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<600205> 1 Peter 2:5 (a)
<490221> Ephesians 2:21 (a)
<471102> 2 Corinthians 11:2 (a)
<662109> Revelation 21:9 (b)
fragrance of the life of Christ before His Father.
<200717> Proverbs 7:17 (c)This is typical of the enticements and allurements of sin.
CIRCUMCISION — Jeremiah — 4:4 (b)Here is a type which compares the physical circumcision with the spiritual act of reckoning one's self dead unto sin and of laying aside the desires of the flesh. (See also
<510211> Colossians 2:11.)
CISTERN — Jeremiah — 2:13 (b)It is a type of human provision and self- made supplies for satisfaction, comfort, and preservation substituted for trust in the living God who is the source of all blessing.
<661810> Revelation 18:10 (a)This city is a figure of the religious-political groups of earth which build huge buildings, manifest outward piety, have a mixture of Christian doctrines with heathen practices. This "city" is engaged in the business of buying and selling every kind of merchandise, and ruling in the affairs of men.
Their merchandise includes the bodies and the souls of men
( <661813>Revelation 18:13). God is telling us here that He will visit such religious movements in judgment, and will pour out His wrath upon them. This "city" is said to be decked or guilded with gold, whereas God's true