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CABIN — <243716> Jeremiah 37:16 (a) This is really a dungeon or a prison cell for prisoners.

CAESAR — <402221> Matthew 22:21 (b) He represents anyone who rightfully rules over us and to whom certain obligations are due.

<431912> John 19:12 (c) Here he is a type of any earthly relationship which replaces or displaces the Lordship of Christ.

CAGE — <240527> Jeremiah 5:27 (b)This is a name given to a home, synagogue, or temple where Satan's deceits are housed and protected, as the church building of a cult which is anti-Christian.

<661802> Revelation 18:2 (a)It reveals that there are religious systems which house Satanic forces and hold them in such a grip that no gospel and no emancipating power from heaven is permitted to enter and deliver.

CAIN — <010405> Genesis 4:5 (c) He is a type of a self-righteous person who disdains the sacrifice of the Lamb and offers to God the labor of his own hands for his sins. He is one who believes in salvation by works and character building.

<581104> Hebrews 11:4 (c) He represents any person who offers to God the products of his own life, imagination, and thought as a sacrifice for his sins instead of the blood of the Lamb.

I <430312>John 3:12 (a) He indicates any person, who, in order to sustain and

maintain his own evil ways, desires by hook or crook to get rid of his righteous and godly associates.

Jude 11 (a) This is a picture of those who reject the sacrifice of Christ, pursue a path of religious activity, and offer it to God instead of the merits of the Savior.

CAKE — <021239> Exodus 12:39 (c) Christ is thus pictured as One in whom there is no sin and of whom we may eat as the Bread of God.

<070713> Judges 7:13 (b) This cake represents Gideon and his weak, little army of three hundred men. They are compared to a small cake with reference to

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their weakness but they are compared to a barley cake to describe their value.

<280708> Hosea 7:8 (a) The nation of Israel is the cake. They were kind and good to their neighbors but were not obedient and good to God. Also represents a sinner who is beautiful in his attitude to his fellowmen (the under side or human side) but raw toward God (the upper side).

CALDRON — <261103> Ezekiel 11:3-7 (a) This is a type of Jerusalem. As broth boils in the kettle, so the inhabitants of Jerusalem were to suffer under the fire of cruel invaders.

<330303> Micah 3:3 (a) This caldron is a picture of the terrible boiling, burning troubles that were to come upon the people because of the wrath of God. They were as helpless to get out of their troubles as the contents of the kettle were unable to get out of it.

CALF — <023204> Exodus 32:4 (c) This was worshipped as an idol because it represented food to eat and work to profit thereby. It was worshipped in Egypt as a god, and Israel had been so many years there, that they turned to this false god when their hearts were not right with the true God.

<030902> Leviticus 9:2-3 (c) This may be taken as a type of Jesus in His youth and His humility. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. He was a young man, and this calf is a fitting symbol of the young king.

<192906> Psalm 29:6 (c) The type in this case may represent youth, vigor, activity and a carefree life.

<243418> Jeremiah 34:18 (b)This is certainly a type of the death of Christ who passed through the furnace of God's wrath, suffered in the darkness, and yet was "the

light of life." (This was called a heifer in <011509>Genesis 15:9.)

<260107> Ezekiel 1:7 (a) Here we find a type of the Lord as He walked significantly, surely, certainly and with a definite plan and purpose.

<280805> Hosea 8:5 (a)The Samaritans made a calf their god. It could not and did not deliver them from their enemies, but caused God's wrath to fall upon them.

<281402> Hosea 14:2 (b) From this we learn that the offering of praise, thanksgiving and worship from their lips would bring joy to the heart of God, as though Israel offered a calf on the altar.

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<390402> Malachi 4:2 (a) From this we learn that Israel's blessings under the good hand of God were that they were fed by the Lord, protected by the Lord, and grew greater, stronger and more useful under God's good hand.

<421523> Luke 15:23 (c) This represents the fullness of Christ's sufficiency and His ability to supply the needs of the repentant sinner.

<660407> Revelation 4:7 (b)No doubt this is a type of our Lord Jesus who served both God and man. (See also under "OX.")

CALLING — <451129> Romans 11:29 (b)A word applied to invitation from God for His special service with which He also grants the gifts and the power to do that service.

<460126> 1 Corinthians 1:26 (b) Indicates God's choice of an individual and His plan and purpose for him regardless of his qualifications or position.

<460720> 1 Corinthians 7:20 (c)The word here evidently refers to the kind of business in which the person was engaged when he was saved by grace. Undoubtedly it is taken for granted that this is a legitimate work and not something that is illegitimate and ungodly.

<490404> Ephesians 4:4 (c) This calling is out of darkness into light; out of Satan's kingdom into God's kingdom; out of the devil's family into God's family.

Hebrews 3:l (c) This word refers to the new economy, the new life of God, the new association with the things of heaven.

<610110> 2 Peter 1:10 (b) Here is a request to examine one's self carefully and thoroughly to see whether the gift of eternal life has really been implanted in the

soul and whether the person is really saved.

CALM — <19A729> Psalm 107:29 (b) Describes the peace and tranquillity of one who has called on the Lord in the storms of life and His Word has removed all fear from the soul.

CAMEL — <236006> Isaiah 60:6 (b) This animal is used to describe in picture the business, the activity, the merchandising and the prosperity that should come upon Israel when that nation is restored again to her place in the world.

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<262505> Ezekiel 25:5 (a) This is a type of the destruction and desolation which would come upon the Ammonites under the wrath of God. Their busiest city was to become a place for stabling animals on their journey and a grazing place for flocks.

<401924> Matthew 19:24 (a) The camel is a literal one and the eye of the needle is a literal eye of a literal needle. This is no figure of speech. The parable reveals the impossibility of a sinner to enter into heaven by any works or wealth of his own.

<402324> Matthew 23:24 (a) Our Lord compares a small, insignificant story to a gnat, and a great and preposterous yarn to a camel. People doubt and question the truth of God, but will readily believe any kind of a statement by any kind of religious teacher no matter how absurd the statement is. Jacob readily believed the lie told to him by his ten sons about the death of Joseph. He refused to believe the truth that these same men brought to him informing him that Joseph was alive. (See also <411025>Mark 10:25; <421825>Luke 18:25.)

CAMP — <581313> Hebrews 13:13 (b) The great religious groups of the world established by human agencies and teaching men's theories are called a "camp."

<662009> Revelation 20:9 (b)A term used to describe the armies of Israel encamped in and around Jerusalem.

CAMPHIRE — <220114> Song of Solomon 1:14 (c) Christ and His love toward the Church are compared to the sweet perfume of camphire. (See also

<220413>Song of Solomon 4:13 where our love for Christ is to Him as the fragrance of camphire.)

CANAAN — <011708> Genesis 17:8 (c) This describes this country and compares it to the life of victory which should be the portion of every believer. In Canaan,

the Lord gave rich possessions and fought all their battles for them. Many Christians stop at Jabesh-Gilead and never cross over Jordan to the land of grapes, figs, olives, and victory. Canaan is called in several Scriptures the land that floweth with milk and honey. It probably represents typically the victorious life of the happy, radiant, conquering Christian. This person lives in constant fellowship with the living God and Father, has conscious communion with Christ Jesus, and receives daily

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blessings from the Holy Spirit. He has crossed over Jordan out of the desert into the life more abundant, the life that is life indeed.

CANDLE — <181806> Job 18:6 (b) This is a type of the personal testimony of a man during his daily life. (See also <182117>Job 21:17; <203118>Proverbs 31:18.)

<182903> Job 29:3 (b) God's care and God's comfort, together with the light brought about by God's presence in the soul are compared to the candle.

<191828> Psalm 18:28 (a) The psalmist is telling us that God will give him a bright testimony so that others might learn to know God through his ministry and messages. God certainly did it.

<202027> Proverbs 20:27 (a)This is probably man's spirit enlightened by God and called by men "an enlightened conscience." It reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart. (See also <202420>Proverbs 24:20.)

<360112> Zephaniah 1:12 (a) Here we learn of the meticulous care of God in all His detail of searching out the things He must expose.

<400515> Matthew 5:15 (b) This is a type of man's testimony hidden in his business (the bushel), or dimmed by laziness (the bed). Some splendid Christians are either so busy in their work, or so filled with the desire for ease and pleasure that they do not testify for their Lord as brightly and as constantly as they should, and could.

<661823> Revelation 18:23 (b)Since this candle indicates man-made religious life, the Lord is informing us that all such idolatry and false pretense, as well as all human religious inventions will be utterly abolished, when God judges these false religions.

<662205> Revelation 22:5 (b)These candles are a type of human, man-made religions and revelations. In heaven there will be no need of any man-made ideas or notions, only God's truth will remain.

CANDLESTICK — <022531> Exodus 25:31 (c)This is a type of the Holy Spirit illuminating all the things of God. The pure gold represents the purity of the Spirit and of His Word. The seven branches or stems represent the fullness and completeness of the revelation of the Spirit. The bowls represent the great provision of the Spirit. The flowers represent the beauty of the Spirit. Some Bible expositors feel that the candlestick also represents God's people, and certainly it does in the book of Revelation.

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<660120> Revelation 1:20 (a) Here we certainly find a type of the church as she gives light on the Scriptures and reveals Christ by her ministries. The Lord Jesus Himself said that the "seven candlesticks are the seven churches." These candlesticks reveal that the seven lessons given through the seven churches present full and complete light on what the Spirit says to us about God's will.

Each church is to present an unsullied, pure light from heaven to a dark and sinful world.

<660205> Revelation 2:5 (a) This is clearly a type of the testimony of an individual or of a church wherein the person and work of Christ no longer are properly presented to the public.

<661104> Revelation 11:4 (a)These are two mysterious men sent from God with great power to make known His judgment on the earth sometimes in the future days.

They will give the light of God to the enemies of God. They bear God's testimony in a hostile land. Some think these are Moses and Elijah. The context clearly indicates that these candlesticks are types of real men.

CANKER — <550217> 2 Timothy 2:17 (b) This describes the damaging, deadening, harmful results of the words spoken by these two men. This word "canker" is better translated by the word "gangrene."

CANKER WORM — <290104> Joel 1:4 (c) This is the third in a series of punishments sent by God upon the nations as a reward for their wickedness.

<340315> Nahum 3:15 (c) It represents any evil calamity that may be sent by God to punish His people as individuals or as a company.

CAPTAIN — <141312> 2 Chronicles 13:12 (a) One of the many positions taken by our Lord for the blessing of His people. We are soldiers of Jesus Christ as we

find in <580210>Hebrews 2:10. (See also <550203>2 Timothy 2:3.)

CAPTIVE — <235114> Isaiah 51:14 (b) This is typical of any Christian who is a slave to any form of evil or uncleanness. (See also <235202>Isaiah 52:2.)

<420418> Luke 4:18 (b) Here is a type of those who are bound by Satan in false doctrines, false beliefs and evil practices. (See also <236101>Isaiah 61:1.)

<490408> Ephesians 4:8 (a) These captives are the Old Testament believers who took advantage of the sacrifices, were protected by the blood of those

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offerings, but were held in paradise as captives until the blood of the Lord Jesus would blot out their sins. Immediately after Calvary, Christ went down to paradise and took all of these Old Testament believers up to heaven to be with God. The blood of bulls and of goats covered their sins, but it took the blood of Jesus Christ to blot out their sins.

<550306> 2 Timothy 3:6 (b) This name is given to those who are held in bondage by Satan as they listened to false teachers who lead them into false faiths.

CARCASS — <241907> Jeremiah 19:7 (a)A term of derision used against the people of Jerusalem who, because of their wickedness, were to fall under the sword of their enemies.

<402428> Matthew 24:28 (a) Here we have a reference to any corrupt community, city or nation which God must of necessity disapprove and remove. The vultures represent God's judgment upon the corrupt and dead condition that exists among these people.

CARE — <401322> Matthew 13:22 (a) This refers to the problems of daily living which become so burdensome that there is no heart for the things of God.

<600507> 1 Peter 5:7 (b) It is any problem in the life which hinders the soul and weighs down the spirit.

CARMEL — I Kings 18:42 (c) This is a place of retreat for prayer, meditation, and communion with God.

<121923> 2 Kings 19:23 (b) By this is indicated the extent of God's judgment which reaches even to the finest and best that the enemy controls.

<220705> Song of Solomon 7:5 (b) This indicates that the beauty of God's people is as great, colorful, delightful, and attractive as this wonderful mountain.

CARNAL — <450714> Romans 7:14 (a) It refers to anything and everything that pertains to human flesh and the human mind.

<450807> Romans 8:7 (a) This describes a mind which thinks only of temporal and physical things.

<460301> 1 Corinthians 3:1 (a)The Corinthians were still occupied with the things which they could see and handle. They had not yet learned to live in the atmosphere of God.

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<471004> 2 Corinthians 10:4 (a)This refers to human weapons such as swords, spears, and other physical force.

CARPENTER — <380120> Zechariah 1:20 (b) Here is an agency God uses to tear down or to build up His work among men.

The four horns mentioned in the previous verses may indicate the great Gentile kingdoms of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. They of course were very destructive to Israel. Probably the Lord sent along the four carpenters to repair the damage done by the four horns. God always has a remedy for every difficulty and defeat.

CARRY — <199005> Psalm 90:5 (b)This is descriptive of the transient character of human life which exists for a short while, and then disappears.

<234116> Isaiah 41:16 (b)This figure indicates the case in which the enemies of Israel shall be dispersed and scattered.

<234604> Isaiah 46:4 (b) We are informed here that God will protect and provide for the care and comfort of those who put their trust in Him.

<461202> 1 Corinthians 12:2 (b) By this we learn of the tendency of the human heart to go astray from God.

CART — <090607> 1 Samuel 6:7 (c) This is a type of man's schemes for doing God's work. God had said that the priests were to carry the ark on their shoulders.

The Philistines substituted a cart for the ark. God had not told them how to carry it. God was displeased and trouble came. God's work must be done in God's way.

If the right thing is done in the wrong manner, God will not accept it. God demands that His service shall be carried on according to His plan and program. We must not substitute the ways of the world for the ways of God. In raising money for the church, or in providing amusements for the young, or in carrying on our services, or in our method and manner of using the house of God, we must not resort to the ways of the ungodly, the plans and programs of those who are strangers to God, for God will not add His blessing to it. (See also <100607>2 Samuel 6:7 and compare with <131513>1 Chronicles 15:13.)

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<232827> Isaiah 28:27 (b) This passage teaches that our Christian work is not all to be done by one pattern. Each type of person must be dealt with in a different manner. The cart wheel worked on some grain but not on others.

<300213> Amos 2:13 (a) God compares Himself to a cart on which a great load (a volume of blessings for His people) has been placed. They did not want God nor His blessings.

CASSIA — <194508> Psalm 45:8 (c)This tells of the sweet worship and adoration which proceeds from the lips of God's people (probably the ivory palaces), to the praise and the glory of the Lord Jesus.

CAST — <181808> Job 18:8 (b) Here is a description of the sudden calamity that comes upon one who is engaged in wicked practices.

<192210> Psalm 22:10 (b)This describes the dependence of Jesus upon His Father.

<600507> 1 Peter 5:7 (b) By this we are told to throw all our problems, difficulties and griefs at the feet of the Savior. Someone has said, "Take your burden baggage to God's depot, and check it."

CASTLE — <201819> Proverbs 18:19 (b)This figure describes the position and resentful arguments of an unsaved person whose heart has been hardened through mistreatment and unwise dealings.

CATERPILLAR — <233304> Isaiah 33:4 (a) The people of Israel, swarming over the country gathering in the spoil, are likened to the caterpillars eating vegetation.

<245114> Jeremiah 51:14 (a)God compares with caterpillars the invading hosts of

men who would attack and capture Babylon.

<290225> Joel 2:25 (a) This wonderful promise from God is given to encourage those who have wasted their lives and then come back to serve God in fellowship with Him. He will make that life doubly fruitful to make up for the wasted years.

CATTLE — <195010> Psalm 50:10 (b) This represents the great wealth and resources of God which are for the blessing of His people.

<234323> Isaiah 43:23 (b) This tells us that God notices when even the smallest offerings are not brought to Him.

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<320411> Jonah 4:11 (c) This indicates that God cares for everything that He has made.

CAVE — <092201> 1 Samuel 22:1 (c) It is a type of the hiding place of God's people when they are persecuted, oppressed, and distressed. They flee to the "secret place of the Most High."

Psalm 57 (Title) (c) This indicates that when God's people are in the most difficult positions and in distressing situations, they may still sing and express their faith in the living God. (See also Psalm 142 Title.)

<230219> Isaiah 2:19 (a) This is not a figure but will actually take place when the great men of the earth seek to hide from God. (See also <660615>Revelation 6:15.)

CEDAR — <192905> Psalm 29:5 (b) This is a type of proud, prominent persons who take a stand against God, His Word and His work.

<199212> Psalm 92:12 (a) Here is a picture of the believer who in the midst of drouth, death, dearth and desolation fixes his faith and trust down deep in the living promises of God and flourishes for Him, in company with other believers. Cedars grow in forests and help each other to stand the storms. Cedars represent collective Christian testimony. The palm tree in this verse represents the individual testimony.

<381102> Zechariah 11:2 (b) This is a type of the great nation of Israel which had grown to be a world power and then because of disobedience to God was cut down and destroyed as a nation. This passage was read at Spurgeon's funeral to teach that the lesser preachers mourned over the death of this great preacher (the cedar).

CEPHAS — <430142> John 1:42 (a) This name means a "rock" or a "stone." The bit of stone that is chipped off from the great rock is of the same texture and chemical composition as the one from which it comes. Peter belonged to Christ and therefore was recognized by God as a part of Christ. The name "Peter" has the same meaning.

CHAFED — <101708> 2 Samuel 17:8 (a) By this word is represented the condition of mind of David and his soldiers because of the great loss they had suffered in Jerusalem.

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CHAFF — <182118> Job 21:18 (a) As chaff has no value to the farmer, so the wicked have no value to God. Because they are worthless and are not stable, nor useful in God's program of life, they must be sent to the fire.

<190104> Psalm 1:4 (b) Here we have a type of certain kinds of people who have no value to God because of their wickedness. As chaff contains no chemicals that can be used by the farmer in any way, so the wicked are lacking in any value to God, and so are shut out from God's presence because of their worthlessness (See also <400312>Matthew 3:12.)

<233311> Isaiah 33:11 (a) By this tern the Lord reveals to us how worthless to Him are the ideas, schemes, and programs of the religious movements of this world.

<242328> Jeremiah 23:28 (a)This is a symbol of the worthlessness of men's dreams and their idle reasonings. God makes foolish the wisdom of this world (See also

<460319>1 Corinthians 3:19.)

CHAIN — <200109> Proverbs 1:9 (a)In this passage, wisdom, knowledge, and the law of God are compared to three golden links which adorn those who possess them.

<250307> Lamentations 3:7 (b) Jeremiah compares his many sorrows to links in a chain which weigh him down and prevent his progress.

<260723> Ezekiel 7:23 (b) The combination of circumstances and conditions which the Lord would bring upon Israel in punishment are compared to links in a chain to bind His people.

<662001> Revelation 20:1 (b)God's commandments restrict, prohibit, and defeat Satan and are compared to links that form a chain for his utter punishment. (See

also <610204>2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6.)

CHAMBER — <200727> Proverbs 7:27 (b)A description of the departments in hell where sinners are punished according to their deserts.

<220104> Song of Solomon 1:4 (c) The different experiences of blessing in the Christian life are compared to chambers in the palace of the king.

<232620> Isaiah 26:20 (b) This refers to those times in the believer's life when he retires from the busy public life to be alone with the Lord.

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<402426> Matthew 24:26 (b) Here is indicated that rumors should spread abroad that our Lord had hidden Himself in some secret place on earth in order to appear suddenly in judgment.

CHARGES — <460907> 1 Corinthians 9:7 (b)This is an indication that the believer will be supplied from heaven with all the equipment necessary for Christian work.

<540118> 1 Timothy 1:18 (a) These are the instructions given by Paul to Timothy concerning his ministry.

CHARIOT — <192007> Psalm 20:7 (b) It indicates that some people trust in human expedients and schemes of their own for deliverance. We trust not in our own resources, nor wits, nor wisdom.

<197606> Psalm 76:6 (b) This is a type of the power of God to overcome man's resistance and rebellion.

<19A403> Psalm 104:3 (a) The clouds are described as the vehicles upon which the Lord is carried whithersoever He will.

<240413> Jeremiah 4:13 (b)This is a description of the invincible power of God. Just as man cannot control the coming and the going of the clouds, so man cannot control God's movements.

CHEEK — <220513> Song of Solomon 5:13 (c) Solomon is pouring out his love and praise to his Lord. He describes each part of His body as being wonderfully attractive to him.

<400539> Matthew 5:39 (b) This may be taken as a sign of humbleness and meekness

in the presence of those who are the opposite.

CHEEK BONE — <190307> Psalm 3:7 (b) David is indicating that God has already whipped Absalom and broken his power. He would, therefore, prevent any damage to come from Absalom's insurrection.

CHEW — <031104> Leviticus 11:4 (c) (See under "CUD.")

CHICKEN — <402337> Matthew 23:37 (a) The Lord Jesus compares Himself to a mother hen and the individual Israelite to the baby chicken whom He desired to protect, preserve and provide with every need. In <421334>Luke 13:34, where the word "brood" is used instead of the word "chickens" we learn that in the early part of His ministry, Christ intended to gather all of

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Israel under His wings. However, toward the end of His ministry, as we find it in Matthew, He called the end of His ministry, as we find it in Matthew, He called individual Israelites to come to Him for protection, for in the meanwhile, the nation had rejected Him as their Lord, their King, and their Messiah. No longer does He endeavor to call the whole nation to Him, but now calls individual persons.

CHILD — <230906> Isaiah 9:6 (a) The word "child" refers to size and age, rather than to relationship. The word "son" refers to character and likeness. In the New Testament the Greek word for "child" is teknon which indicates a physical relationship between a parent and the offspring. Jesus was never called a child of Joseph, nor the child of man, nor the child of God. The Greek word huios meaning "son" or "likeness to another" is always used about Christ. He is the Son of Man and the Son of God. He is not the child of man nor the child of God. A Christian is called a "child of God" (teknon) because of his faith and trust in Christ Jesus as in <480326>Galatians 3:26. He is called a "son of God" (huios) only as he is like God more or less in his actions. He is a son of God ( huios ) if he is a peacemaker

( <400509>Matthew 5:9 RV). He is a son of God if he forgives his enemies

( <400545>Matthew 5:45 RV). He is a son of God if he lives a separated life (

<470618>2 Corinthians 6:18).

When Jesus was referred to as a child in <420159>Luke 1:59, <420227>Luke 2:27 and other passages, the word used is paidion which means "a little lad." Even here the word is not the word for relationship but refers to size.

<240106> Jeremiah 1:6 (a)It is here used by the prophet to describe his feeling of helplessness in the face of a great work of God.

<243120> Jeremiah 31:20 (a) God very tenderly refers to the people of Israel as being members of His own family, young, helpless, and in need of paternal care.

<402315> Matthew 23:15 (a) Those who are led astray by false teachers are described as being related to hell and belonging there.

<441310> Acts 13:10 (a)This man was so wicked and so hostile in his attitude toward God that Paul told him he belonged to the devil's family and had a devil's nature.

<661205> Revelation 12:5 (b)This man child is the Lord Jesus brought forth from the nation of Israel to rule all nations.

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CHOICE — <090902> 1 Samuel 9:2 (a) This word indicates that this young man was bright, attractive, talented, brave, lovable, tender-hearted, and thoroughly trustworthy.

CHOKE — <401307> Matthew 13:7 (a) This is a graphic way of stating that the sorrows and cares of this earth may drive out the influence and the effect of the Word of God in the soul.

CHRIST — Some types of Christ:

<600225> 1 Peter 2:25 (a) Body i Cor. 12:12 (a) Branch

<580210> Hebrews 2:10 (a) Chief Song of Sol. 5:10 (b) Commander

<235504> Isaiah 55:4 (b)

<232816> Isaiah 28:16 (a)

<233202> Isaiah 32:2 (a)

<101910> 2 Samuel 19:10 (c)

<19B824> Psalm 118:24 (b)

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