamers, but what are these false ones dreaming of? And why are they dreaming in the Day? The phrase Filthy Dreamers could also read Dreaming Ones, the phrase is the Greek Enupniazomai meaning One who dreams, yet in and of itself it really doesn’t tell the story. If these Dreamers Dream, then they are Night orientated, but why? They are purposed for the Light, yet they are in Darkness, thus the Night is more attractive than the Day, since the Day exposes much, the Night little. They are natural, to them spiritual things are foolishness, but since the Night is not spiritual, they think it will be heaven on earth. They attempt to establish themselves as the 144,000, or some other special element in which they think they are elevated above the rest of the Body. They presume they are the special of the special, the saviors of the Body, the great and powerful keeper of the Key. It’s the word Filthy making the difference, it means Sensual images, or portraying sensual images, meaning natural conclusions.

The next allegory given by Jude is Sodom and Gomorrah, it doesn’t mean the false are homosexuals, rather the allegory shows they have Given themselves over to lusts, but it wasn’t God who tempted them unto evil. These people have the same opportunity as anyone else in the Body, they can enter the Light, or remain in Darkness, but they love the darkness more. The people in Sodom and Gomorrah had two things, the were in the land promised to Abraham, and Lot was among them, yet they rejected both for the feelings they gained from their lusts. They fit the saying “this is the condemnation, Light is come into the world, and men loved (Agapao) darkness rather than Light because their deeds were evil” (Jn 3:19). This attitude comes when one is rescued, but holds to their lusts, forgetting Who and Why they were rescued.

What “strange flesh” do these Dreamers seek? The word Strange is the Greek Heteros meaning Another, the word Flesh is the Greek Sarx referring to the flesh of men, animals and the such; whereas the Body of Christ is referred to as the Soma of Christ. However, John says the Word was made Flesh (Sarx – Jn 1:14); Jesus said He would give His Flesh (Sarx – Jn 6:51), Jesus also said “Except you eat of the Flesh (Sarx) of the Son of man” (Jn 6:53). Instead of taking the Flesh of Jesus to become the Body (Soma), they take another flesh, their own calling it holy. Do they take Communion? Yes, but in their hearts it’s their flesh and their blood, thinking the Body of Christ was given to them to use as they desire. These false ones won’t hesitate for a second to tell us how they love the Body of Christ, or how they Love the Babes, but their intent is to get the Babes to serve them “because of advantage” (Jude 16).

The next area in Jude’s allegories and metaphors is found in verses 8 and 9. These Dreamers “despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities”; the word Despise is the Greek Atheteo translated as Reject in Mark 6:26, 7:9 & Luke 7:30, it means Reject, Despise or Disannul. The word Dominion is the Greek Heriotees it was translated as Government in II Peter 2:10 in reference to the same subject matter, it means Civil authority. Paul told us Jesus is far above all Dominions (Eph 1:21 & Col 1:16), thus to assume these Dominions are over us, is in error. It doesn’t mean we attack them, after all, Pilate was a Dominion, and Jesus told him “you can do nothing to Me, unless it be granted from on high”, thus If we walk in the Light, then the Dominion can’t do a thing unless it’s granted by the Holy Ghost. Paul accepted this, the Dominion (Rome) cut his head off, but not until his work was done. In fact, Herod couldn’t cut off John the Baptist’s head, but not until John’s work was done.

The wicked hold John 7 meetings, attacking others of authority in the Body of Christ, attempting to insert their personal agenda, or as Korah, overthrow authority. These Dreamers fear Dominion, attempting to control all Dominion through manipulation, force and domination. These Dreamers Speak Evil or Blaspheme Dignities, the word Dignities is the Greek Doxa or Glory, translated as Glory in Matthew 4:8, 6:13, 6:29, et al. There is the Glory of Solomon, the Glory of the people of Israel, the Glory of Jesus, the Glory of the Father, the Glory of the incorruptible God, the Glory of the Moon, the Glory of the Sun, the Glory of the Stars, and the phrase “Glory to Glory” (II Cor 3:18). Whatever the Glory, these Dreamers Blaspheme it by either talking evil about it, misusing it, attacking it, or attempting to overthrow it.

The other allegory we have viewed in prior lessons is found in verse 5; although we should know it, Jude puts us in remembrance, how the Lord having Saved (Sozo) the people out of the land of Egypt (World), destroyed them who Believed not. This could also read “having saved in the second place those not believing He destroyed” (TR). This goes right to Jude 22 and 23, we “Save” or Sozo the people, thus we as the Body act on behalf of the Lord as “fishers of men”, the real key is how the Net pulls in good fish, and bad.

The word Destroyed is the Greek Apollumi meaning To perish, as strange as it seems it’s the same Greek word used by Jesus in the phrase “for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (Jn 10:10). Does it mean Jude has equated God to the devil? Hardly, the devil comes with the intent of stealing, killing and destroying, but here in Jude the context shows some of the children Believed Not, forcing God to destroy them based on their unbelief, although God gave them many reasons to believe. This verse shows us the “fear of God”, God is holy and just, He will do what He must do. If we walk in Faith He will save us, if we draw back to perdition, He will do what He must do.

Jude also talks about Michael the archangel, and how Michael while contending with the devil, or disputed About (not over) the Body of Moses, did not bring against the devil a Railing Accusation, but said “The Lord rebuke you” (Jude 9). Notice Michael didn’t say “I come against you”, or “You’re cursed devil”, neither did he say “You’re blessed”. Michael knew the devil had been rebuked by Jesus, who then is greater? Jesus of course, the rebuking is complete, total, taken care of, thus Michael reminds the devil, he doesn’t attempt to justify his position, or who he is.

The wording Bring Against means Something brought to someone or something, the metaphor Body of Moses points to the Law of Moses, not the man. The event Jude speaks of is recorded in Zechariah 3:1-10; showing how the angel was speaking on behalf of the Lord or representing the Lord in the dispute, thus Michael didn’t go beyond the purpose or message, rather we find “and the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying….” (Zech 3:6-7). The word Protested is the Hebrew Ud meaning To Repeat, or Testify, it can mean to Speak against, or Speak for someone, or in this case To speak for someone, against someone. There were three main characters in Zechariah, Joshua the high priest, who was, or will be a man, Michael the archangel, and Satan represented by the Wicked sons of perdition, thus Paul says they come with all the working of Satan. Michael speaks to Joshua as a fellow servant, but in reference to Satan we find the phrase “and the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke you, O Satan; even the Lord Who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” (Zech 3:2). Surely there is more said in Zechariah than “the Lord rebuke you”, it would appear as if the Lord and Michael are the same subject. Extending the metaphor could bring about cultist thinking by the wrong suggestion of Michael and Jesus as the same person. Michael as a representative speaks on behalf of the Lord, if this was the Lord speaking it would seem out of Character to use a third person narrative, rather we would see “I the Lord rebuke you”, but we don’t, clearly it’s a third person context. Michael points to Jerusalem as the brand plucked out of the fire, as God has chosen Jerusalem, not the devil, what happens to the Woman is in God’s hands, not the devil’s.

Jude’s point is simple, prior he talked about the fallen angels leaving their first estate, then the false ones who left the world yet failed to run the race lawfully. Then he shows how Michael who retained his first estate doesn’t treat the devil with accusations, but knows the result for the devil is not a matter to be decided, it has been decided, why then go about attempting to re-judge him? The comparison is for us, don’t waste time running around looking for the Wicked, preach the truth in love. Jude isn’t running about chasing the Wicked, he is defining them so we can spot them when they show up.

The word Accusation is the Greek Krisis meaning A separation, Judgment or To judge, it’s an important word in the allegory. Michael knew Judgment belongs to the Lord, not the angels. Wait, don’t we sit in the twelve thrones judging the tribes? Yes, but we judge by our Good Works of Mercy, thus by the doing, we show any can do mercy.

Since Jude and II Peter correlate, we should look at some of the metaphors Peter uses as well. Of course we know all these are not something the scribes came up with independent of one another, but given by the Holy Ghost, thus they all relate. Peter uses many of the same metaphors as Jude, with some additional ones, such as, “brute beasts”, instead of saying Michael, Peter points out “whereas angels, which are greater in Power and Might bring not railing accusation against Them before the Lord”. Peter also adds the Wicked, “count it a pleasure to Riot in the Day Time”, “they are blemishes sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you”, “beguiling unstable souls”, “a heart they have exercised with covetous practices: cursed children”, “wells without water”, “carried with a tempest to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever”, “they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness those who Were Clean escaped from them who live in error”, “they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption”, with “if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning”. This last one is not a metaphor, or allegory, it’s a principle. Denying the self is a principle, belief is another, entering the Kingdom yet another.

It would seem from some of Peter’s comments a backslider hasn’t a chance, not so, there are qualifiers from the tenses and Greek language showing this is not a backslider, rather this is someone who has made a career of remaining carnal while remaining in the Body. This group is explained in the phrase “have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge” (II Pet 2:20). This could read “For if they having escaped the defilements of the world by a Full knowledge of the Lord…” (TR). It’s not a simple introduction to the Gospel, but knowledge of the Holy Commandment of “love one another as I have loved you”. A backslider is one who is overcome because of a faulty foundation, these people go about devouring, or alluring; the word Allure is the Greek Deleazo which is only used in II Peter and in James 1:14, only in James it’s translated as Entice, in the context of man being Enticed by his own lusts. The word means A decoy, or Delude, or Giving something appearing right on the surface, but has a hidden agenda set to entrap. The phrase “eyes full of adultery” could also read “full of an Adulteress” (TR), which points to the Strange Woman in the Proverbs, showing an overzealous concern for the self. Rather than call the called out of the world, they want the world to be conformed to their agenda. The phrase “beguiling unstable souls” could also read “alluring unstable souls” (TR), the word Beguiling (Alluring) is the same Greek word used in II Peter 2:18 for the English Allure (see above). The word Unstable could also read Unsettled, it’s the Greek Asebia also translated as Ungodly in Romans 4:5, 5:6 & I Peter 4:18. The metaphor Ungodly means Without God, or The removal of God, thus the principle may be Godly, but they remove God from it, using it for their self-benefit. The reference to “cursed children” means they go about as a Cursing, rather than Blessing. If we are not to Curse, what is Peter doing? Making identification, he is not cursing anyone, they curse themselves by refusing to be a blessing.

The most interesting of the metaphors in II Peter is the phrase “count it pleasure to riot in the day time” (II Pet 2:13). Clearly these subjects are in the Day, but they Riot or find pleasure in their endeavors to Riot. The word Riot is the Greek Truphee, it’s only used one other time in Luke 7:25, where it’s translated as Delicately, the word means To break between Mind (Head) and Body, thus they bring about the Broken Body. They Exercise their Heart (old man) by refusing to have the circumcised Heart (II Pet 2:14). The word Exercise could also read “being busied” it comes from the Greek Gumnazo meaning To practice naked for games, in the positive sense it was used by Paul in the phrase “exercise yourself unto Godliness” (I Tim 4:7), in Hebrews 5:14 in reference to those who can take Strong Meat. Here it means they used the principle of Exercise, but in the wrong manner by the wrong source.

The phrase “natural brute beasts” tells the story in and of itself, it needs to be revisited here. The word Beasts might remind us of the Beast of the Earth, but wait, the Greek word Peter used is Zoon pointing to a Beast with life, much like the four Beasts John sees in heaven about the Throne, not like the one of the Earth, how can this be? During this Season the use of the word Zoon means these Beasts have life, but after the Rapture they won’t, they will barter away their life to partake of the beast; therefore, we find them in this Season as Zoon, but in the next as the Greek Therrion or Wild Beasts. The Greek Therrion also describes the Beast of the Sea, which is the Beast the Woman is seen ridding, as well as the Beast from the pit, who is the Beast of the Earth, thus separating them from the four Beasts seen in heaven.

The Greek Therrion also means To look upon from a distance, or To be a spectator of something, but not a participant. The word Natural in II Peter 2:12 is the Greek Phusikos which means Governed by the old soulish nature. This is evident when we find the Greek Phusikos comes from the Greek Phusis meaning Growth by germination, or natural production, thus instead of being Born Again, they follow the old nature. This explains the metaphor “wells without Water”, the word Wells could also read Springs (TR), it’s the Greek Peegee which was used in the teaching Jesus gave at the Well of Jacob in John 4:6-14, thus they are Wells, but lack the Water (Mercy), which correlates to Paul’s teaching on the vessels of dishonor who lack Mercy (Rom 9:21-23). James used this same word when he asked, “Does a Fountain send forth at the same place (hole, denoting a well) sweet water and bitter”, with “no fountain both yield salt water and fresh” (James 3:11-12). The Fountain is the same, the word Water is used, but we find different types of Water, making the difference. Peter says these Wells are void of Water, but James adds they are not only void of Water, but they use the wrong Water, instead of Living Water, it’s the Water of bitterness.

The phrase “mist of darkness” in II Peter 2:17 in the Greek reads the same as Jude’s comments “blackness of darkness”. The key to the matter is seeing these elements are not outside of the Field, they Have escaped Egypt (world), they had the Full knowledge of the Lord, yet they refused to have their hearts changed, all they did was make the old man religious, rather than bind the strongman, they think he can be saved.

If they had the Full Knowledge, how can they speak evil of things they Understand Not? Understanding and Knowledge are different, the two phrases show the Gospel is simple at first, but entails many deep things; milk and meat, not milk alone. Spiritual matters are still foolishness to the natural mind, they fail to understand, because they fail to be spiritual in order to gain the experience. However, they have tons of natural intellect, they have years of training, but it’s all natural, they are “self-disciplined”, but it too is all natural. This is clearer when we see the wording Understand Not is the Greek Agnoeo with the negative A and Noeo meaning Not able to be acquainted with, or Ignorant of. Paul used this word in First Corinthians in the phrases “I would not have you ignorant” (I Cor 10:1, 12:1 & 14:38); therefore, showing they are ignorant of spiritual matters.

This brings us the phrase “the madness of the prophet”, and what the saying entails. The word Madness is the Greek Paraphroneo, it’s only used here in II Peter 2:16, it means To misthink, it doesn’t mean “out of his mind”. What did the prophet Balaam misthink? He assumed because God said “go ahead”, his actions were ordained by God, rather than God allowing the action based on the stubbornness of the prophet. When we “pester the Lord” for days to gain permission to do something, then the Lord finally says “Go ahead”, yet we assume we have the blessing of the Lord, we fall into the category of the “madness of the prophet”. The Lord allowed, since our soul was so stubborn it wouldn’t take No for an answer. When the event turns against us we assume the devil was able to mix into the things of God, when in fact we mixed into the things of the devil. Didn’t God know it? Yes, but it was we who pushed the issue, not God.

Jude said these false ones were “clouds without water”, Peter said they were “wells without water”, then added, “clouds carried with a Tempest” (Jude 12 & II Pet 2:17). The word Tempest is the Greek Lailaps it was used in the phrase “storm of wind” in Mark 4:37 and Luke 8:23. The Greek word Lailaps means Whirlwind, or a Turning wind, like a Tornado, or Water Spout. Peter had full knowledge of this type of trouble, he was in a boat when the Lord was there asleep when a Whirlwind (Lailaps) came up. The disciples looked at the event saying, “Master, don’t you care than we perish” (Mark 4:38). They equated the event to a Cursing, but Jesus said, “Peace, be still” to the storm, but to His disciples He said, “Why are you so fearful? How is it you have no faith?” (Mark 4:39-40). The latter statement is the point, the same one Peter makes. The false are self-motivated, they hear their own souls presuming it’s the Lord, they are the mind game players in the kingdom of heaven. They love to play the “prophet”, but they use the same divination the damsel used who followed Paul around saying, “These men come to show us the way of salvation”. They flatter and puff up, but their intent is to speak to the lusts of a person, attempting to make their words come to pass. How do we detect them? By the Bible? Nay, by the Spirit in us discerning the spirits.

Peter shows these false ones do Speak, but they speak Great Swelling Words Of Vanity (II Pet 2:18). They always manage to mix their greatness into the conversation, it’s always their faith, or their ability, or something else placing them as the center of attention, rather than Jesus. Do they promise us anything? Yes, they promise Liberty, but they can’t deliver since they are still in bondage to the flesh (II Pet 2:19). The phrase “Great swelling words of vanity” could also read “over swollen (words) of vanity” (TR). The word Vanity is the Greek Matalotes which is a compound word meaning Intuit or Transiently: Intuit means To know or discover by intuition: Intuition means An awareness of something without conscious attention or reasoning, thus they speak to lusts and self-desires, rather than telling the person what God desires. They lack Godly Reasoning, but use worldly logic.

The word Transiently means Quickly, or Short duration, showing they use emotions to entice the emotions of others. Their victims think the only place they “can feel the Spirit” is in the presence of the false one. It’s emotionalism, not enthusiasm, or the Spirit. Their Acts are of short duration; perhaps they cast the devil out of someone, but a short time later the person is again entrapped by demonic forces. The “joy” doesn’t come in the morning, it leaves in the parking lot. When someone is truly set free, these false ones will come with words to discourage the person, the spirit lusting to envy is the motivating power in their lives.

Since the false ones are attracted to this Adulteress, we should look at the metaphor and others relating to the metaphor. Jesus didn’t discount divorce, He couldn’t, the Father asked Israel for a divorce, how could Jesus then say Divorce in and of itself was sin? Both Matthew and Mark show the teaching of Jesus, but we will use Mark, since it relates to “Say unto the Mountain”. When Jesus was tempted by the Pharisees on the matter of divorce, He didn’t respond with “What did God tell you”, rather it was “What did Moses command you” (Mark 10:3). How could this be a temptation anyway? What was the hidden agenda of the Pharisees. Their question was “Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?” (Mark 10:2). The Law of Moses clearly shows it to be lawful, then where is the trap? The word Man is the Greek Aner meaning Any male, for any reason. The Law states “When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass she find no favor in his eyes, because he had found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house” (Deut 24:1-2). It’s not “any” reason, there must be a uncleanness detected, therein was their trap.

After Jesus explains the purpose of God from the Beginning, He says “whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery” (Mark 10:11). The word Another means Like the prior, thus it’s not simply Another person, but another like the first. Why put her away, then marry another just like her? Why send him down the road, then marry another just like him? It merely shows the fault wasn’t in the one divorced, but the one who brought the divorce. The next answer must have stood the hair up on the necks of the Pharisees, as Jesus said, “And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery” (Mark 10:12). The word Another is the same as above, meaning Another like the one put away. What allegory lesson do we find here? James, Peter, Jude and Paul all say those who commit adultery are doomed, we tend to equate this to the actual act, but the actual act is a result of something within the person. The adultery issue is much deeper than the flesh, when we came to Jesus we imputed the old man dead, thus we were free to marry another, but if we attempted to remain married to the old man, yet claim to be the Bride of Christ, we have committed adultery.

Jesus also talked about fornication, yet fornication and adultery are different. Adultery is when one of the mates in a marriage engages with someone outside the marriage in the acts reserved for the marriage. Fornication involves the unlawful acts between two people; Fornication committed against the Body means they have rejected the Vows of marriage, or consider themselves not espoused or married (Matt 5:32).

What about the metaphors Daughter and Children? The 12 tribes of Israel were children, as Joseph’s dream shows. The metaphor “daughter of My people” appears 13 times in the Bible, with the number 13 is the number of rebellion. This is the “Daughter”, not Daughters, thus it doesn’t refer to the 12 tribes as such, but to one Daughter, the one in rebellion. This “daughter” is not the Daughter of God, it’s the daughter of the people. The first reference is found in Isaiah 22:4, which provides a clue to the metaphor, but it doesn’t define it. Isaiah 22:4 shows God saying, “Therefore said I, Look away from Me; I will weep bitterly, labor not to Comfort Me, because of the Spoiling of the Daughter of My people”. There are some clues in these passages to the time, it came as a result of the “burden of the valley of vision” (Isa 22:1), the vision was for a time set. The word Spoiling is the Hebrew Shod meaning A wicked demon, not demons as many, but one, as in the Beast of the Earth. This shows there is no comfort at this point in time because of the invasion of the Wicked, but this daughter is still the daughter of the people.

The real Keys to the metaphor “Daughter of My people” are found in the words of Jeremiah the prophet. In Jeremiah 4:11-12 we find “at that Time shall it be said to This People and To Jerusalem”, this gives us two groups; this “people” and “Jerusalem”, but what will be said at that Time? “A Dry Wind of the High Places in the Wilderness toward the Daughter of My people, not to fan, not to cleanse, even a Full Wind from those places shall come unto Me: now also will I give sentence against them”. What is this Wind? God heard a voice as of a Woman in Travail, her anguish as she brings forth her first child, the Voice of the Daughter of Zion, bewails herself, she spreads her hands, saying Woe is me now? for my soul is wearied because of murderers (Jere 4:31). This connects to Ezekiel, and the Time when the men (angels) go out to destroy, as the Lord tells one of them with the inkhorn, “Go through the City, through the Midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations done in the midst thereof” (Ezek 9:4). The city is the daughter, thus she is not the moon, or the sun or the 12 stars, she is the offspring, the same city Jesus wept over (Matt 23:37-39).

In Jeremiah 6:14 we read, “They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying Peace, peace, when there is no peace”. In the Night they will say Peace and Safety, but then comes sudden destruction; thus it’s not merely saying, “we want Peace”, they’ve been saying it for years, rather it’s when there is Peace as the world terms it, but at the time the Spirit will be taken, and there will be no peace with God. When will this Time begin? In Revelation 6:12 when the Sixth Seal is broken we read how the Sun becomes as Sackclothe, as the Moon becomes as Blood, then after the Stars of heaven fell unto the earth. The metaphor Fallen Star refers to the sons of perdition who lacked what it takes to make it through the Door. In Jeremiah 6:26 we read, “O Daughter of My people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the Spoiler Shall suddenly come upon us”. Doesn’t this sound like “sudden destruction”, as “the Sun (nation) becomes as sackcloth so does the Daughter”? Therefore, the Daughter is told to put on sackcloth, not that she does, rather we find she doesn’t. This Daughter is the Woman who won’t wear the sackcloth, instead she becomes the Oppressing City, who holds the blood of the saints in her cup.

Jeremiah 9:7-8 adds more as we read, “Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the Daughter of My people? Their tongue is an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait”. Could this be the past? Hardly, history shows the land has yet to Melt, the word Try is the Hebrew Bachan meaning To examine, Prove or Try, it holds two edges, one is the actual proving, the other is the investigation as a result of the proving. In this case we would call it Judgment, or The examination of the facts. Jesus says the Hour of Tribulation is to try all the world, not the Kingdom (Rev 3:10). In the world we will find Tribulation, but be of good cheer, Jesus has overcome the world, thus we joined Him to be the overcomers.

In Jeremiah 14:17 we find the Virgin Daughter of My People, with the word Broke, which becomes very important. The word Broke is the Hebrew Shever meaning A bruise, A hurt, An opening to bring injury, or Destruction, but it also means To break apart or in Pieces, as the Broken Body of Jesus is Broke apart. Most of the uses of this word are found in the Prophetic books pointing to impending disaster or destruction. Jeremiah lays out the groundwork, then finishes it in Lamentations. We find the Daughter of My people is Jerusalem of the earth, but she is hardly a Virgin, who is this Virgin Broken with a Great Breach, a Very grievous Blow? This Virgin Daughter is the Body to become the Bride, thus this refers to the end of our Season, the Time for the Broken Body of Jesus, when the Bride is take Lamentations chapter two speaks of many daughters, beginning with the Daughter of Zion, but then we find something interesting, the Elders to the Daughter of Zion (Lam 2:1 & 2:10).  It’s the Elders who sit upon the ground and cast up dust on their heads as a sign of repentance because they belong to the Daughter of Zion. God’s Right Hand has become the Adversary (Lam 2:4), and Slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the Tabernacle of the Daughter of Zion; He Poured out His fury like Fire (Lam 2:4). The word Slew is the Hebrew Harag meaning To kill a person, it relates to Homicide. The first time this Hebrew word is used was when Cain Slew his brother, thus in this case it refers to family members. Would God allow the killing of His own? In order to spare them (Isa 57:1). It’s after the slaying the Fury is poured out, the wording Poured Out is the Hebrew word Shaphakh meaning To pour out, as a Drink offering, or to Pour out as one would pour out from a Vial (Rev 16:6-8). When all this is going on we find a group as a Sea of Glass before the throne in heaven who have obtained Victory over the Beast, over the Image of the Beast and the Mark of the Beast as they stand having the harps of God (Rev 15:2 & 4:6). The “sons of God” are in heaven, when many of the Daughters are on earth. Who sits at the Right hand of the Father? Jesus, here we find Jesus will bring the Judgment after the Father makes the enemies the footstool.

Lamentations chapter two continues to show there is a destruction of the Daughter of My people, because the Children, as the sucklings swoon in the streets of the City (Lam 2:11). These children say to their Mothers, “Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city”. What other elements do we find in the Streets? In Revelation 11:8 we find the Two Witnesses lie in the Street of the Great City, in Lamentations 2:9 we find “the Law is no more; her prophets also find no vision”. Notice it’s “her prophets”, rather than “My prophets”. The Two Witnesses as the Law and Prophets have been made ineffective by the people rejecting them for the Image, yet the same Law will be used to Judge them by. If we ignore the call, reject the Word of the Lord, or cast off the warning, it doesn’t negate the responsibility.

On the way to the Cross Jesus said “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the Days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.” (Luke 23:28-29). Why didn’t Jesus say “Daughters of Israel”? God divorced Israel, here was her Daughter. Don’t these passages in Lamentations reflect the statement? Yes, in Lamentations we find “Daughter of Jerusalem”, but Jesus used the Plural, showing more than one daughter in the position, also we find more than one in the second chapter of Lamentations, it all fits (Lam 2:1, 2:2, 2:8 & 2:13). In verse 8 we find the Lord has purposed to Destroy the Wall of the Daughter of Zion, but didn’t John show the Wall as founded on the Apostles and Prophets? Yes, but it’s New Jerusalem, here it’s earthly Jerusalem. The metaphor Wall means a Protection against invasion, we find the Gates of the Daughter of Zion are sunk into the ground, just like the Wall around Jericho (Lam 2:9). God will use the seven mountains as His army, thus they will be called the “army of God”, as they will carry out the will of God, but it doesn’t mean they get a reward, it means they will do as God knows they will.

Moving on with the metaphor Daughter of My people, we also find the “sons of Zion” in Lamentations 4:2. Wait I thought we were the sons? The verse reads, “the precious sons of Zion, comparable to find gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers (vessels), the work of the hands of the Potter”. This separates the “sons of Zion” (vessels of honor) from what is spoken of next, the Sea Monsters (vessels of dishonor – Lam 4:2-3). The wording Sea Monsters is the Hebrew Tannin meaning A dragon, or Beast of the Sea; however, the daughters were more cruel than the Sea Monsters. At least the Sea Monsters knew to give suck to their young, the daughters didn’t take care for theirs. This shows as bad as the world is, the sons of perdition are much worse, they are like the “ostriches in the wilderness” (Lam 4:3). Here we find the Ostriches are unclean beasts, the unclean beast in the wilderness was the golden calf, correlating to the Wilderness where the Woman is found. There is also the Punishment for the Iniquity of the Daughter of My people in verse 6, which Punishment is Greater than the one imposed on Sodom.

God kindles a fire in Zion, it will devour the Foundations thereof, the kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the world would not have believed the Adversary and the Enemy should have entered into the Gates of Jerusalem (Lam 4:11-12). This shows they will believe a lie, they will see Peace in the world assuming “all is well”, but the sins of the false prophet the city accepted, coupled with the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the 144,000 in the midst of her will be accounted for (Lam 4:13). When we see the phrase “the Blood of the Just” we must go to James 5:6, with the warning therein; in speaking to the Rich James shows they have “heaped up treasure together for the last days”, they have “condemned and killed the Just, and He does not” resist them (James 5:3 & 5:6). What treasure? Were they so afraid of the end times, they forgot about the Now? Yes, it’s the point, they become greedy, they concern themselves over the things yet to come, but neglected the call to give Mercy now. When they attack the Just it does appear as if God is doing nothing, but there is a record. When they kill the Remnant in the Night, it will appear as if they got away with it, but God is keeping a record.

The first usage of the metaphor Daughter of Jerusalem is in conjunction with the first usage of the Daughter of Zion, both are seen by the Prophet Isaiah. Second Kings 19:21 and Isaiah 37:22 relate to the same time and event as the prophet speaks against Assyria. Recalling this is still during the time when blessing was connected to cursing, and praying against the enemy was permissible, we see king Hezekiah was praying against the king of Assyria, and the Lord heard his cry (II Kings 19:20). In reference to this, the Lord declared “The Virgin, the Daughter of Zion has despised you, and laughed you to scorn: the Daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you”. It really doesn’t make any difference how evil God’s people may become, anyone who comes against them, is really coming against God (II Kings 19:22). When God speaks to the Daughter of Jerusalem He sees her Breach (Lam 2:13), then God tells her, “all that pass by clap their hands at you, they hiss and wag their head at the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying Is this the city men call The perfection of Beauty, The joy of the whole earth?” (Lam 2:15). Doesn’t this sound like Isaiah 14:13-21? Don’t the people look on Lucifer asking, “Is this the man?”? It doesn’t mean Lucifer and the Daughter of Jerusalem are one in the same; however, it does show they become lovers of the “same mind”. The city was suppose to represent God, but the people see them worshipping idols.

There must be something happening between II Kings and Lamentations, or was there something to happen seen in the prophetic Scriptures? In Micah we find the answer; the prophet sees the Stronghold of the Daughter of Zion coming to the Flock, even the First Dominion, the kingdom shall come to the Daughter of Jerusalem. This is the First Dominion, not the Second, thus it relates to the kingdom of heaven. Did the kingdom of heaven come to the Daughter of Jerusalem? Yes, the prophet shows how Bethlehem will be the place from which the Ruler in Israel will come (Micah 5:1-2). The Ruler will Feed in the Strength of the Lord, in the Majesty of His Name of the Lord His God, but whose Name did Jesus come in? The Name of the Father, when we see the phrase “Name of the Father” it refers to Mercy, thus Jesus came in God’s Mercy forgiving sins on earth, but He was Resurrected to open Grace in His Name, as the declared Son of God (Rom 1:4). Our Jesus is a Man of Blessing and Peace, not cursing, He wars by doing Good (Micah 5:5). There shall be Seven Shepherds, and Eight principle Men, the word Principle is the Hebrew Nesikhk meaning Something poured out pointing to authority. In Daniel 11:8 it referred to princes, in Joshua 13:21 it pointed to dukes, both positions of authority. The Eighth did obtain an anointing from the Body, but used the authority of the beast of the sea, thus their glory turns to their shame, their life to death. The Seven Shepherds are the seven churches, or dispensation of times, the principle men are the Eighth, or those from the Seven who were not of the Seven.

Micah 5:3 is another key, showing there will be a time when the Ruler shall give them up, until The Time when the she has travailed and brought forth; then the Remnant of His Brethren shall return unto the Children of Israel. In Revelation 6:11 we find the White robes are given to those under the Altar, then they are told to wait for a Little Season until their “fellow servants also and their brethren” who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Then we find the Kingdom did come, the Accuser of our Brethren is cast down (Rev 12:10). Later when John sees an angel, he falls to the feet, but hears “See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren” (Rev 19:10). In Revelation 22:9 we find the phrase “of your brethren the prophets”, thus Micah 5:3 shows a time when the Remnant shall return, but the purpose in their eyes is yet to be discovered.

The Daughter of Zion is like a Woman in Travail, she shall leave the City to Dwell “in a Field”, then she shall go to Babylon, there she shall be Delivered (Micah 4:10). One of the names of the Woman is Babylon, but she is the City, not the Virgin Daughter. The purpose? So Judgment can be delivered (Micah 4:13). Don’t confuse us for the Daughter of Zion, we are “sons unto Salvation”, she produces the Judgment.

What about the Daughter of Jerusalem? The prophet Zephaniah says, “Woe to her who is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing City! She obeyed not the Voice; she received not Correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God” (Zeph 3:1-2). Yet, the same prophet said “Sing, O Daughter of Zion, shout O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all your heart O Daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy; the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of you; you shall not see evil any more” (Zeph 3:14-15). When did this happen? Shall not see evil? What about the Judgment? The division shows two times, the Lord did come to take away the Judgments by presenting forgiveness when He walked in the midst of them. However, later we find the same city obeyed not the voice of the Law and Prophets, she thinks she is the Queen, thus not accountable to anyone, or anything.

Adding to this we find the prophet Zechariah saying, “Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes unto you: He is Just and Having Salvation; lowly and riding upon an ass, and upon the colt the foal of an ass” (Zech 9:9). Did Jesus ride into the City? Yes, but did the people accept the Prophecy? No, it’s the issue, thus the prophet goes on to show the Lord will Speak Peace unto the Heathen: His Dominion shall be from Sea to Sea, which includes the Sea and the Sand of the Sea (Zech 9:10).

Since this Daughter of Jerusalem didn’t obey the prophecy, and since we found she is the oppressing city, a change must have taken place in her identification. Then we find the metaphors Daughter of Babylon and Daughter of the Chaldeans are all metaphors for the same location, Jerusalem of the earth under the hand of the Wicked (Isa 47:1). We then find the city is known as Babylon, not the “whore of Babylon”, but a Whore and Babylon (Rev 17:5 & 18:10).

Here we can define the word Virgin, since we find it used with the Daughter of Israel, Daughter of Zion, Daughter of Egypt and the Daughter of Judah. The word Virgin is the Hebrew Bethoolaw meaning To separate, we know it to mean a person who has not been involved in sexual relations; however, metaphorically speaking it goes further, meaning one with the Egg, but has never been introduced to the Seed, or one who has no children, nor has she produced children, thus the Remnant are noted as The Remnant of her Seed, rather than the Remnant of her Egg. We also see a reference showing this aspect of a Virgin goes to the Remnant, as the time of the last two churches. In Revelation 14:4 we find the 144,000 are Virgins, who are not defiled by women. In the Greek this reads “with women not were defiled, virgins they are” (TR). It would seem the 144,000 are all males, but this is a metaphor shows they did not defile themselves with the Whore, or with the sins of the Nation, thus the virgin aspect connects them to the Virgin Daughter of Zion.

The first place we find the word Virgin is in Genesis 24:16 in reference to Rebekah, who married Isaac. Isaac is a type and shadow of Christ, the Promised Blessing, as Paul pointed out. In reference to the Law of Moses, the virgin was noted as a “virgin of Israel” (Deut 22:19). We also find the Virgin Daughter of Zion (II Kings 19:21), the Virgin Daughter of Egypt (Jere 46:11), and the Virgin Daughter of Judah (Lam 1:15), but we don’t find the “virgin Daughter of Jerusalem”, but are there metaphors indicating such? Amos tells us the Virgin of Israel has fallen, which is a City, thus we find Jerusalem is a Virgin, yet as a Virgin her Man Child was brought forth, but she rejected her promised Son; therefore, the Virgin of Israel begins as a virgin, but ends as a Whore (Amos 5:1-3).

In reference to the Virgin of Israel we read how she did a terrible thing, yet she will go forth with dancing and music, which will be the Time of Comfort (Jere 31:4 & 31:13). What was this terrible thing? They forgot God and begin to burn incense, becoming a perpetual hissing (Jere 18:13-17).

In reference to the Virgin Daughter of Egypt we find she is told to go up into Gilead, and take balm, yet she has attempted many medicines, for she shall not be cured (Jere 46:11). Doesn’t this sound like “anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see” (Rev 3:18)? Perhaps we are finding a clue here, could the Virgin Daughter of Zion be the Sixth church as the Remnant; with the Virgin Daughter of Egypt the Seventh, then the Virgin Daughter of Babylon those who escape the Woman? What about the Virgin Daughter of Judah? Aren’t we associated with the Lion from the Tribe of Judah? Yes, but it doesn’t mean we are daughters, Paul shows if we mind the Spirit we become witnesses as sons of God, could we be daughters as well? Don’t we end as the Bride? Yes, we begin as a son, then end as the Bride, thus there is no male or female in Christ. We can’t equate these metaphors to a gender, they are intended to give us mysteries.

Taking this to the concept of the “he in the world”, we find the metaphor Virgin means one who doesn’t associate with the he in the world. Wait, weren’t we all associated with the world? Yes, but behold, when we received the New Man all things became New, the old us is dead on the Cross. Therefore, when the old nature is crucified, we are no longer associated with darkness, our focus turns to the New Man, as we become New. One of the hardest battles we fight is the recognition of being New by the New Birth.

This takes us to Zion who is told to deliver herself, she who dwells in Babylon.  Sounds like “come out of her My people, be not a partaker of her sins” (Rev 18:4). Which invokes Psalm 137 which is entitled “The mourning of the Exiles in Babylon”. Like in Ezekiel they sit by the rivers of Babylon Remembering Zion, thus Zion is the place of Remembrance, the place of Joy, but Jerusalem the place of Sorrow. Here we find Jerusalem is also known as the Daughter of Babylon (Ps 137:7-9). Isaiah 47:1 shows the Daughter of Babylon and the Daughter of the Chaldeans are one in the same. In the end the four quarters of the earth like a Flood of the Sea shall come against The Daughter of Babylon (Jere 50:42). The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, ready to be burned and devoured (Jere 51:32-33). If the Woman is Babylon, who then is the Daughter? Like mother like daughter, the daughter are the people.

Egypt is a sign of the world, Babylon a sign of captivity, John shows those who kill by the sword must be killed by the sword, and those who take into captivity, must be taken into captivity. This goes back to Psalm 137 where we read, “O Daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed (wasted); happy shall He be, who rewards you as you have served us”. In the Book of Revelation we find the Great City has fallen, then the Voice from heaven calls out “come out of Her My People” which is the call for Zion to deliver herself. Then we find “Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the Cup which she has filled fill to her double” (Rev 18:6). What Cup? The Cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication (Rev 17:4). Fornication? Sounds like the teaching Jesus did on divorce.

This Woman is known as Babylon, but the prophets spoke of her as the Daughter of Babylon, what gives? Same subject matter, the first Babylon kept the children captive, just as the people in the Woman will do in the end. The Woman in the Book of Revelation is not “the Whore of Babylon”, she is a Whore, and Babylon, thus those who join to her become the Daughter of Babylon. Does it mean she is that way now? Peter defines it for us, his church was the Jerusalem church, James was his pastor, as Acts 15 points out. In reference to the location Peter said, “The church that is at Babylon elected together with you, salutes you” (I Pet 5:13). Could this mean Peter was in Babylon proper? No, it means he understood the prophetic message, and why the call was to begin in Jerusalem. Judgment does not come until Salvation is presented.

This “Woman” who is the Great City, is not the nation, or the temple, or the world, she is a City, the same City built on Zion, the same one in bondage even until now. She is seen with her foundation as the “moon”, a metaphor for Zion, she has the Sun (Israel) as her covering, and she has the 12 tribes as He crown, there is only one city to fit the description, it’s Jerusalem of the earth. For this reason Jesus marked the 144,000 on Zion, but they are seen weeping for Jerusalem.

This brings us to the Daughter of Zion and how she relates to Zion proper. From Isaiah 2:1 to 6:1 the prophet gives an outline of his Word for the end times concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Within the outline we find, “Moreover the Lord says, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the Crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts” (Isa 3:16-17). This is the plural usage of Daughter, which is only found four times, three in Isaiah and once in the Song of Solomon (Song 3:11). In Isaiah 4:4-5 we read “When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a defense”. This refers to the Night, before the Woman turns from Zion as her foundation, to riding the Beast, then comes Judgment and Burning. The reference to the Daughter is still pointing to the people, the Time of Comfort will appear wonderful, just as the Garden, but just as the Garden the serpent sends the Beast of the Earth to bring the entire thing to ruin.

The plural usage of the Daughters of Zion also connects to the plural usage for the Daughters of Jerusalem. The metaphor Daughters of Jerusalem is found 8 times, seven in the Old Testament, once in the New. All seven references in the Old are found in the Song of Solomon. The one in the New is Luke 23:28, where Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves” (Luke 23:28). Since He was talking to people, He defined the metaphor Daughter as people in a location.

In the Song of Solomon the first usage is found in 1:5, showing the Speaker is black as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. This is Black, not blackness, referring to the Night, rather than the Day. Then in Song 2:7 we find “I charge you, O you Daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the Field, you stir not up, nor awake my Love, till He please”, this same phrase is found in Song 3:5, why twice? Doesn’t it sound like a type and shadow of Resurrection? We find two elements in the Field, the Roes and the Hinds. The word Roes is the Hebrew Tsvi meaning An ornament of glory; the word Hinds is the Hebrew Ayalah meaning a Deer, as in The deer pants for the water. Both refer to the Good, both show us a type and shadow of the Body of Christ, with the Roes as Christ, and the Hinds as those who Sleep in Jesus, thus they seek after the Water, but have yet to obtain Living Water.

We also find the double usage of the plurals, Daughters of Jerusalem and Daughters of Zion in Song 3:9-10, as Solomon (son of the king) made himself a chariot (a bed), the pillars were Silver, the bottom was Gold, the covering Purple, in the Midst it was paved with Love. Silver is a metaphor for Redemption, Gold for purity, Purple for royalty, we find the entrance to this Bed for the Bride begins with Redemption. Then in Song 3:11 we find, “Go forth, O you Daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the Crown….”. The Bed was prepared for the Daughters of Jerusalem, the Crown for the Daughters of Zion, but did the Daughters of Jerusalem receive the invitation? No, Jesus ended the metaphor by telling the Daughters of Jerusalem to weep for themselves. The context in the Song of Solomon changes from asking the Daughters of Jerusalem to join to simply informing them about the Love. In Song 5:8 and 5:16 the context shows “if you find”, then telling the Daughters of Jerusalem “this is my Friend and Beloved”, Jesus said He calls us Friends if we do as He says. The Old Testament references to the Daughters of Jerusalem ends with “I charge you, O Daughters of Jerusalem, you stir not up, nor awake my love, until He please”. This would be the Sixth church, the house of David when Jesus opens it, not before. Not only is this somewhat different from both 2:7 and 3:5 as the chart shows, but it also shows no one can wake Him until it’s time. Our call is to be ready to be ushered out of here, rather than master the ushering.

REFERENCES IN SONG OF SOLOMON:

Song of Solomon 2:7	Song of Solomon 3:5	Song of Solomon 8:4
“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”	“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”	“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.”

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The word Please in all the phrases is the Hebrew word Chaphets meaning To take delight in, or Gracious, when used as substantive it means Holy One, or Saint. This gives us the Location, the plural usage of either the Daughters of Zion, or the Daughters of Jerusalem, referring to the kingdom of heaven, thus we find the kingdom of heaven is not in heaven, it’s on the earth, yet purposed for those who are appointed to heaven, only the Kingdom of God is heaven related. This defines the differences between the two, the kingdom of heaven was established by the Son of man on the earth for those of the earth desiring to escape the world and earth; the Kingdom of God is established by the Son of God for the sons of God, it’s established in heaven, thus we can either bind ourselves to the earth, or loose heaven in us.

All this has a point, we are getting there. We know there are three cities of David, the one wherein he was born (Bethlehem), the one where he reigned as king (Jerusalem), and the illusive one (Zion). All three are important in Scripture, all three hold a significant factor. Paul gave us the allegory of Jerusalem of the earth, and New Jerusalem in heaven. Bethlehem was the city of the birth of Jesus, Jerusalem of the earth the scene of His death; thus spiritually we come onto Bethlehem to die, then to New Jerusalem to live. The first place we find the word Zion is in Deuteronomy 4:48 in reference to the borders of the wilderness, Zion is also known as Hermon. This takes us back to Deuteronomy 3:9 and the Battle with the two kings of the Amorites. Here we find two other names, Sirion and Shenir, both mean Coat of mail. The word Mail means Joined pieces of metal used to protect one in battle, it was used in reference to Goliath, the only two places we find the wording Coat of Mail is in reference to David and Goliath (I Sam 17:5 & 17:38). In I Samuel 17:5 it was the Coat of Mail on Goliath, in I Samuel 17:38 it was Saul’s Coat of Mail he attempted to put on David. The metaphor then points to some battle, David fought to take Zion from the inhabitants of Jebus (I Chron 11:5). The word Zion, strangely enough comes from the Hebrew Siyon from the Hebrew Siy meaning Loftiness of pride. Go figure? In Deuteronomy it’s known as Mount Zion, but it’s also known as a City, thus it has more than one metaphoric meaning, depending on whether one calls it a City or a Mount. The actual city of Jerusalem was built on a mount called Zion, thus when Jesus marks the 144,000 they are on Zion, not in the City of Jerusalem. Clearly they are Jews, not Gentiles, they are taken from the tribes, not added to them. However, we also come unto Mount Zion, but is it the same one the city of the earth is built on, or is it the one New Jerusalem is built on? This is made clear in the New Testament where we find the references to Mount Zion (Greek Sion ); in Hebrews 12:22 as we are told to come unto Mount Sion (Zion), and unto the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem. This points to New Jerusalem,  joined to a heavenly Mount, what would this Mount represent? The kingdom of heaven? Yes, but more important, it represents Mercy as the Body, whereas, New Jerusalem represents Grace as the Blood of Jesus. Then in I Peter 2:6 we find “Behold, I lay in Sion (Zion) a Chief Corner Stone, elect, precious: he who believes on Him shall not be confounded”. However, we also see the same Cornerstone is a Stone of Stumbling and a Rock of Offense to the Disobedient (unbelieving). Isn’t the Rock, Christ? Yes, the Stone is the Word, yet we find it has two purposes, but it’s nonetheless laid in Zion, with a purpose to become New Jerusalem. If the Stone is one of stumbling it must be at the entrance, thus those who believe it becomes a refuge, to the unbelieving a hindrance.

This becomes important when we find the last reference to Zion is the place where the 144,000 are marked. The Lamb Stood on Mount Zion, with Him a 144,000, wait isn’t the Greek spelling of Zion “Sion”, yet John used “Zion”, is he attempting to tell us something? (Rev 14:1). Yes, it’s a story weaving through out the Old, as it’s seen in the New. In the Greek the word Sion means A parched place, A hill where Jerusalem was built, thus we find the meaning changed from the Hebrew to the Greek, then from the Greek to the Hebrew, for good reason. Heavenly Zion is opposed to pride, it takes humbleness and mercy to be a rock of the Rock. The material Jesus uses to build New Jerusalem comes form the Rock, yet Zion of the earth is different, there Jesus marks the 144,000, He doesn’t use them to build the Church.

Paul showed us Hagar is akin to the Jerusalem of the earth, but the Free are joined to  Jerusalem in heaven, yet both are established on something. The 144,000 are marked on Zion, the Scripture doesn’t say they are Zion, neither does it say Jesus is Zion, we are told Jesus sits on the Right Hand side of Majesty, but in Revelation 14:1 He is clearly Standing. A change takes place, one prophetic in nature, it will come to pass. The 144,000 are the Virgin Daughter of Zion, thus they stand on Zion, rather than being called Zion.

The Psalms are prophetic in nature, the first place in the Psalms we find Zion it relates to the 144,000 as we read, “Yet I have set My King upon My Holy Hill of Zion” (Ps 2:6). The word Set is the Hebrew Nasakh meaning Lying ahead, To find out, Justice, or A right answer in the legal realm, it refers to something yet to come associated with Judgment. This has to do with the Heathen raging, and the People imagining a Vain thing (Ps 2:1). The metaphor “kings of the earth” and “rulers” are also noted in this Psalm (Ps 2:2). They are “against the Lord and against His Anointed”, which shows these kings and rulers are antichrist (Ps 2:3). They say, “let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us”, this is in reference to making the Law and Prophets ineffective. Natural man without the restraint of the Law, or Commandments will end a terror.

After we find the King is set on Zion we read “You are My Son; this Day have I begotten You” (Ps 2:7). We know this reference is found in Hebrews referring to the Opening of the Day as it relates to Jesus. This shows the Lord and Zion are connected, then we find for those who Know the Name of the Lord will Put their Trust in Him, their goal is to Sing praises to the Lord, “which” (not who) dwells in Zion (Ps 9:10-11). Silly scribes, didn’t they know the Lord is a Who, not a Which? Could Paul have seen this by the Holy Ghost then used it to explain our ability to overcome? Yes, in Philippians 4:13 Paul said “I can do all things through Christ Which (not who) strengthens me”. Paul saw the Anointed as Christ, a Which belonging to Jesus the Who, thus it wasn’t doing all things through Jesus, but through the Anointing for the glory of Jesus, this limits the Things to the Things of Christ. Paul listed the Things as True, Honest, Just, Pure, Lovely, Of a good report, of Virtue and if there be any Praise connecting back to Psalm 9:10-11.

In Psalm 9:16 the Lord is known by His Judgment, wait don’t we know the Lord by His Grace? This separates the Times, showing the Wicked shall be turned into hell, which is a mystery in itself (Ps 9:17). This doesn’t say the Wicked will be put in hell, it says they become hell as they will be transformed into lake of fire where hell ends up. Then we find what may appear to be a mistake, but alas, there are no mistakes in the Bible. Psalm 9:16 ends with “the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah”. What is the word Higgaion doing there? Someone must have made a Boo-boo, no the word Higgaion means Meditation, or Think about it, yet the word Selah also means Think about it, thus we are told to Think about it, Think about it, two times, so Think about it as we work out your own salvation by fear and trembling.

When the Father makes the enemies of Jesus His Footstool, the Lord will be building Zion of the earth (Ps 102:13-16). Psalm 102 makes the statement not written for it’s generation, but one to come (Ps 102:18). The place of interest is Jerusalem, the Sixth church will bring the knowledge of the Lord to the world. This is also seen in Psalm 110:2, where we read, “The Lord shall send the Rod of Your Strength out of Zion: rule You in the midst of Your enemies.” When John measures the Temple, he does so with a Reed like unto a Rod. Jesus said the synagogue of Satan will worship at “the feet” of the Sixth church (Rev 3:9). When this takes place the synagogue of Satan will be at rest, but later it will form itself into the Footstool. When will this take place? When the Lord turns again to the captivity of Zion, it will be a time relating to one who Dreams, thus it will be the Night (Ps 126:1).

Isaiah 31:8-9 points to Judgment as well, the Fire is in Zion, the Furnace in Jerusalem, connecting to the description of the Feet of Jesus in the Book of Revelation. What about the Seventh church? Are there sinners in Zion? Yes, the sinners in Zion will be afraid, who can dwell with the devouring fire? Who can dwell with everlasting burning? (Isa 33:14).

At the same time we find the Congregation (solemnities) in the City of Zion, instead of a Temple, God will see a type of Tabernacle, thus He will also say “Come out of her My people, be not a partaker of her sins” (Isa 33:20 & Rev 18:4). When the Day comes it will be the Day of the Lord’s vengeance, a day for recompenses for the controversy of Zion (Isa 34:8). The word Controversy is the Hebrew Riv meaning A contest, A lawsuit, or Contention. For this reason Paul warned the Corinthians about building with wood, hay and stubble, or holding to envy strife and division, contentious behavior against members of the Body is self-abusive and dangerous.

In Isaiah 35:10 we find the Ransomed of the Lord shall return by coming to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. This defines the Mark of God as one of Joy based on the protection of mercy, they will sing the Song of Moses. It’s interesting to see how the Mark of God protects these people from the Mark of the Beast, yet we who are Born Again seem paranoid over the “mark of the beast”. If they have the Mark of God on them, yet we have the Seal of the Spirit in us, don’t you think we are more protected? Of course, so much so they need the devil bound in order to operate. On the other hand we have the authority and power to cast out devils.

The word Ransomed is the Hebrew Padah meaning To set free from servitude, To rescue or deliver from danger, or To cause to be redeemed. This word was used in reference to the Lord sparing the firstborn of Israel, but taking the firstborn of Egypt. Padah is an intervening action which effects a release, it is not the release itself, but what leads to it. When this event begins the Sorrow and Sadness will flee away, Joy and Gladness will return, but didn’t we find the two words Joy and Gladness in reference to the Law of Moses? In Deuteronomy 28:47 we find the Curse comes because the people of God serve not the Lord with joyfulness and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things. Here we find they will obtain their Joy through the Mark of God, then the Windows of heaven will be opened for them, which means the Door to the House of David will also be opened, of course the Door to heaven will be closed.

The Time of Comfort is also seen in Isaiah 49:13-14, as the Heavens will Sing, as John saw. The Earth will be joyful, breaking forth in singing, but Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me”. Can the Lord forget? No more than a mother can forget her sucking child (Isa 49:15). It will appear so when the Beast and the Woman take over the world, then kill the 144,000, but God’s plan of Judgment includes choice, as the Beast and the Woman will make the choice to be God’s enemies. When this begins to unfold as the Time of Comfort the Wall will stand before the Lord in heaven, the Gates to the Wall will still be on earth.

Heavenly Zion which is the Rock will be taken, Zion of the earth which is founded on the Two Witnesses remains. The Lord shall Comfort Zion, yet make her a Wilderness as Eden, joy and gladness shall be found therein (Isa 51:3). The Time of Comfort will be great, a lot better than the earth is now, but heaven is far Greater, a far, far better place than the earth; Time of Comfort or not.

The Time of Comfort will see Zion as Eden, but not Jerusalem; God sees Jerusalem has drunk the cup of the Lord’s fury, the cup of Trembling, not the cup of Salvation. Two things will come upon this Woman, Desolation and Destruction, by Famine the Sword and plagues, then comes the judgment (Isa 51:16-19).

The last Resurrection will have two parts, merely being stood up isn’t enough, one must hear “Come up hither”. To Jerusalem and her lovers its “Awake, Awake”, but to Zion and her beauty it’s also “Awake, Awake” (Isa 51:17-19 & 52:1). When God says “Come out of her My people”, it will be the same as saying “Loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion” (Isa 52:2).

From all this we can see the Daughter of Zion refers to the Remnant, yet we can’t forget there are two Zions, one of Salvation for our Season, known as the Rock upon which the Church is built, then one of Judgment for the next, upon which Jerusalem of the earth is built. Ours has the Anointing of Christ, the other has the Two Anointed Witnesses of the Law and Prophets. As long as Jesus sits, Salvation is here, when He stands, then the Spirit takes us through the Door at the Rapture. For our Season it’s still, come let us worship at His footstool, for we are come unto Mount Zion, unto the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels. This shows Zion for us is the Rock, upon which the Church is built; whereas, Zion of the earth is the place where Jerusalem of the earth is built.

Since Judgment will be the issue during the Time of Comfort, and since Jesus judges with a two-edged sword, we should find out what this Sword is all about. There are only four references to a two-edged sword in the Bible. We know the two New Testament passages as Hebrews 4:12 where the Word is sharper than any two-edged sword, then Revelation 1:16 where Jesus judges with a two-edged sword. Don’t confuse the Sword of the Spirit with a two-edged sword, the Sword of the Spirit has one edge of Grace. The first reference to a two-edged sword is found in Psalm 149:6, which is entitled A Hymn Of Praise; the passage reads, “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand”. Here the purpose for the Sword is to “execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishment upon the people”. This gives us a clue to the purpose of the two-edged sword. In Proverbs 5:4 we find the Strange Woman’s end is Bitter as Wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. The metaphor Wormwood means Bitterness,  we know during the last plagues the Star falls becoming Wormwood (Bitter – Rev 8:11), thus this Strange Woman is metaphorically the Woman (City) in the Book of Revelation, her Strangers are the sons of perdition. In Psalm 96:13 we read, “Before the Lord for He comes, for He comes to judge the earth, He shall judge the world with Righteousness and the people with His Truth”. These two items are the purpose for the Dividing asunder, making the Word in us greater than any two-edged sword. We have the opportunity to have the Word divide unto Righteousness, Holiness and Truth, thus we can avoid the Judgment through Salvation by having the Spirit of Truth. Once we receive the Spirit there is one thing we must remember, we are not appointed to the wrath of God, or the season of His wrath.

The Tabernacle has many allegories and metaphors, most of which we have covered in prior lessons; however, Paul tells us Jesus “has (past tense) broken down the middle wall of partition between us: having abolished in his flesh the enmity even the Law of Commandments contained in ordinances: for to make In Himself of two one New Man so making peace” (Eph 2:15-16). The Middle Wall was the curtain between the holy place and the holy of holies, the wording “has broken down” is the Greek Luo meaning To Loose, as opposed to binding (Greek Deo). Jesus has provided the method and manner of Loosing us from the courtyard into the holy place then into the holiest of all. The Law and Ten Commandments are nailed to the Cross, when we imputed death, we completed the purpose of both. We then entered a new realm, one wherein the Commandments of Mercy and Grace are applied.

Psalm 96:12 opens another area of metaphors, as it says “Let the Field be joyful, and all therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice”. If we reject the use of metaphors we would assume some field would be happy, then all the trees in the forest would be jumping for joy, hardly the case. This is a metaphoric message, pointing to the Field as the kingdom of heaven, yet it opens the area of Trees and Grass. Jesus said If we had the faith as a Grain of Mustard Seed, since when do we find a grain of mustard seed acting in faith? Could Jesus be mistaken? Perhaps He didn’t really mean what He said, or He knew exactly what He said. A Grain of Mustard Seed is designed to grow, it knows nothing more, it doesn’t have a brain, it doesn’t have reasoning, it doesn’t have a soul, but it does do what God intended without argument, fighting, or attempting to change it’s course. Faith as a grain of mustard seed entails submission, as well as doing what God intended us to do.

John refers to Trees and Grass in the Book of Revelation; are these Olive Trees? Or some other type? Are they Fig Trees, or what? He does tell us the Grass is Green, how could it be? (Rev 8:7). On one hand we see a third part of the Trees burnt up, then after the demons are loosed we find they are commanded not to hurt the Grass of the earth, any Tree or Green thing, only Men, does it mean mankind is not metaphorically akin to the Trees, Grass and Green things? Or does it open another metaphoric mystery? The location is now narrowed to the Earth, or the kingdom of heaven, thus the kingdom of heaven will remain, but so do the Tares from our Season. The Green things have the shadow of life over them, which connects to the concept of the dry tree becoming a green tree, or as we know it, the resurrection “unto” life, which fits those among the 144,000, thus the demons will not hurt any of the 144,000. If the devils can’t hurt them, what makes us think the devils can hurt us?

In the Hebrew the word Ets relates to the word Tree, but it also means A carpenter, thus Jesus came as a carpenter, or Tree among Trees. In Daniel the word Iylaw was used meaning The Oak Of Paran or An ornamental tree. In the Greek there is the Dedron or Oak Tree, the Suke or Fig Tree, the Xulon meaning Timber of wood article, then Agrielaios for the Wild Olive Tree. This still doesn’t tell us about the Trees in the Book of Revelation. In Ezekiel 47:12 we find Trees by the River, the leaves of the Trees shall not fade, the fruit shall not be Consumed. The word Consumed is the Hebrew Tamam meaning To complete, connecting to Jesus and the lacking Fig Tree. The Leaves will complete the task, not the fruit. Yet, we also see how a tree shall bring forth New Fruit, how does it figure in? The wording New Fruit can also read A principle, it’s due to the Waters coning from the Sanctuary. Waters is a metaphor for Mercy in one form or another, there are the waters of Mercy, the Living Waters of Mercy, Bitter water, and salt water the last two  lack mercy. The metaphor used here is two fold, first is the water of mercy in the knowledge of God coming from the Sanctuary during the Time of Comfort, but then comes the Floods of the salt water (Gentiles), then the Bitter water of the Woman. We are the only ones who have the Living Water by the Spirit.

The word Medicine also means For bruises and sores, relating to the plague. The New Fruit is not the fruit from the Tree, it’s evil fruit from the Rivers and Bitter Waters; therefore, the Fig Tree still didn’t produce Fruit, it merely used the Fruit from another Tree calling it a Fig. The Trees along the bank show a metaphor for something next to Water, which we know as the Sand of the Sea, thus the Trees here refer to the Twelve Tribes, the Fig Tree to the religious order. In Jude we find there are Trees who have withered (Jude 12), Jude uses the Greek Dendron meaning An Oak, this is the same word John uses in Revelation 7:1 and 9:4; however, in Revelation 2:7, 22:2 and 22:14 John uses the Greek Xulon, in Revelation 6:13 it’s the Greek Suke with the addition of the word Fig pointing to the Fig Tree. The only place in the Book of Revelation where we find the Olive Tree is in Revelation 11:4 in reference to the Two witnesses, there it’s the Greek Elaia. Since the Two Witnesses operate in Mercy we find the Olive points to Mercy, yet for use it’s Mercy coupled with Grace.

James asks us can a Fig Tree produce Olives? (James 3:12); Paul used the Olive Tree in Romans 11:17 and 11:24; however, there are 11 references to the Mount of Olives (Matt 21:1, 24:3, 26:30, Mark 11:1, 13:3, 14:26, Luke 19:29, 19:37, 21:37, 22:39 & John 8:1), all of which appear in the Gospel accounts. The Commandments of the Olive Tree came from the Mount of Olives, relating to Mercy. All of the plural uses in the Book of Revelation are the Greek Dendron the same word Jude used (Rev 7:3, 8:7, 11:4 & Jude 12). The Tree of Life is Xulon (Rev 2:7, 22:2 & 22:14), the Tree of Life is never seen as a Plural. The purposed Olive Trees become hard as Oaks, turning their glory into their shame, but the Two Olive Trees are the only Olive Trees during the Night. They are not attached to the Candlestick, rather they stand next to it, meaning they are only assigned to the last two churches. At the same time the Fig Tree with Leaves begins, then it’s shaken causing the Leaves fall, leaving a dry tree, with no leaves. Yet God said He would take the Green Tree and make it dry, and Dry Tree and make it Green; if Green refers to Life, we can see how those with Life who enter the Night give their Life to the Beast, leading them to the resurrection of the damned (dry tree), but those of the dry Fig Tree who keep the Commandments will receive the resurrection unto Life (green tree). We have Trees, and we have Trees, which is which?

In Nahum 2:3-4 we find the “Fir Trees” shall be terribly shaken, as the Chariots rage. Then in Nahum we find the Gates of the Rivers shall be opened, as the Palace shall be dissolved (Molten), then “she is empty, and Void, and Waste” (Nahum 2:10). All this goes back to Genesis 1, when the earth was void and waste in the Beginning, thus as it began, so shall it end, only the ending will have the earth as a Molten Lake of Fire.

The metaphor Fir Tree points to the word Fir which is the Hebrew Berowsh, generally it means the instruments made from the Cypress tree, whether the instrument is a spear or used for music; however, when we see “Terribly Shaken” adding to the concept. The wording Terribly Shaken is the Hebrew Raal meaning To reel or Brandish meaning To wave triumphantly, or menacingly, thus these Fir Trees are instruments of destruction, they Wave when the Woman uses menacing words and gestures. Therefore, we find various Trees doing various things; the Two Anointed witnesses couldn’t be waving in a violent, or menacing manner, they call for repentance and obedience, not oppression. There must be more to the metaphor used by John in the Book of Revelation.

After Peter made his statement regarding the Fig Tree, Jesus said “have faith in God”, He also said “you shall not only do this which is done to the Fig Tree” (Matt 21:21). What was done to the Fig Tree? Was it cursed? Hardly, Jesus didn’t Curse the religious leadership of Israel, He came to save it. Did Jesus have Authority over the Fig Tree, even to the point wherein it was subject to Him? Yes, He said He was Lord of the Sabbath, even the Pharisees asked “by what authority do You do these things?”. Authority over the Fig Tree means the Fig Tree doesn’t have Authority over us. The next step was to get rid of the Mountain of Cursing, yet being free of the Fig Tree doesn’t necessarily mean one is free of the Curse. Revelation 6:13 points to Stars falling as a Fig Tree casts her untimely Figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. The Untimely Figs are the first figs, the second growth comes from the first, thus the Fig Tree wasn’t able to produce Fruit. In her case the untimely figs are like unto Stars, thus when we see the opening of the Time of Comfort we see Stars falling as positions. At the same time the Body is broken, the positions appointed to the Wicked are taken from them, causing them to fall. Later another Star falls, the Woman’s star when she engages and mixes with the Wicked. When the stars of the Wicked fall, their names are blotted out of the Book of Life. It’s after the Stars have fallen when the 144,000 are Marked, but what relationship do these Stars have with the Fig Tree? Are they the Fig Tree? No, it’s like unto a Fig Tree, thus they are religious in nature, these Stars are purposed to be of the Olive Tree, but remained wild, hardened oaks, Independent Rocks, who lose their place in heaven when the Rapture  takes place.

John’s word for Grass in Revelation 8:7 is the Greek Chloros or Kloros, it’s used four times in the New Testament (TR), once in Mark 6:39 in reference to the people sitting on the Grass, then three times in the Book of Revelation (Rev 6:8, 8:7 & 9:4). One would look at Revelation 6:8 and say “wait, I don’t see the word Grass there?”, and we don’t, rather it’s translated as Pale in reference to the fourth horse who brings Pestilence. The Rider who brings Pestilence is a Pale Green, who is sent among the Grass. This gives us two sides to the same metaphor, as God views the beasts of the field. Rats are a carrier of pestilence, as are many raw flesh eating, or blood sucking animals, just as the Beast of the Field is a flesh eating, blood sucking natural brute beast. Pale is a metaphor for sickly, they are Pale Green, thus sickly. Being a Christian doesn’t make us void of sickness, if so then it would be, “by his stripes you can’t get sick”, neither would there any reason to prey our prayer of faith. It’s not the paleness, but to Whom we go when Paleness comes, as well as to whom we give the glory, healed or not.

Both Revelation 8:7 and 9:4 are connected with the Trees and Grass, both show when the plagues begin one-third of both are burned up, leaving two-thirds. The demons are not allowed to Hurt the Grass of the Earth, any Green thing, neither any Tree. The word Hurt is the Greek Adikeo meaning Wrong, Suffer, or Hurt, it’s found some 10 times in the Book of Revelation (2:11, 6:6, 7:2-3, 9:4, 9:10, 9:19, 11:5 (twice) & 22:11), the last reference is translated as Unjust, thus Unjust means one has the ability to be Just, but rejects it as they bring Hurt to others. The word would also relate to those who Slander their brothers and sisters, or those who go about bringing Hurt, assuming they are doing Godly works. Although the demons don’t touch the green things, we find many of the people are tormented by the demons.

The One-third and Two-thirds are alluded to in Zechariah, as the prophet says, “in that Day there shall be a Fountain opened to the House of David” (Zech 13:1). The House of David then must have a Door, if a Door, someone must have the Key to Open it. We know Jesus has the Key of David, He also has the keys to death and hell, but He gave us the Keys to the Kingdom, don’t mix keys, the proper key for the proper lock.

In that Day the Lord will cut off the names of Idols, cause the prophets and unclean spirits to pass out of the land, or better to bind them in the pit. Then we find “Awake, O Sword, against My Shepherd, and against the man who is My fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn My Hand upon the little ones. And it shall come to pass, in the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die: but the third shall be left therein” (Zech 13:7-8). The word “man” here is very interesting, it’s the Hebrew Ghever meaning War like or Warrior, it pointed to a male at the very peak of his Natural strength. This fellow has power and strength, but it’s natural in ability and means. This is just the opposite of Revelation 8:7 where one-third are burned, and two-thirds remaining, yet here in Zechariah it’s two-thirds Cut Off, and one third makes it through the Fire. What gives? Could the first angel complete Isaiah 57:1, wherein the Righteous are taken to avoid what is ahead? It would appear so. They who remain won’t take it to heart, they will assume as they did at the Rapture, God has taken the evil, not the Righteous, they will be just as wrong. Those who pass through the Fire will be able to say “The Lord is my God”, which is akin to Thomas’ statement “My Lord, my God”, when he saw and believed.

As for us? We are Branches of the Olive Tree, neither independent trees, or grass,  thus Jesus put the Vine with the Olive Tree, showing both the Blood and Mercy Anointing. Jesus clearly showed He is the True Vine, the Father the Husbandman, every Branch in Him who bears not fruit the Father will take away: yet every Branch who does Bear Fruit the Father will purge, so it can bring forth More Fruit. Much better to be cut to the quick, than cut off.

Then we find the Two Olive Trees in the time of the Leaves of the Fig Tree. These two witnesses are the Law and Prophets, thus the words are Anointed, whether the person reading them is anointed or not. In our Season we have the advantage of being anointed by the Spirit, in the Next the Law and Prophets contain the anointing; in our Season it’s unto Salvation, in the next Judgment.

On the same note we can become paranoid over metaphors, and numbers. A small cut, or sore appears on our right hand, and immediately we think we are cursed. We just looked at the clock and it’s 13 past the hour, we’re in rebellion, it was at night, so we’re going to miss the Rapture, we hit our toe on our right foot running to our Bible, so we must have lost the anointing, causing us to run off yelling, “the curse, the curse”: when the truth is we have a sore, we need to be careful. If the first thing we think of is Cursing, then we need to consider our source. If the first thing we think of is the “devil”, we need a Holy Ghost focus change.

If a storm called Ishmael comes, do we look for the Precious, or the curse? We look for signs as warnings, or cautions, but we also look for the way to the Door first and foremost. Searching for the Precious doesn’t mean we avoid the responsibility of our actions, or the actions of others. We desire to rid ourselves of “wood, hay and stubble”, but what do the metaphors wood, hay and stubble represent? Envy, strife and division? Yes, carnal, worldly, soulish thinking? Yes, but the source is just as important as the product. Wood comes from trees, hay is a type of grass, stubble is the left over, or unusable portion of grain. Didn’t Jesus hang on the Tree for us? Yes, but He isn’t there now. We can’t say at the Cross and miss the Resurrection, yet we must take the lessons of the Cross to the grave, then the lessons of the grave to the Resurrection, then unto the Rapture.

The Tree holds many metaphors, we found there are trees, and there are trees. Which tree did Jesus hang on? The Tree of Life? The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil? The olive Tree? The fig Tree? The almond Tree? Which one? If it was the Tree of Life, then we lose, if it was the Olive Tree, we lose. If it was the Almond Tree we would have the Resurrection at death, if it’s the case we all lose, even Jesus. In a prior study we saw how the Cross did have a Cross Piece on the upright stake, showing the Cross was not a single upright stake, the proof is found in the first Passover. The Blood was not placed on the Door, but on the Wooden pieces on the sides, and top. The Cross had two pieces, one intersecting the other, thus we find the Law of Moses was from the fig tree, for the fig tree. The Law and the Commandments, with any and all Curses were nailed to the Cross, so was did the Cross take the curse, or Jesus who was nailed to the Cross? Jesus of course, but did the cruse remain on the Cross, or follow Jesus through the Resurrection? It stayed on the Cross with the Law and Commandments.

What other type of trees are there? There is the Palm Tree, Oak Tree, Juniper Tree, and the Wild Olive Tree, as well as Trees bearing seeds, but no fruit, such as the Sycamore Tree, or the Cedar Tree; then there are the Nut Trees, like the Almond, Hazelnut and Chestnut. Didn’t Aaron’s rod have Almond buds? Yes, the Almond Bud from the dead branch refers to the Resurrection as life from something appearing dead. The Sycamore Tree appears once in the New Testament (Luke 19:4), yet we say Be Gone to it; however, we also find the Greek word used (Sukomoraia) also means Mulberry, with the root word (Sukon) meaning Fig; why not say “Fig Tree”? Because both the Sycamore and Mulberry are representative of a Fig Tree, since they can’t bear fruit. In the Hebrew the word used for Sycamore is Shiqmah, in Psalm 78 we read all God did with the plagues in Egypt, including “He destroyed (killed) their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost (great hailstones)” (Ps 78:47). In Amos we find the excuses of the false prophets include “I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore (wild figs) fruit”, yet the context shows there was no fruit to gather (Amos 7:14). It’s here in Amos we find the definition of the word Sycamore, and why Jesus didn’t say “fig tree”, but “Sycamore”; the Wild Fig tree can’t bear fruit, it’s so independent it’s useless. Paul said there were Wild Olive Branches grafted onto the Olive Tree, but here we find the Wild Fig Trees.

This brings us to a word Jesus used, one wherein He said we would be sent as Lambs, but among Wolves. In Acts 20:29 Paul knew after he departed from Ephesus, Grievous Wolves would enter among the Body (flock). Later Paul would face Grievous words spoken against him by the Jews (Acts 25:7). Yet, John said the Commandments of Christ were not Grievous (I Jn 5:3). The surface metaphoric meaning of the word Wolf shows one who is rapacious, or violent. The word Rapacious means one who Grabs, as a hawk grabs his prey; however, the root word shows the Wolf’s thoughts are hard to discern. Nature herself teaches us this, looking into the eyes of a wolf can’t tell us a thing; it’s like looking into an empty can. One can’t tell if the wolf is thinking about lunch, or about running away. Even if they lick your hand, you can’t tell if it’s affection, or tasting lunch. The metaphoric content shows a Grievous Wolf is one who comes among us with the “deep revelation”, so deep we’re far to stupid to understand it. They trap and devour with words; they set traps with words, or they use words to intimidate. Jesus said the false prophets would come to us in sheep’s clothing (outward appearance), but inwardly they are Ravening wolves. The word Ravening is the Greek Harpax meaning Rapacious, which is Grievous. The Greek word for Grievous is Barus meaning Oppressive, or rapacious and violent. They promise Liberty, but bind us, they are self-transformed, they still use the old man in a religious manner.

This brings us to the metaphor Cut Off, which has two meanings. In the Textus Receptus, Masoretic Text and Septuagint we can see the difference; however, there are some modern day texts ignoring one concept of Cut Off. For whatever reason, nonetheless we have the evidence in the manuscripts to bring the Light to this area. One form of Cut Off is from the Hebrew word Karath meaning To cut out, as one would cut a covenant, or to cut off as one would cut a portion of their body. The other use of Cut Off is the Hebrew Tsamath meaning To put an end to, or extirpated, or annihilate. The first use means to Separate by a Cutting, but it doesn’t rid the cut off area, it merely removes it; however, the latter aspect means to Remove completely from sight, thought, and mind. This is very important when we look at Psalm 94:23 and Psalm 37:28. Psalm 94:23 is a classic example of the Rapture revealed in the Old Testament, it tells us the workers of iniquity shall first be Cut Off from the Body, then the Lord shall Annihilate them; two different things, for two different times. The first is the Broken Body of Jesus, the time when the Wheat go home to be with the Lord, but the Tares remain as the Beast of the Earth. At the time of Judgment we find the association with the Hebrew word Tsaraph meaning To melt together, or To fuse together by fire. Psalm 37:28 tells us the Saints are Preserved forever, but the Wicked shall be Cut Off (extirpated).

When Jesus entered Jerusalem the people brought Palm Branches, laying them in the Street, they didn’t bring the entire Tree, just the Branches, but why? The Hebrew word for Palm Tree is Tamar, which is also the name of three Hebrew women and one location. The Branch of the Palm Tree is a symbol of Victory, or being Triumphant. Before the children in the wilderness had the “quail feast” they encamped by Elim where there were “twelve wells” and “threescore palm trees” (Ex 15:27). The number Twelve is interesting, it doesn’t point to the twelve tribes of Israel, they are Trees by the water, not Wells of Water. These twelve Wells represent the twelve Apostle positions, but the 70 Palm Trees metaphorically relate to the 70 who went out by the Mercy covering of the Name of Jesus.

The third day into the wilderness the children looked and there was no water, they murmured and God showed Moses A Tree. When Moses put the Tree into the Water, the Water became Sweet, just as the Cross mixed with the Water of Mercy makes us Sweet before the Lord. Then the Lord promised If they obeyed, He would see none of the diseases of the Egyptians would come on His people. It was afterward, when the people came to Elim, where there were Waters and Palm Trees. The promise and victory were before them, yet they murmured the more and missed it (Ex 16:2). In retrospect Jesus  sent the 70 to preach and heal, as Palm Branches of victory for the people (Luke 10:1).

When Jonathan spied on the garrison of the Philistines, Saul was under a Pomegranate Tree (I Sam 13:23-14:2). The Pomegranate fruit was used as a symbol on the priest’s robe as well (Ex 28:34), as a sign representing the commandments of God. The Hebrew word for Pomegranate is Rimmon, which in and of itself tells us nothing; but the root word (Raman) means To lift up, or Rise up, thus the Pomegranate is a metaphor to being Lifted or Raised, which is what happens when one obeys the Lord.

The priests had bells with pomegranate symbols on the base of their robes. The bells served a purpose, pointing to a metaphor. The purpose was simple, when the priest was in the holy of holies, and the noise of the bell stopped, pull him out, he’s dead. Metaphorically the bell points to a Wheel (work), the concept of hundredfold is derived not from the Hebrew word used for Bell (Paamon), but the root word (Paamah). This gives us the Product of the Promise, to be Raised as Partakers in the First Resurrection, based on the Witness of the Water, Blood and Spirit in us.

Why was Saul under a Pomegranate Tree? The location is the key, it was “part of Gibeah” but “in Migron”, the word Gibeah means hill, whereas the word Migron means Fear, thus Saul was part of a hill, but filled with fear. It wasn’t Saul who brought the slaughter of the Philistines, it was Jonathan and his armor bearer (I Sam 14:14). Saul heard the noise, and fear grew the more, he wanted the security of the Ark of God, and a priest (I Sam 14:17-19). After Saul had his confirmation, he fought, but Jonathan heard one small voice of confirmation and sought the Victory.

Now the Juniper Tree, the place where we find the prophet of God sitting, of course it was in the wilderness, as the prophet wanted to die (I Kings 19:4). The Hebrew word for Juniper is Rothem, like the Pomegranate we have to look at the root word, Ratham, which means To yoke up. When Job was in the midst of his parable he said “who cup up mellows by the bushes and juniper roots for their meat” (Job 30:4). Job’s reference is also to the Wilderness, as a time appearing desolate, or a waste (Job 30:3). The other reference is found in Psalm 120, which is entitled A Prayer For Deliverance. The one praying is asking for his soul to be delivered from lying lips, from deceitful tongues, then we find the Sharp arrows of the mighty made with coals of the juniper (Ps 120:4). Going back to the prophet under the juniper tree the prophet ran there because of the threats of Jezebel, yet God was there as an angel touched the man, and provision was made. The prophet yoked himself in words of Jezebel, then when he ran, he added shame to this fear. The prophet prayed to die, but his work was not done. He went into the cave to hear his purpose of his calling, when he came out he knew God was with him, his goal was all that mattered. The Psalmist prayed for deliverance, and was delivered. Job used the juniper root as type of destruction, only because his view of the event dictated it. The Juniper Tree is one found in the Wildernesses we go through, those times when we yell out to God “take me home, I can’t take it any longer”, or when the words of darkness have brought fear to our souls. However, then comes a touch of the Lord, provision is made for the time ahead as we are delivered again, even if we are running from the self-appointed Jezebels who desired to kill us.

When Solomon was building the Temple, the floor was overlaid with Gold, but the entry of the Oracle had Two Doors made of Olive Wood (I Kings 6:30-33). Both Doors had carvings of cherubims, palm trees, and open flowers (opening flowers). Based on this some scholars think the Cross of Jesus was made of Oak, which most of the crosses of the time were. The posts for the doors, as well as part of the Wall were made from the Olive Tree (I Kings 6:33). John made entry through One Door, but at the time the Door to the House of David was also opened, the time of Doors points to the Olive Tree in one way or another. In our Season we are the Olive Trees of the Anointing, in the next the Two Witnesses are the two Olive Trees who stood next to the Lord of the whole earth, they will be the only Olive Trees in the Night. The 144,000 gain their anointing from the two witnesses, cast the two witnesses in the street, no more anointing.

The word Open or Opening means a Bud, the word for Flowers is the Hebrew Tsits meaning A glistening, or Burnished plate, the same word also means Wings, as in the Wings of angels. The base meaning of the word means something having a Gleaming in the air, not the prince of the power of the air, but something of Brightness. The metaphor Opening Flowers points to someone with Light, whether it’s the Greater or the Lesser.

Taking us to a Green Tree, prior we looked at the word Green in reference to the Green Tree Jesus referred to (Luke 23:31), and the Green things John referred to (Rev 8:7 & 9:4); however, to take it a step further, we find two different words for Green used. The one in reference to the statement by Jesus as He referred to the Day as a Green Tree, meaning One with Water (mercy), but there is also the Greek Hudria found in Luke 23:31, which is the only place in the New Testament this word is found. The other Greek word is Chloros meaning a Pale yellowish green, referring to Grass which has been exposed to the Heat, or is in the drying process; therefore, the reference in the Book of Revelation doesn’t refer to Healthy Watered Grass, but Green Grass which is in the process of dying, or as we know it “in dying you shall die”.

In the Old Testament we find Ephraim shall say, “What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard Him, and observed Him; I am like a Green Fir Tree. From me is Your fruit found” (Hosea 14:8). There is no fruit on a Green Fir, yet it does yield protection regardless of the time of year. The prophet Isaiah looked at the Time of Comfort and said, “Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying Since you are laid down, no feller is come up against us. Hell from beneath is moved for you at your coming; it stirs the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up their thrones, all the kings of the nations” (Isa 14:8-9). Who is he talking about? Jesus? No, the king of Babylon (Isa 14:4), it goes on to show this king yet to come is also known as Lucifer (Isa 14:10-12). It might help to find out what the word Fir means; it comes from the Hebrew Berowth meaning Cypress, or a lance, or a musical instrument made of wood. This double meaning is important, it shows the Fir Trees have beat their weapons into plowshares, but will beat those plowshares into weapons later. Ephraim attempts to say, he is no longer an idol worshiper, but seeks the protection of the fir tree. In the days of Jeremiah the people worshipped idols under the “green trees”. They didn’t worship the tree, rather they were trusting in the protection of God, while they worshipped idols, a costly mistake.

Wait, don’t we have a promise of the Lord making us to lie down in Green Pastures? Yes, Psalm 23:2 says so, but the word Green tells us something about the Pasture. The metaphor Pasture isn’t the same as Grass, rather the Pasture is the place to feed, referring to the “food for the Sheep”. Now, wait, I know it takes Grass to make a Pasture. Perhaps, but not metaphorically. The word used for Pasture is the Hebrew Deshe meaning A sprout, it comes from the Hebrew Dasha meaning A sprout to bring forth. In the metaphoric sense it points to the budding Blade, thus it’s not merely resting in some grass field, but consuming the Milk of the Word so we may grow thereby. Much different from one who sits on pale dying grass assuming God is there to serve them.

The Oak Tree is interesting, the references are few, but important. The first place we find the Oak it has to do with Jacob burying the strange gods under an Oak (Gen 35:4). This is one of those areas where the clues to the metaphor are given in the first usage of the word. The “oaks of Bashan” are idols, or idol worshippers (Isa 2:13), we find the Oak Tree relates to being hard, proud and lofty (Isa 2:12), connecting to the Cedars of Lebanon. The Oak being a metaphor for idol worship also shows if it gets the chance, it will hang you (II Sam 18:9). The Oak is also a metaphor for the Wicked, since it will hang us between heaven and the earth, just over hell (II Sam 18:9). How does it fit with Jesus on the Cross? Perfect, He died for us, we were the Oaks of the world.

In Psalm 37:35 we read, “I have seen the Wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a Green Bay Tree”. Not only do we find the Wicked referred to as one, as in one position, but we find this element Spreads like A Green Bay Tree, not like a dead one, or a yellow one, but a Green one. This metaphor has to relate to the “spirit of antichrist” in our Season, the metaphor Green Bay Tree is defined by the Hebrew language. The word for Bay is the Hebrew Zrach meaning A native, or one who is born into the land. If comes from the root word Zarach meaning To rise up, which sounds good, until we find it means to rise up as a sore would on one’s skin, this word was used to define the symptoms of leprosy. In this case the Bay Tree is a metaphor for one who is a Native, it shows the Wicked are protected during the Day, but the connection is general, not individual.

What about the Wheat in this matter? Ahh, I am like a Green Olive Tree in the House of God; I trust in the Mercy of God forever and ever (Ps 52:8). The Wicked boast themselves in mischief, they have tongues loving the world, but come against the Olive Trees of God (Ps 52:1-5). Our concern is not to act like them, or to use their weapons, or fall into their snare. They do have a Snare, one set to trap the babes in Christ, but praise be to God, we can make a difference.

One last word of caution, one all of us must keep in mind. Never, never, never use allegories or metaphors as doctrine. Doctrine is clear defined Scripture, allegories and metaphors help explain the Doctrine, they don’t make it. An example? There is no verse saying Salvation is a Gift, so in order to form the doctrine one has to use allegories or metaphors, yet be void of any Scripture to support the doctrine. This is allegory doctrine, it always produces error. We don’t extend the metaphor by using another metaphor to explain it.

We don’t purport this to be a complete work by any means, there are many more metaphors and allegories, many of which the student can study on their own. This lesson was to open the file drawer, it doesn’t examine the entire file. Explore and have fun in Jesus, but remember the warning; don’t extend the metaphors, yet don’t become paranoid. From here we can study the New Testament letters, and gain for our foundation and walk.

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INDEX PART I

ADDENDUM ON METAPHORS AND ALLEGORIES:

This list will have some of the metaphors; intended as a study tool:

ADAM – Natural man with a living soul, but not a quickening spirit; as Adam man he represents the flesh.

AGE – A period of time, or a Season.

AIR – Two places, the natural and the spiritual, the natural is the soulish realm where the prince of the power of the air reigns; the spiritual is above as the place where we where meet Jesus at the Rapture.

ALMOND TREE – The last resurrection, the time when judgment will divide the tree righteous from the wicked.

ALMOND BUDS – In reference to those on the rod of Aaron, they represent the resurrection, “life from the rod of miracles”.

ASHES – Sign of affliction, used with sackclothe to show repentance for affliction incurred.

BABE or FETUS – The root stage, or the time one is growing the root before they are Born Again.

BAD FISH – The Tares, the Children of the Wicked, but not the children of  disobedience.

BEASTS OF THE DESERT – Sons of perdition, workers of iniquity, the tares planted in the Wilderness (desert or field).

BEAST OF THE EARTH – Sons of perdition as they surface after the Rapture and near the end of the Time of Comfort.

BEASTS OF THE FIELD – The Wicked, the Tares, those who join to the sons of perdition and become the tare followers.

BEASTS OF THE ISLAND – Those who are above the Sea as all dry land is considered an Island, these are they who become the Beast of the Earth, they were those who were the beasts of the wilderness (beasts of the desert.)

BEAST OF THE SEA – The beast from the World, the one who was given the Seat, Power and Authority of the dragon, by the dragon.

BEAST – Depends on usage and word used, there are good beasts in heaven, and bad the earth.

BELL – Witness, product of a hunderdfold.

BLADE – The product of being Born Again, the point to produce fruit.

BREACHES – Holes, or openings through which the enemy can attack.

BIRDS – Plural usage refers to “fowls” or someone pretending to be someone else, an example would be a false christ.

CHILDREN OF THE DARKNESS – Those who use the authority of the world, some of this group can be seen in the kingdom of heaven, but not in the Kingdom of God.

CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE – The children of the world; those who follow the prince of the power of the air.

CHILDREN OF THE DAY – The Born Again child of Christ who walks by the Spirit in the Love of God.

CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT –  Same as Children of Day, Light, Love and Life are their means.

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT – Those of the Remnant who are of the Lesser Light, they have a type of  life,  same as Adam, but they do not have the Spirit.

CHURCH – The outpouring of Mercy from the Anointing, built on the Rock, termed the Bride of Christ being prepared.

CHURCHES – Groupings of those connected to the Rock.

CLAY – Man made of the earth, natural soulish.

CLOUD – One age of witnesses – three types of clouds are seen, one is the Great Cloud of Witnesses who were taken captive by Jesus, who received Jesus at the Ascension, the second Cloud is the Greater Cloud of Witnesses from this Season, then the dark cloud, or false witnesses.

CLOUDS – More than one age of witnesses, i.e.: Jesus ascended with a cloud, but returns with the Clouds.

COURTYARD – Kingdom of heaven, or place of judgment, the place of entrance where the Lamb was slain, but not the place where the Blood was given.

CROWN – Sign of authority, Good hold the crown of life, bad the crown of the false.

CROWN OF LIFE – Held by the Spirit and given to those of the Promise who endure; sign of Life on the Head (Authority).

CRYSTAL – The Bride of Christ before the Throne.

CUT OFF – Two usage’s depending on Hebrew word used, one means to push away and forget, the other means to Cut some part of the Body away either to enter a Covenant, or a result of a broken Covenant, the latter points the broken Body of Christ at the Rapture.

DARKNESS – Worldly minded, those who use the authority of the world, also known as the children of disobedience.

DARTS – Works, wiles or deeds of the devil sent to harm us.

DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM – The Woman, or the City rebuilt.

DAUGHTER OF ZION – Those who are called unto Zion of the earth, or a people of Zion like the 144,000.

DAY – The Time and Season for the Christ minded Church.

DEAD IN CHRIST – Those who are crucified with Christ, those who are either under the alter, or who will be in the Rapture, those whose Head is Christ, known as those who are beheaded for the Word of God.

DIVERS COLORS – Pretending to be someone else, without the  ability to be them, much like a false christ, or a false prophet, not to be confused with a “coat of many colors”, many colors and divers colors are very different.

DOOR – Method of entry; for the Christian it’s the Door into heaven, for the Remnant it’s the Door to the House of David.

EARTH – Kingdom of heaven.

EVE – The soul.

EVENING AND MORNING – Creation regarding the things for the Night Season of Judgment.

EVER – An age, or something lasting until another event begins.

EXORCISTS – Those who bind devils in people, rather than cast them out.

FATHERS – Those who have reached full age, the full corn in the ear; those who know Him who was from the beginning, better than they know themselves.

FIELD – Kingdom of heaven.

FIG TREE – Religious order of Israel, the covering of the flesh, not a doing away with it.

FISH – Those appointed to the kingdom of heaven, those in the Sea to whom we are sent.

FLOOD – Bitter water moving from one place to a place it should not be.

FLOWER – Appears beautiful, but fades, type and shadow of one who does what they assume are good works.

FOREST – Grouping of trees, or the kingdom of heaven.

FOWLS OF THE AIR – Children of the Wicked, or Tares.

FURNITURE – Tools or means used to identify the House.

GATE – Method of entry, or as a gate of hell a form of division to cause death.

GOOD FISH – Children of God, who desire or walk in love.

GRASS – People, or flesh.

GREATER LIGHT – Light given the Day, the children of the Day.

GRIEVOUS WOLVES – False prophets, false christ, false brethren.

GROUND – The place to plant the Seed; soft ground, a soft heart; hard ground, a hard heart.

HAIR – Covering, anointing.

HAIR AS WOOL – Covering or anointing belonging to God alone.

HAIR – WHITE  – A sign of wisdom.

HAY – What is useless, it’s cut off because it lacks Water (mercy).

HARVEST – Pertains to the field, a place of separation between the  wheat and tares.

HEADS – Authorities, those with authority.

HEAVENLIES – Appointed spiritual positions.

HOLY PLACE – Kingdom of God, the place just before the Holies of All, the place where the Light, Bread and Blood are first found all together.

HOLY OF HOLIES – Head of the Body, the place where the Promise is in hand for all time.

HORN – Symbol of power.

HUSBAND – Leader of the congregation, or Jesus as the protector of the Bride.

IMAGE – To resemble something or someone.

IMAGINATIONS – Concepts, ideas, or thoughts coming against the knowledge of God; a stronghold.

INHABITANTS  – Those who are spiritual, who hold the Star position.

ISLAND – Saved gentile, one who stands above the Sea, those who are Dead in Christ.

ISLES – Places of dispersion belonging to Gentiles, those who sleep in Jesus.

JUNIPER TREE – The place in the wilderness where provision is made; a sign of  deliverance.

KINGS – rulers in a kingdom, regardless of the kingdom.

KINGDOM – A place were the will of the king is carried out.

KINGDOM OF GOD – Spiritual kingdom where God rules, place where the Blood of Jesus is found.

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – Kingdom on the earth belonging to God for the purpose of separating the Wheat from the Tares, the place where Mercy is tested.

KINGDOM OF  SATAN – The world, the place where the dragon gave his power, authority and seat.

LESSER LIGHT – Light given the Night, or Remnant, a lesser power, or lesser strength, than the Greater Light of the Day.

LIGHT – Mercy, the ability to follow the Commandment of Love.

LION –  One with authority, one who judges or devours; known as the “judge of the jungle”.

LITTLE CHILDREN – Babes in Christ, the blade, young child who knows their sins are forgiven.

LIVING WATERS – People with life inside, those who have the Spirit and able to project mercy with life.

MOUNTAINS – Nations.

MOON – Zion of the earth.

NAME – Point of authority.

NET – Pertains to the Gospel Cast into the Sea (world) to bring the fish out.

NIGHT – Time for the restoration of Israel (remnant).

OAK TREE – Idol worship, place of hanging, akin to Judas and the wicked ones.

OAKS OF BASAN – Idol worship, proud and lofty.

OLIVE TREE  – Anointed ones, or the anointing connected to Mercy.

OLIVE OIL – Anointing based on God’s Mercy, light producing.

OLIVE BRANCHS – Christ like saints who walk in mercy.

OPEN FLOWERS – Someone with Light, whether it’s the Greater or Lesser Light.

OSTRICHES – Golden calf, unclean beasts.

PALM BRANCH – Victory.

POMEGRANATE – Lifted, raised, resurrection, either First or Last.

PRINCE – One who begins something, either good or evil; known by the principality they represent, i.e.: Jesus the Prince of Peace.

PRINCES – Appointed to be kings, known by the principality they rule in.

PRINCIPALITIES – A beginning of something, or the place wherein a prince is known by.

REED – An instrument of measuring areas of Salvation or Judgment.

REMNANT – Jewish people assigned to complete the course of Judgment, to make the enemies of Jesus as His footstool; the lesser light of  the Night.

ROCK, THE – Christ, the Anointing, the Anointed Body, the Body of Christ.

ROCKS – Small broken aspects who should have been Christ like, who bartered their life to the Beast, to use the authority of the Beast of the Sea.

ROD – Correction, instrument of measuring areas where judgment comes from.

ROOT – The growth which can’t be seen on the surface, the fetus stage, time before the Sprout or Blade comes forth.

SACKCLOTHE – Repentance.

SAND OF THE SEA – The nation and land of Israel.

SEA – Gentile world.

SEA MONSTERS – Sons of perdition.

SEED – The very beginning of something purposed to grow, the conception process, the beginning of a promise.

SCRIPTURES – Written word about God, the “Word of God” is Jesus.

SHORE – Place above the Sand of the Sea, separated from the Sea, yet is neither the Sand of the Sea, or the Sea, the place of calling and teaching.

SILLY WOMEN – Teachers without wisdom or Godly knowledge.

SON OF GOD – One who represents God to man, a person who has the Spirit of Holiness.

SON OF MAN – One who represents man to God, a person who operates in the Mercy of God.

SON OF PERDITION – One who has left Perdition (world), but goes back based on using the authority of the world (Sea).

SPROUT – The first aspect of the blade.

STARS – Appointed heavenly positions, in our case each of us are a Star, in the case of Israel their stars are through the tribe order.

STAFF – Guidance, method the Shepherd uses to guide His Sheep.

STONES – Foundational, but can cause stumbling or judgment for the unbeliever.

STRONGHOLDS – Thoughts, ideas, hurts, pains, or hindrances and imaginations, coming against the knowledge of God.

STUBBLE – The part left in the field after being cut off, lacks water (mercy).

SUN – Either Jacob as the nation of Israel, or Bright as the Sun meaning the Face of Jesus.

TABERNACLE – Salvation, the Gentile Church.

TARES – Children or off-spring of the wicked, the works of the devil.

TEMPLE – Judgment.

TENT – Tabernacle, place where salvation rests.

TERRIBLE ONE – Little horn noted in Daniel.

TERRIBLE ONE – Evil minded people, i.e.: Alexander the Great and the such.

TONGUES, NATIONS, KINDREDS – Gentiles

TREE – Depending on type of Tree, Jesus was hung on a Tree, yet we also have the Olive Tree of the anointing, the Tree of Life, and the Oak tree of idol worship.

TREES – Either good or bad depending on context, refers (plural) to a grouping of  trees; a group of people who either keep or break the covenant with God, some trees make covenants with devils. The Cedars of Lebanon point to idol worship.

TREE IN THE FIELD – Refers to one in the kingdom of heaven, but not always referring to a good tree, the Tree can be Cut off, leaving the stump, or as a Good tree it will be taken in the Rapture, depending on whether one broke the covenant with God, or kept it.

TREES BY A RIVER – These trees are not in the River, but by it, referring to the tribes of Israel listed in the New Testament, they are Trees by the Covenant.

VEIL – Artificial covering, something separating us from God.

VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON – The Seventh church, or Lukewarm caught in the Woman’s folly.

VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF ZION – Simply the Daughter of Zion.

WATERS – Gentile people who give mercy, but do not have the Spirit.

WHITE ROBE – Resurrected body.

WIFE – Congregation.

WINDOW – A place from which something is poured out; the place where the thief attempts to enter.

WOMAN, THE – Jerusalem of the earth, the City in the latter days.

WOMEN – Jewish teachers of the Law of Moses, but lack knowledge of Grace.

WOOD – Idol worship, or what is cut from a tree for a good use.

WORD – Word of God, Jesus as the Logos, Rhema referring to the Spirit.

WORLD – Refers to a Space or location, the place where the curse and judgment reign.

YOUNG MAN – Full corn in ear, those who have overcome the Wicked.

ZION – (The Rock) One of two places, Zion of the earth, the foundation of Jerusalem of the earth, or Zion of heaven, the foundation to New Jerusalem.

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NUMBERS: (these are not the negative association, but the positive usage).

ONE – God, Unity, of one mind

TWO – Joining together as One.

THREE – Trinity.

FOUR – Creative works.

FIVE – Grace.

SIX – Man, Living soul.

SEVEN – Rest, completeness.

EIGHT – New beginnings.

NINE – Holy Spirit.

TEN – Testing.

ELEVEN – God’s work with man.

TWELVE – Government.

THIRTEEN – Rebellion.

HUNDRED – Testing ending.

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COLORS:

BLACK – Darkness, lacking mercy or love, void of light.

BLUE – Heaven, Witness.

BROWN – Absent clarity; night; death pending.

GRAY – Vague, lukewarm, compromise, double-minded.

GREEN – Life, or the potential for life.

PURPLE – Royalty.

RED – Blood.

WHITE – Pure; transparent; open.

YELLOW – Light; resurrection.

YELLOW (PALE) – Had life, but lost it.

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METALS:

BRASS – Judgment.

GOLD – Purity.

IRON – Correction or bondage depending on usage.

SLIVER – Redemption.

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By Rev. G. E. Newmyer – s.b.i.les21rev6/© 2003