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<470111> 2 Corinthians 1:11; 8:4; <500417>Philippians 4:17.

GIN — <181809> Job 18:9 (a) This figure is used to describe a trap laid for him by his enemies. Men are always seeking to find ways and means of tripping up God's children. (See also <19E005>Psalm 140:5; 141:9.)

<230814> Isaiah 8:14 (a) This figure is used to describe a trap. This trap, however, was prepared by the Lord for the punishment of His people at Jerusalem.

GIRD — <102240> 2 Samuel 22:40 (a) This is a figure of a soldier binding on his armour. This illustrates the spiritual strength and power that God gives for the difficulties of life.

<193011> Psalm 30:11 (b) By this figure David is describing the joyful life which he received from his Lord and which was so precious to him that he compares it to a garment that surrounded him and strengthened him.

<194503> Psalm 45:3 (a) By this figure David requests his God to reveal His strength and power on the behalf of His servant.

<19A919> Psalm 109:19 (a)This figure is used about Judas whose bitter attitude of cursing toward Christ, and the hatred of his heart toward his Master is compared to this garment which surrounded his whole person and influenced his whole life.

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<234505> Isaiah 45:5 (a) The Lord in this way illustrates the truth that He gave to Cyrus the strength and the power which was necessary for conquering the world.

<261610> Ezekiel 16:10 (a) Here the Lord gives us a picture of the way He protected, surrounded and preserved Israel in the early days of their national existence.

<421235> Luke 12:35 (a) By this is indicated that the Christian should be ready for the service of the Lord day or night. He should be filled with enthusiasm and able for the battle.

GIRDLE — <231105> Isaiah 11:5 (b)This is a symbol of a righteous life and a faithful spirit which encompasses a person to make him a useful and dependable servant of God. No doubt it is primarily a prophecy concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 13:I, 10 (a)The Lord tells us in this story that the girdle represents Israel in her decadence, her wickedness and weakness. God had intended Israel as a wonderful nation, but she mingled with the world around her and became a rotten, useless people.

<660113> Revelation 1:13 (c)This golden garment over the heart or the breast of the Lord indicates the purity, beauty and value of the love of Christ for His people.

GIRT — <490614> Ephesians 6:14 (a) By this type we learn that God's Word gives strength and power to His people.

GLASS — <461312> 1 Corinthians 13:12 (b)Here we may learn the lack of vision and inability to understand spiritual verities as one should.

<470318> 2 Corinthians 3:18 (a)This no doubt is an illustration of the fact that we look into the Word of God and behold there the true picture of ourselves. God describes us perfectly in His Word. Having seen our need we hurry to the Savior for cleansing. It probably also means that in the Word of God, which is the glass, we behold the beauty of the Lord, the precious Person of the Holy Spirit, the wonders of God the Father, and so we ourselves become more Godly, more holy, more like Christ.

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<590123> James 1:23 (b) This is a way of saying that a man sees in the Scripture the spots and the blemishes of his life but does not use the remedy to get rid of them.

<660406> Revelation 4:6 (c) It probably indicates that the throne of God rests upon and is surrounded by such holiness and purity as is best illustrated by clear glass through which everything may be seen and nothing is hidden.

<661502> Revelation 15:2 (c)God's angels and God's wrath are without spot, shadow, or sin of any kind. Everything about God's punishment of men is above reproach and is perfectly clear, clean and transparent.

<662118> Revelation 21:18 (c)The misuse of gold on earth is often connected with wickedness, sinfulness, hypocrisy and pretense. This city of God is quite the opposite. The gold of that city covers no evil and hides no wickedness.

Everything is transparent and the bottom may be seen from the top.

GLEAN — <070802> Judges 8:2 (a) By this figure Gideon was telling the men of Ephraim that they had reaped a greater harvest by capturing Oreb and Zeeb than he had obtained in capturing or killing the rest of the army.

<240609> Jeremiah 6:9 (b)This figure represents the thorough work of the enemies of the people of Judah when they invaded the land and carried them away as prisoners.

GNAT — <402324> Matthew 23:24 (a) The Lord Jesus used this insect as a type of the estimation we place upon sins or unpleasant things in our own lives; or little things in the lives of others to which we do not object. This is in comparison with the big animal, the camel, which represents the same kind of things in the lives of others, which we do not condone.

GOLD/GOLDEN — <182310> Job 23:10 (a) Job is in this way describing the severity and yet the value of the sufferings through which he was passing. He is telling us that these sufferings are like the fire in the furnace that refines the gold to remove the dross. He expects that the sufferings, sorrows, pain and disappointments will remove from him any wickedness that might be there, any evil ways, anything that displeases God, and he would emerge from this time of trial more pure and more godly than he had ever been before. (See also

<201703>Proverbs 17:3; 27:21.)

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<191910> Psalm 19:10 (a)This figure indicates that the precious truths of the Bible are more valuable, more useful and more to be desired than the finest metal that earth can produce.

<194513> Psalm 45:13 (b)This type is used to describe the righteous acts of the people of God. Their deeds are compared to garments made of golden threads woven together through the life by kind words and godly deeds.

<196813> Psalm 68:13 (a)This figure indicates that the people had been living in a dirty, filthy way in their sins, but now had been redeemed from that kind of life, and were living beautiful lives, attractive in every way both to God and to man.

<201122> Proverbs 11:22 (a) By this type we learn the lesson that ungodly actions in the life of a beautiful woman are as inconsistent as to see a jeweled ornament placed in the snout of a pig. The same thought is expressed in a different way in

<211001>Ecclesiastes 10:1.

<202511> Proverbs 25:11 (b) By this figure we learn of the great value of words that are well spoken and timely. They have a beautiful effect upon the soul.

<231312> Isaiah 13:12 (a) Gold adorns, but Christ adorns much greater. Gold buys one's way into earthly places but Christ brings one into the throne room of heaven. Gold meets the requirements of this life but Christ equips for the eternal life. Gold settles quarrels between men but Christ settles the quarrel between God and man. Gold saves the life from many discomforts, but Christ saves the life from eternal loss. The man in the passage is the Lord Jesus. He is better than gold which is used as a standard for purity on the earth.

<250401> Lamentations 4:1 (a) In this way the Lord describes the departing of the glory of Israel. During the reign of Solomon the glory of Israel reached its highest

point. Afterward, because of the evils which crept in, and the idolatry which abounded, the glory, position, power and wealth gradually disappeared. We should notice that the expression is "the gold is become dim." The gold has not entirely disappeared, it has not been completely abolished. It is rising again to shine with even greater glory when Christ Jesus, the Messiah, returns.

<261613> Ezekiel 16:13 (a)We learn from this that Israel was made wealthy, beautiful, great and powerful by the hand of God who gave to them liberally of the blessings of heaven and earth.

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<270238> Daniel 2:38 (a) The King of Babylon is described by this figure because of his great wealth and his world-wide power. All the other kingdoms were inferior in wealth and power to his kingdom. He was the supreme ruler of the earth. He was so flattered by being given this position that he decided he should be better than all the rest of the kingdoms, and so in the next chapter, 3:1, he made an image that was all of gold. He felt it was humiliating to him to be only the head of gold. This egotistical pride came to an end when he was made to eat grass like the cattle. God revealed to him that in the sight of the Lord he was neither the head of gold, nor the rest of the body of gold.

<380402> Zechariah 4:2-6 (a) This candlestick is a type of the Holy Spirit, both beautiful, useful, valuable and enlightening. He is the author of the light that comes from heaven through the Lord Jesus Christ. He reveals the truth about ourselves, and the truth about the Savior.

<460312> 1 Corinthians 3:12 (a) The deeds which are done by Christians for the glory of God, and the blessing of men are compared to this precious metal. Much of our service is of little or no value to God. It is the desire of our Lord that our works should have His approval, and should be actuated and activated by the Holy Spirit.

<550220> 2 Timothy 2:20 (a) All kinds of vessels are necessary in the house of God. Some are very fancy, delicate, expensive, and more ornamental than useful. Such is the beautiful vase that adorns the mantel in the parlor. It represents the attractive gold, cut glass or ornamental pieces that beautify the parlor of the home. There are other vessels, however, which are called vessels of dishonor.

These are the kitchen utensils, the skillet, the pans, the coffee pot. Most folks would like to be the golden ornament in the parlor, but those in the kitchen are more useful. The purging from "these" is not purging the golden vessels from the kitchen vessels, it refers to purging oneself from the evils mentioned in the

previous part of the chapter. If one does this, then the Lord can use him wherever He wishes, perhaps in the parlor, or perhaps in the kitchen. He will be subject to the will of his Lord.

<580904> Hebrews 9:4 (b) Probably the precious metal is used in this Scripture as well as in Exodus to describe the Deity of Christ, and His divine character. As Moses' ark was covered both within and without by the golden plates, so Christ Jesus was pure holiness in His outward actions, and in His inward being, in His private life and in His public actions. He was sinless, holy, pure and divine. There were no shadows in His life.

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<660318> Revelation 3:18 (a)Those invaluable graces which we may receive from the Lord are compared to this precious metal. These blessings from heaven enrich the life on earth, and will enrich the soul for eternity.

<660508> Revelation 5:8 (a) The value of the prayers of God's people is revealed by the use of this type. It is as though when the prayers of the Christians ascend to God, He places them in these golden vessels because they are as valuable and fragrant to Him as perfume is fragrant to us.

<660907> Revelation 9:7 (b)The locust probably represents men filled with evil spirits and who are given authority as kings and rulers to oppress their fellowmen.

Perhaps it may be done in the name of religion. This may be the thought in making the crowns of gold.

<661507> Revelation 15:7 (b) The value of the wrath of God may be understood by the fact that His wrath is in these priceless vases. Only valuable things would be put in such a valuable vessel. We elect judges in order that they may punish the evil doer. We value the service of that judge who brings the vengeance of the law upon the lawbreaker. We do not expect the judge to set the lawbreaker flee.

<661704> Revelation 17:4 (b) The false woman represents and is a type of the great worldwide religious system, that denies the truths of the gospel, and substitutes for God's Word the traditions of men, the teachings of religious leaders, and gaudy presentations that appeal to the eye and the ear. Because this great apostate group controls almost unlimited wealth, they offer to the world a false peace which invites their confidence and seals their doom for eternity. All of this display of wealth, power and beauty is covered by the figure of gold. She appears to be the genuine church of God by her protestations, but actually she is "the habitation of demons, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird"

( <661802>Revelation 18:2). She holds out to the world the promise of forgiveness, absolution, and a method of cleansing, all of which are represented by the type of "a golden cup"

<661816> Revelation 18:16 (b)The great false religious group called Babylon in the previous chapter and under the type of a "woman" is represented in this chapter as a city because of her tremendous commercial activities. She buys and sells by the millions of dollars in constructing and equipping great cathedrals, schools, convents, palaces, art galleries, museums, etc. This

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entices the merchants of the earth to seek her favor because of the remuneration to be gained.

Thus this great church seems to be a golden source of profit. We should notice that in v. 13 this city trades in the bodies and the souls of men.

<662115> Revelation 21:15 (a)The measuring reed is represented as being golden to remind us and to assure us that all of God's measurements and weights and decisions are without stain of sin, without deceit, and without misrepresentation.

<662118> Revelation 21:18-21 (b) The city of God which is represented by the figure of "pure gold" is in contrast with the false city, the false religious empire built up by Satanic power, and which pretends to be gold, but is really only "gilded with gold." No one should be deceived by this golden appearance. We should ascertain what lies beneath and composes the real body of that which appears to be golden.

GOMORRAH — <011310> Genesis 13:10 (c) The word means "a rebellious people" and may be taken as a type of the people of the world who refuse and reject Christ and His Word and prefer to live in their sins and iniquities. Their judgment is assured.

<053232> Deuteronomy 32:32 (a) The Lord applies this terrible name to the nation of Israel when they turned away from His love and grace to worship idols, and to live in sin. Since they were living like the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Lord applies that name to them as being most appropriate.

GOODS — <401229> Matthew 12:29 (a) This figure is used to describe the unsaved, the ungodly, the non-Christian who are in the grasp of Satan, and are described by Jesus Himself as "children of the Devil." He holds absolute power

over them, and they carry out his will and plan. They can only be released from Satan's chains by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ through His gospel, and by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. (See also <410327>Mark 3:27;

<421121>Luke 11:21.)

<402514> Matthew 25:14 (b) Jesus thus describes the business of God, the work and labor of the gospel, and all Christian ministry as God's "goods." These are entrusted to us to invest well for Him. It refers also to the talents, gifts and various abilities of the people of God which should be invested for the Lord. It refers also to the temporal possessions, such as money, the

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hospitality of the home, and other such things, which also should be invested for the glory of God.

GOURD — <320406> Jonah 4:6 (c) This is a type of some gracious provision of God which is temporary in character and is intended to serve only for a certain purpose. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away and we should rejoice in both instances.

GRAPES — <041323> Numbers 13:23 (c) This lovely fruit may be taken as a type of the rich blessings which may be found across the Jordan of spiritual death, in the promised land in which the Christian should live after he has died with Christ at Calvary and been raised to walk in newness of life. It represents the precious blessings that fill the life of that one who walks with God in constant fellowship with Him, loving Christ and obeying the Holy Spirit. This life is the life that is life indeed.

<053232> Deuteronomy 32:32 (a)The good God of heaven is reminding Israel of the tremendous contrast between the grapes of Eschol and the grapes of Gomorrah. The sweet blessings that come from walking with the Lord, in obedience to His Word, and in loving fellowship with Him, are to be contrasted with the bitter fruits that come from the pleasures of sin which last but for a season. For one hour of pleasure men will barter heaven and insure to themselves an eternity in hell.

<070802> Judges 8:2 (a) The two princes of the Midianites are compared to the grapes which Ephraim gathered. (See also <070724>Judges 7:24-25.)

<181533> Job 15:33 (b) Eliphaz uses this type to illustrate his thoughts about Job. He is stating that Job is a hypocrite and will never be able to produce good fruit in his life.

<220215> Song of Solomon 2:15 (b) This is typical of the delicate and delightful fruits of a human life such as kindness, love, patience, etc., which may be spoiled and damaged by little habits and ways that are mean and obnoxious.

<230502> Isaiah 5:2 (a) Here, the fruit represents the attributes of Israel and their attitude toward the Lord. They should have loved Him, worshipped Him, walked with Him, glorified Him, and thus have yielded good grapes. Instead, they dishonored Him, hated Him, disobeyed Him, and grieved Him. Their evil actions are compared to wild grapes.

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<243129> Jeremiah 31:29 (a) God is telling us in this way that the life of the father is reflected in the character of the child; the actions of the child are a result of the life and the attitude of the father. (See also <261802>Ezekiel 18:2.)

<310105> Obadiah 1:5. (b) The people of Israel are represented as grapes. The Edomites who dwelled in a high, rocky, inaccessible fort made forays against the Israelites, capturing them on the highways and killing them in the fields. They left none, young or old. The Lord contrasts this with thieves who steal grapes but who will leave some on the vines for the owners of the vineyard. The Edomites were worse than the thieves.

<400716> Matthew 7:16 (b) We learn from this figure that evil lives cannot produce good fruit for God. Those who belong to the Devil are not bearing fruit for the God of heaven. (See also <420644>Luke 6:44.)

<661418> Revelation 14:18 (b)This figure represents the people of the earth who are the product of wicked leaders, evil teachers and false faiths.

GRASS — <193702> Psalm 37:2 (a) This is a type of the weakness, instability and transient character of the ungodly, who soon die and are forgotten. (See also

<199005>Psalm 90:5; 92:7; 103:15; 129:6.)

<197216> Psalm 72:16 (a)By this figure the Lord is telling us of the great growth of the nation of Israel numerically. When the blessing of God rests upon that nation, then they will flourish again as they once did.

<234006> Isaiah 40:6 (a) In this passage the Lord is reminding us that the honors which men bestow, and the position of prominence to which men attain, soon disappear. These are not permanent. The rich man loses his riches; the influential man loses his power; the prominent man becomes obscure, but God's gifts are

permanent. (See <235112>Isaiah 51:12.)

<234404> Isaiah 44:4 (a) This strange type indicates that God's people will grow beautifully among the many people of the world where they are scattered. It indicates that they will be a spiritual people who will be of noble character and godly attributes. This certainly is the future of Israel when they turn again to the Lord.

<590111> James 1:11 (a) The rich man in this passage is compared to the grass of the field. His riches disappear, and he himself fades into obscurity. He must lie in the grave side by side with the poor, for there is no difference in death.

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<600124> 1 Peter 1:24 (a)The permanent character of the Scriptures is contrasted with the very short life of grass.

GRASSHOPPER — <041333> Numbers 13:33 (a) These spies felt weak and insignificant when they compared themselves with the giants and considered the power of these mighty men in Canaan.

<070712> Judges 7:12 (a)The invading hosts of the enemies of Israel are compared to an invading plague of grasshoppers. It is a picture of the quantity of the enemy, rather than the quality or character. (See also

<244623> Jeremiah 46:23.)

<211205> Ecclesiastes 12:5 (b) The aged person cannot endure the slightest burden. To an ordinary person the grasshopper would hardly be noticed if it should alight on that person. It comes suddenly, and is gone quickly. It remains only a little time. So it is in the lives of the aged. A slight difficulty arises quickly, and is soon gone, but it seems to be a tremendous load to the old grandmother or grandfather. The mole hill becomes a mountain in the older days.

<234022> Isaiah 40:22 (a) By this figure the Lord is describing His thoughts about the people of the earth, whether they be prominent or obscure. None of them are very important in God's sight. They are small and insignificant when compared to the greatness and the power of God.

<340317> Nahum 3:17 (a)The great men of Nineveh flourished in times of prosperity and peace. Afterwards God saw that they were destroyed and their memory perished.

GRAVEN — <234916> Isaiah 49:16 (a) The indelible and ineffaceable marks of

Calvary are forever to be seen in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are a constant reminder of our tremendous need and Christ's sufficient supply for that need.

<241701> Jeremiah 17:1 (a)The sins of Israel are indelibly written upon the pages of history and can never be erased or effaced from their persons.

GRAVES — <263713> Ezekiel 37:13 (a) This is a picture or a figure of the condition of Israel when scattered among the nations. The national character of this great people is buried beneath the nationalities of other kingdoms.

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<461555> 1 Corinthians 15:55 (a)This is a symbol of death which claims the body. When the Lord Jesus returns to earth the grave will neither get nor hold the body of the living Christian, for he will be transported to heaven without dying.

<662013> Revelation 20:13 RV (a)By this symbol the Lord is telling us that the grave gives up the body, and hell gives up the soul of the unsaved. These are reunited at the great white throne, and are judged before being sent to the lake of fire.

GREASE — <19B970> Psalm 119:70 — (a)This is a picture of pride, opulence, egotism and self-satisfaction. These make a person proud, insolent and self- sufficient.

GREEN — <180816> Job 8:16 (b) This type is used to describe the hypocrite who is unstable and is soon destroyed.

<181532> Job 15:32 (b) By this figure we see that the man who is deceived and is not true to God's Word, and is not really linked up with God, will not prosper, and shall not be productive in his life.

<195208> Psalm 52:8 (a) This type indicates a fresh, happy spirit, full of life, vigor and growth.

<241708> Jeremiah 17:8 (a)This symbol represents youth, life, freshness and vigor. This is a Christian who is spiritual, zealous, active for God.

<281408> Hosea 14:8 (a) By this type we understand life at its best. Such a life is filled with joy, gladness, singing and service.

<422331> Luke 23:31 (b)This is a figurative way of saying that if Israel was so rebellious and so hostile when the Lord Jesus was with them, what would they be

like when Christ was gone from them. When they were free to read the Scriptures and to worship in their temple (all of which is compared to a green tree), what would they be like when they had no temple, and their enemies came in like a flood, and they had no Scriptures from which to read. This time is compared to the season of a dry tree.

GREYHOUND — <203031> Proverbs 30:31 (c)This is a type of the Lord Jesus in His swift actions both of judgment and of blessing. (See also under "GOAT.")

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GRIND — <183110> Job 31:10 (b) This is a symbol of subserviency and recompense.

<230315> Isaiah 3:15 (b) By this symbol is indicated the cruel hardships placed upon the poor by the powerful rich.

<402144> Matthew 21:44 (a)This figure indicates the power of God to punish His enemies and the power of Christ to punish those who reject and refuse Him. (See also <422018>Luke 20:18.)

GRINDERS — <211203> Ecclesiastes 12:3 (a)This name is given to the teeth of the aged. In old age the teeth are gone, having decayed or been extracted, and so they can no longer chew their food.

GRISLED — <380603> Zechariah 6:3 (b) It is quite evident that these horses of various colors represent various types of God's curse and judgment. They probably represent the same four judgments that are mentioned in <261421> Ezekiel 14:21. It is difficult to state definitely which judgment is represented by the grisled horses. Certainly it is something that is a curse to Israel.

GROUND — <090319> 1 Samuel 3:19 (a) By this type the Lord is promising to Samuel that all his words will be used to profit the hearers, and that none of his sayings will be wasted.

<091445> 1 Samuel 14:45 (a) In this peculiar way and by this figure the people are asserting that no harm of any kind shall come to Jonathan who had won such a great victory over the Philistines.

<490317> Ephesians 3:17 (b)This figure is used to describe the deep-seated faith and trust of one who believes God and believes fully God's Word.

<510123> Colossians 1:23 (b) By this figure is indicated a firm conviction and a true faith in the teachings of God's Word, God's Truth.

<540315> 1 Timothy 3:15 (a) This describes the permanency, the stability, the reliability of the true church of God established by Christ, and of its members who are saved through His blood.

GROVE — <023413> Exodus 34:13 (a)The groves which are described in this passage and in the others which are given in this paragraph represent an unusual planting of branches of trees or saplings carved into shapes for

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immoral purposes. As in most cases of idolatry, immorality is quite evident, so in this case. Men and women approach these groups of planted sticks to arouse their passions and to gain some unnatural satisfaction. (See also

<050705> Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; <070625>Judges 6:25; <121306>2 Kings 13:6;

<121804>2 Kings 18:4; <143403>2 Chronicles 34:3; <330514>Micah 5:14.) <122306> 2

Kings 23:6 (a) It should be noted that these plantings of items to encourage immorality were found inside the temple of God. They were small in size so that they could be placed in the building. They were to be removed from the temple, burned, and, if they were covered with metal, that was to be ground up and scattered. (See also <122314>2 Kings 23:14.) The grove mentioned in

<051621>Deuteronomy 16:21 and the groves planted by Abraham were normal and natural groups of ordinary trees.

GUEST — <402210> Matthew 22:10 (b) These guests are those who hear God's invitation to belong to His Son, they accept the call, they trust the Savior, and they are admitted to the wedding of the Son of God. Some think these guests are the believing Israelites of the Old Testament.

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