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city is said to be pure gold. (Compare <661816>Revelation 18:16 with <662118>

CLAD — <235917> Isaiah 59:17 (a) This is a description of the complete abandonment of the Lord Jesus to the work of His Father and to His service for men.

CLAP — <199808> Psalm 98:8 (b) This is an expression used to describe the joy that shall fill the whole earth when Christ rules and reigns. (See also <235512> Isaiah 55:12.)

<250215> Lamentations 2:15 (b) It is used to express utter disgust, contempt and hatred. (See also <262506>Ezekiel 25:6.)

CLAY — <234509> Isaiah 45:9 (b) This is typical of human beings who are shaped and molded in the hands of the Lord. (See also <236408>Isaiah 64:8.)

<241806> Jeremiah 18:6 (a)It represents Israel as a nation in the hands of the Lord for Him to alter, mold and make as He pleases.

<270242> Daniel 2:42 (b) Here the "clay" represents the friability and inconstancy of the nations at the end of the age. They will be easily broken and will have little cohesion with other nations as clay is easily broken and will not adhere to iron.

<430906> John 9:6 (c) This probably indicates the fact that the Lord shuts our eyes effectually to the things of this earth that He may open them to see His face and rejoice in His presence, and enjoy spiritual realities.

CLEAN — <181104> Job 11:4 (b) This word is used to indicate a life that was not soiled by sinful or selfish actions.

<181709> Job 17:9 (a) These hands have not been soiled with sinful and wicked practices.

<191909> Psalm 19:9 (b) The Lord is telling us that the Word of God produces in the life purity and godliness.

<195107> Psalm 51:7 (a) David uses the word to inform us that he wanted to be pure in God's sight. All his sins, iniquities, guilt, trespasses and transgressions would be blotted out from the sight of God if God cleansed him. (See also <195110>Psalm 51:10.)

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<197301> Psalm 73:1 (b)This describes the condition of a heart that has been washed by the blood and made white before the Lord.

<201404> Proverbs 14:4 (b)There are those who are more interested in formalism than they are in results. They want solemnity without life. The Lord is condemning the program.

<201602> Proverbs 16:2 (b) This indicates that a man has examined his own way of living and has come to the conclusion that his way is quite right for both man and God. This man is his own judge and jury. He decides his own character and comes to the conclusion that he is quite fit for God's presence. He is not interested in God's thoughts about himself nor God's judgment upon himself. (See also

<201412>Proverbs 14:12.)

<400802> Matthew 8:2 (a) Lepers are made "clean" they are not said to be "healed." Leprosy is evidently a type of the defiling influence of sin. After being cleansed he no longer defiled others, but can mingle freely with others, without injuring them.

<421141> Luke 11:41 (b)The term indicates that things which are used for the glory of God and for the blessing of His people are acceptable to God.

<431503> John 15:3 (b) Here is revealed that the life of a man is attractive to God when he believes and practices the Word of God.

<441806> Acts 18:6 (b) Paul asserts that he has properly warned the people, earnestly presented the Gospel to them, and therefore cannot be blamed if any are lost.

CLEAVE — <192215> Psalm 22:15 (b)This is a description of the terrible results of the suffering of Christ on the cross.

<194425> Psalm 44:25 (b) Here is a graphic story of the utter depression which comes upon those whom God forsakes.

<19B925> Psalm 119:25 (b) In this way is described the feelings of the psalmist when sorrow had overwhelmed him.

<401905> Matthew 19:5 (b) It is a figure to show how closely related and attached a husband and wife are in the sight of the Lord.

<451209> Romans 12:9 (a) This is a strong expression to show how fully we should be given over to the good things of God.

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CLOAK — <400540> Matthew 5:40 (c) This is an expression, both literal and figurative, to show how willing we should be to go the second mile for those who are in need.

<600216> 1 Peter 2:16 (a) It refers to hypocrisy and pretense.

CLOSET — <400606> Matthew 6:6 (b) This is any quiet place where one may retire from the busy world to be alone with the Lord.

<421203> Luke 12:3 (b) Here is a figure to describe that the secret things of life shall become public property in the sight of the Lord.

CLOTH — <400916> Matthew 9:16 (b) This is a beautiful figure to show us that God does not patch our old nature nor try to add good deeds and characteristics to the old man. Instead, He gives a new nature, a new hope, and a new life. God does not patch the sinner. He gives the sinner a new birth.

CLOTHE — <200627> Proverbs 6:27 (b)This figure reveals the fact that a man's hidden life surely affects his public activities.

<261610> Ezekiel 16:10 (b) Here is an illustration of the way the Lord enriched Israel and took her from being a base nation to make her a glorious people.

<370106> Haggai 1:6 (a) This is typical of man's provision to cover his own need. He is left quite unsatisfied. This was illustrated in the story of the fig leaves.

<400630> Matthew 6:30 (b) Clothing the grass with flowers is a figure of the way in which our blessed Lord covers His people with salvation and with the fruit of the Christian life, as well as temporal mercies.

<410515> Mark 5:15 (c) This is a type of the robe of righteousness given to the sinner when he trusts the Savior.

CLOUD — <234422> Isaiah 44:22 (a)This is a type of the multitude of sins in the sinner's life. They are so many that they resemble a thick cloud in God's sight.

<280604> Hosea 6:4 (a) It is descriptive of the evanescent and transient character of the good deeds of these people. Their goodness passes away quickly as a cloud is dispersed by the early sun.

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<290202> Joel 2:2 (b) This is typical of the shades and shadows of sorrow which often come quickly into human life and hide the sunshine. More directly, a type of the day when the enemies of Israel would overwhelm her and destroy her land.

<340103> Nahum 1:3 (b) This indicates the presence of God when sorrows and difficulties appear in our lives. These are compared to clouds of dust that are raised on a country road when a traveler passes by. The dust indicates the presence of the person. So when we see the difficulties, problems and distresses arise in our lives we may know that our Lord is there, and is in control.

<520417> 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (a)As the cloud of dust in the road tells that someone is coming, so it may be literal in that we actually are (and of course shall be) caught up through the clouds when we go to meet our Lord. It may be figurative indicating that there will be a group or a "cloud" caught up from the different communities, cities, and cemeteries, there being so many that they will resemble clouds.

<581201> Hebrews 12:1 (a) This cloud evidently refers to the group of witnesses mentioned in the previous chapter. There were all of these and more--so many that they are compared to a cloud.

CLOUDY — <263412> Ezekiel 34:12 (b) Here is a type of the days when sorrows, shadows, and difficulties seem to overcast the sky and the heart is sad and lonely.

CLOVEN — <031103> Leviticus 11:3 (c)A divided hoof represents a divided walk. It indicates that the person has left the broad road, the path of sin, and is now walking on the narrow road with God, and among God's people. This reveals the fact that he has been made clean in his walk, and if he "chews the cud" it indicates that his talk is also clean. The animal which had both the divided hoof and chewed the cud was a picture of the believer whose walk and talk are

Scriptural.

<440203> Acts 2:3 (c) This probably represents the messages which the Holy Spirit brings, one to the saved, the Church, and the other to the unsaved, the world.

CLUSTER — <053232> Deuteronomy 32:32 (b) Here is described the terrible amount and character of God's wrath against His people when they turn from Him.

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<220114> Song of Solomon 1:14 (a) The Lord by this illustration reveals to us the great abundance of love that exists between the Savior and His Church. (See also

<220707>Song of Solomon 7:7.)

<661418> Revelation 14:18 (b)It seems as though sinners are grouped together for punishment throughout eternity. The gamblers are grouped together, also the drunkards, the harlots, the thieves, and religious hypocrites. This picture is also seen in <401330>Matthew 13:30. The contrast to this may be seen in

<390317>Malachi 3:17 in which God's people as jewels are placed together in eternity in beautiful arrangement for God's pleasure.

COAL — <19C004> Psalm 120:4 (b) The evil words of hostile enemies are compared to coals that burn and hurt when they strike.

<200628> Proverbs 6:28 (b)This is a figure to describe the fact that those who live in sin are defiled and hurt by sin even as those who walk upon coals are burned by them.

<230606> Isaiah 6:6 (b) The purging power of a live coal which destroys germs and corruption is here used to illustrate the effect of the Lord Himself in touching human life to purge, cleanse, and blot out the sins.

COAT — <010321> Genesis 3:21 (c) We usually use these coats of skins to represent the imputed righteousness of God which is given to us through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. The animal died so that the skins could be used for clothing. Just as human babies are born with no clothes and must obtain clothing from an outside source so new babes in Christ have no garment of their own, but must receive the garment of salvation, the robe of righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ. This truth is illustrated in <402211>Matthew 22:11- 12.

<183018> Job 30:18 (c) The disease which Job had, which was probably elephantiasis, fastened itself upon his body tenaciously and clung to him as a garment.

COCKATRICE — <231429> Isaiah 14:29 (b) This represents the cruel and evil result of plans which are promoted by Satan and carried out by wicked men. (See also <235905>Isaiah 59:5.)

COLD — <241814> Jeremiah 18:14 (b)God's Word and His messages from His prophets are compared, or rather contrasted, with the sweet, cold,

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refreshing streams from Lebanon as against the brackish, stale waters that come from earth's cisterns. (See also <240213>Jeremiah 2:13.)

<401042> Matthew 10:42 (a) The Lord specifies cold water to indicate that some effort has been made to prepare this drink and make it both palatable, attractive and satisfying to the thirsty.

<402412> Matthew 24:12 (a) Cold love is an indifferent love. The soul is not aroused and the heart is not stirred, even though there is a mental attitude of love toward another. (See also <660315>Revelation 3:15.)

COLOR — <031355> Leviticus 13:55 (c) Probably this represents the various aspects of sin. Sometimes things that are not wrong appear to be wrong; sometimes things that are wrong appear not to be wrong.

<041107> Numbers 11:7 (b)The Lord is informing us that both the value and the beauty of this manna was unexcelled, and was excellent for food. The manna changed its color in the eyes of the Israelites. That which was very attractive to them at the first became dull and unattractive at the last. So holy things may become common if they are handled carelessly. (Compare <041108> Numbers 11:8 with <021631>Exodus 16:31.)

<235411> Isaiah 54:11 (b) This figure reveals how beautiful God will make the nation of Israel when he restores them to their full glory.

<261616> Ezekiel 16:16 (b) Here we see a type of the beauty and attraction that Israel made for themselves in order to invite heathen neighbors into their fellowship and fold.

<261703> Ezekiel 17:3 (b) This presents a description of the greatness and beauty of

the King of Babylon who came to destroy Israel.

<442730> Acts 27:30 (b) The hypocritical acts of these sailors are represented as a color; as when a wax apple is colored red to make it appear to be a real apple.

COLT — <014911> Genesis 49:11 (b) This picture is presented to teach us that God's people, especially young Christians, are to be bound to the Lord and to His words. The vine represents the Lord. They are bound to the vine so they will be well nourished and become fruitful.

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<411102> Mark 11:2 (c) This type represents a young Christian who is loosed from the world and its evil habits in order to be the servants of the Lord Jesus, to take Him wherever He wants to go.

COMELINESS — <271008> Daniel 10:8 (a)A word used to describe the virtues and excellent qualities in Daniel's life which became utterly vile to him when he was brought into the conscious presence of the Lord.

COMPASS — <181613> Job 16:13 (b) The suffering saint felt like his sorrows were as enemies shooting arrows at him. (See also <181906>Job 19:6.)

<194905> Psalm 49:5 (b) The sins of the psalmist's life seemed to be like witnesses against him accusing him.

<235011> Isaiah 50:11 (b) This is a description of those who have a false religion and false doctrines, and who think that these are a light to them for eternity.

<243122> Jeremiah 31:22 (b) This may be a picture of the Church gathered around her Lord as His lovers.

CONCEIVE — <190714> Psalm 7:14 (a) This indicates that the iniquity of the heart produces sin in the life. (See also <233311>Isaiah 33:11; 59:4; <590115>James 1:15.)

<244930> Jeremiah 49:30 (b)The king had devised in his mind and heart a complete plan for conquering Israel.

<440504> Acts 5:4 (a) Ananias and his wife had concocted the plan of lying to the disciples and had agreed together what they would say.

CONINE — <203026> Proverbs 30:26 (c)A type of the weak Christian who, feeling his weakness and helplessness, clings the more closely to Christ and hides in Him, the Rock of Ages.

CONFLICT — <500130> Philippians 1:30 (b) Describes the battle that was constantly going on in Paul's heart and life because of the evil forces and persecutions which came upon him from both Jewish religious leaders and Gentiles.

CONTEND — <241205> Jeremiah 12:5 (b)A remarkable picture which illustrates the conditions of religious professors. If these worldly religionists are made weary by the feeble Christian influences around them

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here, what will they do when they are really in the presence of the Lord.* "Footmen" represent Christians in this world who have a feeble, halting walk and yet live very much better lives than the ungodly. "Horses" refer to fully developed Christians who live wholly for the Lord. Christians on earth are the "footmen" and Christians in heaven are the "horses." If these empty professors cannot endure the presence and the ministry of the Christians who surround them, then how would they ever endure being with God, with Christ, and with fully developed Christians? (See also under "JORDAN.")

Jude 3 (a) This describes the attitude that believers should take toward unbelievers in regard to the ministry and propagation of the Word of God. Believers should stand actively, boldly, and constantly for the "faith of our fathers."

CORD — <060215> Joshua 2:15-21 (c) It is a symbol of the precious blood of Christ. As this red cord hanging from Rahab's window announced her faith in God, in His Word, and His promises, so the precious blood applied to our hearts by faith announces this same truth for us.

<183011> Job 30:11 (c) This cord represents those bonds and bands which bound Job to God in sweet favor and rich prosperity. The Lord loosened the bands and permitted Job to fall into affliction and poverty.

<190203> Psalm 2:3 (b) It refers to the restraining influence of God which the wicked kings of earth desire to dispel. They wish to live and do as they please and to be free from the restraint of God and His Word. Such examples are Russia and Germany.

<210412> Ecclesiastes 4:12 (b)Three persons whose hearts and lives are bound

together in love and in happy fellowship are compared to a threefold cord or rope which has more strength than either one strand or two strands.

<230518> Isaiah 5:18 (b) This is a type of the evil desires of the human heart which crave wicked and sinful practices.

<281104> Hosea 11:4 (b)This is a type of those lovely and gracious attributes in God's heart which draws other hearts to Him.

CORN — <182424> Job 24:24 (b) This is a picture of the fruitless and useless life of the wicked whose plans are frustrated by God.

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<190407> Psalm 4:7 (b) This type indicates the temporal prosperity of the people of this earth. They are happy when their crops increase. David was more happy than they with just the presence of God in his life.

<196513> Psalm 65:13 (c) This may be taken to indicate God's great blessing upon His people and His loving care for them.

<197216> Psalm 72:16 (b) Probably this represents the great blessing that shall come upon Israel and which will radiate out to the nations of the earth when God restores His people to be the head of the nations. Christ is the principal grain. It may be that this blessing refers also to the Word of God.

<201126> Proverbs 11:26 (c)This is a type of the blessed ministry of the Word of God, its promises, its assurances, and its gospel messages, all of which are for the rich blessing of men. Those who fail to distribute the precious things from the Scripture are compared to persons who withhold corn when the people are hungry.

<233617> Isaiah 36:17 (b) This type is used by the King of Assyria to assure Israel that they would be contented in his land of Babylon even though they were strangers.

<280222> Hosea 2:22 (b) The figure here describes the blessing that will come to Palestine when Israel is fully restored as a nation.

<281407> Hosea 14:7 (a) As the grain comes up freshly in the spring, so Israel will again grow as a thriving nation.

<300909> Amos 9:9 (a) This is a prophecy concerning the scattering of Israel among the nations. He will not overlook a single grain.

<431224> John 12:24 (a) This is plainly a type of the Lord Jesus who had life in Himself and who, when buried, could not be kept down but rose the third day. It is a type also of the believer who has God's eternal life in him. The Holy Spirit is the gardener who takes the grain of corn, the Christian, plants him in His harvest field where He wants him to be, and places him where he will produce the best crop. (See also <401338>Matthew 13:38.)

CORNER — <231112> Isaiah 11:12 (b) This expression is used to describe every part of the earth. It is an idiom easily understood. (See also

<260702> Ezekiel 7:2; <660701>Revelation 7:1.)

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<400605> Matthew 6:5 (b) This indicates any place of prominence which a religious person takes for his own advantage.

<402142> Matthew 21:42 (a)This refers to the foundation of the church, and in fact all of God's purposes. Everything that God does rests and centers in His Son, the Lord Jesus. As a stone we see His permanence in strength. He remains unchanged through the centuries. (See also <19B822>Psalm 118:22;

<411210> Mark 12:10; <440411>Acts 4:11; <600207>1 Peter 2:7.)

<442626> Acts 26:26 (a) This type is used to illustrate the fact that Paul's work was not done slyly, secretly nor quietly, but out in the open and before the public.

Neither did Christ live, suffer and die hidden in obscurity. All of this was done openly and plainly in the sight of all the people.

CORNERSTONE — <19E412> Psalm 144:12 (b)This represents the place of prominence which the women of Israel would have when the Lord made them beautiful in their obedience and lovely in their faith.

<232816> Isaiah 28:16 (a) Here is a type of the mainstay and foundation of the church. As the cornerstone of a building indicates its official character and its permanent construction, so Christ is to the church. He is the principal stone, the main foundation, the center One in all of God's purposes and plans. (See also

<402142>Matthew 21:42; <490220>Ephesians 2:20.)

CORRUPT — <202526> Proverbs 25:26 (a)This is a picture of what God thinks of one who by virtue of his position and knowledge should be giving out blessings to the people, but instead is giving out that which defiles the people.

<262044> Ezekiel 20:44 (a) Here is described the wicked actions and sinful practices of the people of Israel, and these are compared to things that are rotten, spoiled

and decayed.

<400717> Matthew 7:17 (b)This is God's description of a professing Christian whose testimony and ministry are not according to the truth of God.

<461533> 1 Corinthians 15:33 (a)This expression describes the unsavory and defiling influence of wicked companions. (See also Jude 10.)

<470217> 2 Corinthians 2:17 (a) The Word itself cannot be changed, but the use of it may be a misuse whereby Scriptures are made to teach evil doctrines or practices. (See also <390208>Malachi 2:8.)

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CORRUPTION — <233817> Isaiah 38:17 (b) Hezekiah is comparing hell to a place of seething rottenness, filled with terrible wickedness, from which he has been graciously delivered.

<271008> Daniel 10:8 (a)When Daniel examined his own life, faith, and many virtues in the light of God's presence, they seemed wholly filthy and vile.

<450821> Romans 8:21 (b) The bondage of living in this world of sin and death is compared to vile, rotten, evil things. (See also <610104>2 Peter 1:4.)

COUNTENANCE — <040626> Numbers 6:26 (b)The countenance is the expression of the face. In this Scripture the sweet experience in the heart and soul which comes from seeing and knowing the loving fellowship of God is described as His countenance. (See also <198915>Psalm 89:15.)

<201513> Proverbs 15:13 (c)Here is indicated that the burden has been lifted from the soul and the heart has been made glad. (See also <202717>Proverbs 27:17.)

<230309> Isaiah 3:9 (a) This remarkable statement reveals one of the miracles which may be seen constantly. The form of the face of the Jew identifies him at once in every part of the world.

<402803> Matthew 28:3 (b) This refers to the unusual brightness which surrounded and covered the face of this angel from God.

COUNTRY — <420424> Luke 4:24 (a) This refers to the locality or the neighborhood in which a person lives.

<422009> Luke 20:9 (b) The word is used to describe heaven where Christ has gone to live with His Father until He returns to earth again.

<581114> Hebrews 11:14 (b) Probably this refers to the eternal state where we shall live together in happy fellowship with no debts, no death, no despair, but only the peace of God and His presence.

COURT — <198402> Psalm 84:2-10 (b)This refers to the presence of the Lord in which the Christian delights to live. It also refers to the beautiful place Christ has gone to prepare for the eternal home of the soul.

<199213> Psalm 92:13 (b) The term is used to describe the throne room of God where the believer presents petitions for himself and for others, and prospers in his heavenly ministry of prayer.

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COVERT — <196104> Psalm 61:4 (b) This is a beautiful picture of the protection and loving care of the Lord for His own children who come to rest under His wings, and in His presence.

<230406> Isaiah 4:6 (b) The term is used to describe the safety and comfort of those who in the day of the Lord's glory and His reign on the earth, will be found among His people and will walk in His fellowship.

<233202> Isaiah 32:2 (a)We find here a picture of comfort, safety and blessing enjoyed by the one who trusts his life and his soul to the Lord Jesus. This person begins to walk with God and to live for His glory.

CRACKLING — <210706> Ecclesiastes 7:6 (b) This is a description of the fruitlessness and uselessness of the sport of fools.

CRANE — <233814> Isaiah 38:14 (a) Hezekiah uses this word to illustrate the emptiness of his heart and the loneliness of his spirit when he was on his sick bed.

<240807> Jeremiah 8:7 (a)Israel is said to know less about God's dealings than the crane knows about her own life. The crane knows what to do and when to do it, but Israel did not seem to know.

CREEP — <441012> Acts 10:12 (b) This is a type of worldly people who are so attached to this earth and its affairs that they never appreciate spiritual values. But they were cleansed and saved.

Jude 4 (a) The writer describes the subtle, clever, insidious ways of the enemies of God who get in among God's people to make known their evil doctrines and to turn away the people from the true faith in God.

CRIB — <201404> Proverbs 14:4 (b)Where no work is undertaken for the Lord, there is no trouble and no blessing. If work is undertaken for the Lord, though it entails much labor, pain and trouble, great blessings will follow.

<230103> Isaiah 1:3 (b) The Lord is teaching us that the ox, which represents the Christian, knows and esteems the one who owns him, as the Christian knows and loves his Lord. The ass, however, who represents the ungodly, the unsaved, is only interested in the gifts that he may receive from his master. The crib is used to represent earthly blessings which earthly people receive and return no gratitude to the God who gives them.

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CRIMSON — <230118> Isaiah 1:18 (b)This is a type of the extremely permanent effect of sin upon the soul. The word really means "a double dye,' or "a

repeated dipping in dye" until the substance is thoroughly and fully dyed. Thus the Lord is telling us that no matter how deep the sinner may be dyed in his sins, the Lord is able to blot them out, and to make him white and clean.

CROOKED — <182613> Job 26:13 (c) This word probably describes the wicked, cruel ways of Satan.

<210115> Ecclesiastes 1:15 (b) This refers to things in our life which cannot be straightened out by men. An illustration would be a child that is born deformed, or blind, or with a defective mind, and this cannot be altered nor changed. It evidently refers to things that are wrong, either in the body, or in our circumstances, or in our relationships, which are unhappy, unfortunate and tragic, and which are of such a nature that they cannot be remedied. (See also

<210713>Ecclesiastes 7:13.)

<234004> Isaiah 40:4 (b) Our Lord is promising that things in this world, or in the life of His child which may be unrighteous, ungodly, harmful and hindering may be straightened out by His power and be made to fit into God's plan.

<504415> Philippians 2:15 (a) This describes wicked people whose lives do not measure up to the teaching of the Word of God.

CROSS — <401038> Matthew 10:38 (b) This is always a symbol of suffering and of pain and sorrow. To take up the cross means to deliberately and willingly enter into a path of obedience to God and service for God that perhaps may entail the loss of earthly possessions and of friends and the enduring of hardships and

difficulties of a severe nature. It means self denial and self abnegation. It means a willingness to lay aside opportunities for earthly advancement and be willing to live in more or less of obscurity if that is the will of God. It means the denying of luxuries, self-interests and ambitions in order to enter fully into a walk with the rejected Christ in a hostile world.

<460117> 1 Corinthians 1:17 (b)In this passage the cross represents the preaching of those truths which condemns men, reveals their unsaved condition, exposes the wickedness of their hearts, makes known their inability to save or help to save themselves. Men do not want the story about their own

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wicked and helpless condition. The cross reveals that all that God can do with any person of any kind, anywhere, is to put him to death. No person is fit to live in God's presence without the Savior. It is the preaching of this truth which men call "foolishness."

<480614> Galatians 6:14 (a) In this interesting passage the cross has several implications. When the Lord Jesus was made sin for us, took our place under the wrath of God, identified Himself and His life with ourselves and our lives, God caused Him to be crucified; God poured His wrath out upon the One who was taking our place. The world crucified Christ, and that makes the world an enemy of every Christian. But since Jesus was dying for the individual, the cross means that this individual has been put to death by the world that crucified Christ; therefore, he is dead to the call and the attractions of the world. This truth should cause us to live in separation from that which is so full of enmity against our lovely Lord.

CROWN — <19A304> Psalm 103:4 (a) This is the blessed gift of God's loving kindness and tender mercy resting upon the subject of His grace. This loving care of God and the rich reward He gives is compared to a beautiful and valuable crown.

<200409> Proverbs 4:9 (b) Here is a description of the blessing which comes upon one who uses wisdom in his living and grace in his actions.

<201424> Proverbs 14:24 (c)This probably is a type of the power, glory and position which riches give to their possessors.

<201631> Proverbs 16:31 (a)The honor and respect due to old age is represented by this beautiful white hair.

<500401> Philippians 4:1 (a) The Christians at Philippi who were saved through Paul's ministry were described as a crown for his head in the day when the Lord gives rewards. (See also <520219>1 Thessalonians 2:19.)

CRUCIFY — <450606> Romans 6:6 (b) This expression is used to impart the wonderful truth that when the sinner believes God, confesses his need, and trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ, God reckons that he died with Christ on the cross, and therefore has been punished in the person of Christ for his sins.

<480524> Galatians 5:24 (b) Here the word indicates an act in the mind and heart of the Christian wherein he lays aside and refuses to obey the sinful desires that arise within him.

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CUCUMBER — <230108> Isaiah 1:8 (b) This vegetable is used by the prophet to remind Israel that their heart's desire had led them into a life of worthless, useless activity such as they had experienced in Egypt. Cucumbers have no food value, and were one of the principle foods in Egypt. God let them have their desire and sent leanness into their souls.

CUD — <031104> Leviticus 11:4-6 (c) The act of chewing the cud is probably a method of describing a good conversation such as should characterize true Christians. A true Christian will talk right (chewing the cud), and will walk right (dividing the hoof). Those animals that did both of these were called clean animals, and could be eaten. (See also <051406>Deuteronomy 14:6-8.) Chewing the cud and dividing the hoof go together in the Scriptures. Both of these must characterize the animal that God calls "clean,' and which might be eaten by the people. Chewing the cud refers to meditating on the Scriptures, and talking about the things of God and the things that are pleasing in God's sight. It refers to godly meditations as in <190102>Psalm 1:2; 63-6; 143:5; <540415>1 Timothy 4:15. God told Joshua to meditate on the Word of God. <060108>Joshua 1:8. The right talk, however, must be accompanied by the right walk. Enoch walked with God.

Demas walked with the world. God calls on us to separate the precious from the vile. <241519>Jeremiah 15:19. We are to live a separated life as in <470617>2 Corinthians 6:17. If we walk with the Lord, and talk about the things of God, then we are "clean" Christians, and acceptable in God's sight.

CUMMIN — <232825> Isaiah 28:25-27 (c) Probably in this story the wheat represents the gospel message, while the other four grains represent other truths that should and do accompany gospel preaching. In all of our preaching and teaching the good news about the rich provision the Lord Jesus makes for the soul should have the principal place. Other things that accompany this message may be prophecy, history, personal experience, godly living. Certainly there are many

such truths to be found in all good teaching and preaching, but these are not to replace the gospel of God's grace.

CUP — <191605> Psalm 16:5 (b)This figure describes the blessings which satisfied David's heart and soul.

<192305> Psalm 23:5 (b) By this figure David described the fullness of joy and peace which was his portion because of the Lord's goodness to him.

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<235117> Isaiah 51:17 (b)This type is used to describe the action of our Lord in pouring out His wrath and indignation upon the peoples of Jerusalem who were forced to submit to His punishment. (See also <350216>Habakkuk 2:16.)

<402642> Matthew 26:42 (b) This probably represents God's wrath, judgment and punishment handed to the Lord Jesus for Him to drink when He was nailed to Calvary for us. Probably the cup was the agony endured by Christ when He was made sin for us. (See also <470521>2 Corinthians 5:21.)

<461016> 1 Corinthians 10:16 (b)This indicates that the Lord expects His own people to drink and to make a part of themselves the forgiveness, redemption and cleansing that comes through the precious blood of Christ. It also represents the cumulative blessings that come through fellowship and association with God's people as they meet together.

CUT — <245023> Jeremiah 50:23 (b)This is a type of the judgment of God upon Babylon. God used Babylon as a hammer to punish the earth and having done so He sent another nation to destroy Babylon. To illustrate this He used the picture of the hammer being cut in two parts and broken to pieces.

<402451> Matthew 24:51 (b) This figure is used to describe the helplessness and the hopelessness of one whom God casts into the lake of fire.

<410505> Mark 5:5 (c) By this picture is described the damage that the unsaved to do their hearts and lives when they wander from God among the cares, sins and sorrows of this world.

<421307> Luke 13:7 (b) This probably is a type which describes the death of one who lives a fruitless and useless life in God's sight. More particularly it depicts the destruction of Israel after God had done so much to make her fruitful and useful.

<440754> Acts 7:54 (a) This is a graphic way of stating that Stephen's words went home to the hearts of his enemies and convicted them of their wickedness.

CYMBAL — <19F005> Psalm 150:5 (c) This indicates that our praise and worship should not be of a subdued character but should be loudly proclaimed so that all may hear.

<461301> 1 Corinthians 13:1 (a)We are being warned by the Lord that though we may make a loud noise in the service of the King, and be heard for our

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much speaking, it will be in God's sight only as the noise of the metal if it is not promoted and produced by a heart filled with love for God.

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