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<150908> Ezra 9:8 (b) This represents the fixed and permanent position of the people of Israel when God returns them to their own land.
<211211> Ecclesiastes 12:11 (a) Wise words fasten themselves in the heart and the mind. They remain there for a blessing in days to come.
<232223> Isaiah 22:23 (a) By this picture we see the permanent and secure position of Christ, the Messiah, as He sits on the throne of His kingdom. Temporarily the nail and the place have been removed, but He is still Lord, and will resume His
position as the King of Israel in the day of His power.
<381004> Zechariah 10:4 (b) This figure indicates that it is God Himself who has made Christ to be King and Sovereign. He establishes both Israel and the Church under His permanent and eventual rule.
<510214> Colossians 2:14 (a)We have revealed to us in this picture the act of God in putting our sins on Jesus, so that He bore them "in His own body on the tree."
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<014209> Genesis 42:9 (a) Joseph accused his brethren of being spies who came to see the military installations, the defense measures, and the riches of the land, with a view to invading and conquering Egypt.
<022026> Exodus 20:26 (a) In climbing steps, any physical disability or defects could be seen by observers. God does not require public demonstrations of the faults and failures of those who come to worship Him.
<092030> 1 Samuel 20:30 (b) Saul is accusing Jonathan of insulting his mother, and denying his birthright privileges by his loyalty to David. Jonathan was the heir to the throne and therefore would inherit the glory, the power and the wealth of his father if he remained true to his father.
<180121> Job 1:21 (c) This is one way of saying that he came into the world owning nothing, and possessing nothing. He would leave the world with nothing. (See also <210515>Ecclesiastes 5:15.)
<182606> Job 26:6 (a) We have not seen hell, but God has seen it, for He made it, therefore, everything about hell is clearly seen and understood by the Lord.
<234703> Isaiah 47:3 (b) The prophet is telling the Babylonians that they will lose all
their wealth, their ornaments and that their defense will be taken from them, and they will be left helpless.
<250108> Lamentations 1:8 (b) The nations have seen Jerusalem punished by God, and stripped of her power, beauty and place of honor.
<250421> Lamentations 4:21 (a) The Edomites will give themselves over to sin and wickedness without pretense or shame.
<261608> Ezekiel 16:8 (a) This word occurs in several places in connection with Israel, and of other nations. It describes a state of exposure of all the nation with no deception, no pretense, no covering up of any sin or evil. It
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represents also the loss of all assets, power, strength and defense. (See also
<261636> Ezekiel 16:36, 23:10; <340305>Nahum 3:5; <350215>Habakkuk 2:15.)
<300216> Amos 2:16 (a) The judgment of God on Israel will be so severe that none will have any goods or possessions left. Everything will be lost. This has been literally fulfilled.
<330101> Micah 1:8 (b) The prophet thus describes the utter desolation of Israel. By this unclothed illustration, Israel was to know of that which was to happen to them. (See also Micah 1:! 1.)
Hab. 3:9 (a) God's words of judgment were clearly revealed without camouflage or deception.
<470503> 2 Corinthians 5:3 (a) Since we cannot take any garments with us when we die, we must have His robe of righteousness, or else we would be in the presence of God without a garment. We cannot come into God's presence unclothed. God has provided a robe of righteousness, and a garment of salvation. It may be also that the Lord is referring in this passage to the changed bodies which we shall have in the resurrection. It will be identical with the present bodies which we own, but will be incorruptible, and will be free from all pain, suffering and deterioration. (See also <660318>Revelation 3:18.)
<580413> Hebrews 4:13 (b)The Lord is telling us again the same truth that He gave us in <010307>Genesis 3:7. He tells us very clearly that nothing can be hidden from God. He can see through any covering, any false religion, any false teachings, any excuses that the sinner may use to cover his sins, iniquities, trespasses and transgressions.
<660317> Revelation 3:17 (a)God is telling these people that their real condition is seen and known by Him. Nothing about them or their lives is hidden from His eyes.
<661615> Revelation 16:15 (a)God sees these people as having no covering at all, unless it is the robe of righteousness which He gives to those who trust in Him, and belong to Him.
<661716> Revelation 17:16 (a) The false church is to be stripped of all her pretense and false claims, and will be seen in all her wickedness. All her evils will be exposed.
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<235513>Isaiah 55:13 and <241311>Jeremiah 13:11.
<202201> Proverbs 22:1 (a)The good reputation of a man is of more value than earthly possessions. (See also <210701>Ecclesiastes 7:1; <235605>Isaiah 56:5; 63:12; <243220> Jeremiah 32:20; <360320>Zephaniah 3:20.)
<430112> John 1:12 (a) We are not told in this passage which name the Lord is referring to. The Lord Jesus has somewhere around two hundred names in the Bible. Each name indicates an office which He bears, and a service which He renders. The Lord is using a common principle in this passage, for if we are sick we seek for one whose name is physician. If the teeth need attention, we seek for a dentist. If the car needs fixing we seek for a mechanic. The name indicates the work which the person can do, and is really a title. Probably in the passage we are considering the name referred to is "Savior." As we pass along the streets of life and realize that we need to be saved from our sins, and from the penalty of them, we find this wonderful Man whose Name is Savior, and we at once commit our cause and our case to Him. He does the saving, and therefore we prove that we believe in His Name when we take advantage of that name or title and trust our all to Him.
<451013> Romans 10:13 (a)Again in this passage we do not find mentioned what name we call upon. It may be that it is the name "Lord." Certainly we are saved when Jesus Christ becomes our Lord. His lordship is put first, ahead of His other many names. Those who appeal to Him in this way find He is ready and willing to save.
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<432007> John 20:7 (b) Probably this is a picture of the separation that was to take place between Christ, the head of the Church, and His followers who constituted His Body. By this means the Savior is telling that He was to leave this earth, leave the Christians behind, and ascend to His Father. The head was to be in heaven, while the Church, which is His Body, was to remain on earth. Mary did not want Him to leave, and so she tried to hold Him here. For that reason the Lord forbade her to hold Him.
<232820> Isaiah 28:20 (a) By this type is described the religious plans of men and other human devices by which they expect to provide safety, comfort and protection for themselves, for this life and the next.
<234919> Isaiah 49:19 (b) This presents a picture of the flourishing condition of Israel, when they are restored to their land. They will increase in number until they fill the land, and will need more space for expansion.
<400714> Matthew 7:14 (a) Our Lord in this way pictures the path of the believer. The world thinks that God's people are fanatics because they do not follow the ways of the world in sin of many kinds. Because the believer does not spend his time, talents and funds in the ways of the world, they think that the Christian is restricted and hindered. The Christian really is brought into a broad place.
<261604> Ezekiel 16:4 (b) In this place it is a type of that which holds one to the world, and to things which attract the soul, and keep one from living entirely for God.
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NAZARITE — <040602> Numbers 6:2 (c) This type represents one who willingly takes the path of separation to live only and constantly for the glory of God. (See also <071305>Judges 13:5.)
<052848>Deuteronomy 28:48; <242810>Jeremiah 28:10; 30:8; <441510>Acts 15:10.)
<143613> 2 Chronicles 36:13 (b) In this passage, as in many others, the stiff neck, or the hard neck, represents a rebellious spirit which refuses to bow to the will of God. It is equivalent to the expression we use about the horse, who "takes the bit in his teeth" The horse refuses to be guided by the driver. So there are those who refuse to be guided by the Lord, either in their faith or in their practices. (See also
<197505>Psalm 75:5; <234804>Isaiah 48:4; <241723>Jeremiah 17:23.)
<202901> Proverbs 29:1 (a)That person who refuses to listen to God's Word, and rejects the guidance of the Spirit will be surely punished by God.
NEEDLE — <401924> Matthew 19:24 (b) The Lord uses this little article to illustrate the impossibility of entering heaven by one's own resources. The needle mentioned in <421825>Luke 18:25 is a surgeon's needle, for Luke was a physician. The meaning, however, is the same in both cases. No one can be saved by his own merits, or assets, or resources, or religious activities. Christ only is the way to God.
Christian has two robes. The one in Psalm 45 made of golden thread is the product of God's own rich provision. This robe entitles
us to come into God's presence. It is described in verse 13, of this 45th Psalm. The robe which is described in verse 14 is a different robe entirely, and is a robe which we make by good works after we are saved. It is described in
<661908>Revelation 19:8. That robe of fine linen is made of the righteous acts of the saints. We ourselves weave this robe day by day by our Christian activities for our Lord. The first robe of wrought gold we receive by faith when we trust Jesus Christ, and make Him the Lord of our
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lives. The second robe we receive at the marriage supper of the Lamb, and is made up by us in our many words and deeds done for the glory of God. The garment mentioned in <402211>Matthew 22:11 is the garment of wrought gold which is the gift of the mighty God to those who heed His call, and come to Him.
NEIGH — <240508> Jeremiah 5:8 (a)The horse calls for his mate for he wishes companionship and association. There is no real relationship between these animals, and the Lord is calling upon men to remember divine relationships which have ordained human relationships and thus to maintain a godly, consistent life. He is not to be constantly seeking for alliances which are not just and true. (See also <241327>Jeremiah 13:27.)
NEST — Numbers — 24:21 (a)These people lived in a stronghold in the mountains and thought that they were secure. As the eagle builds where she thinks she is perfectly safe on the high cliff, so these people planned on safety from their situation. They did not know they were to be destroyed eventually, their stronghold would be conquered and they themselves would be annihilated. (See also <244916>Jeremiah 49:16;
<350209> Habakkuk 2:9.)
<053211> Deuteronomy 32:11 (a) This is a description of the home life as it existed in Egypt among the Israelites and out of which they were emptied at the Passover.
They had to leave their dwelling place and take the long journey through the wilderness. It is also a description of the personal life in the home, in the business, or in the church, out of which the Lord sometimes thrusts His children in order that they learn to know His power, and trust His love.
<182918> Job 29:18 (a) Job uses this term to describe his own lovely, comfortable home life before he was attacked by Satan.
<231014> Isaiah 10:14 (a)The King of Assyria used this expression to describe his palace and his city which were filled with great riches and treasures which he had obtained by war.
<244828> Jeremiah 48:28 (a)This type represents the believer who finds his home, his life, and all his affairs wholly resting in the lord Jesus Christ, the Rock of Ages.
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<244916> Jeremiah 49:16 (a)In this way the Lord describes the sinner who seeks to make for himself a comfortable place in which to live, but who omits God from his life. (See also Obadiah 4.)
<190915> Psalm 9:15 (a) In this way the Lord is telling us that the schemes and plans of the wicked, whereby they hope to enmesh and catch Christians, have turned about to be a snare for themselves, their own devices work against those who made them. (See also <192515>Psalm 25:15; 31:4; 35:7; 57:6.)
<19E110> Psalm 141:10 (b) These nets may be the wicked designs and evil traps prepared by David's enemies to catch him. The case was reversed and they fell victims to their own evil plans. (See also <350115>Habakkuk 1:15.)
<200117> Proverbs 1:17 (a)The Lord is evidently warning us against the hidden snares, pits and traps of the enemies of God. They use hidden schemes and plans, veiled or camouflaged in order to deceive and thus seduce God's people. We are to be diligent, vigilant and alert of these devices of the Devil. (See also <470211>2 Corinthians 2:11.)
<210726> Ecclesiastes 7:26 (a) In this way the Lord is warning us against the tricks and traps of Satan who would like to destroy the testimony of the people of God.
<235120> Isaiah 51:20 (a) It is evident that our Lord is thus describing the defeat of His people who will be captured and bound by their enemies in the streets of the city, when God pours out His wrath upon them.
<261213> Ezekiel 12:13 (b) This figure is used to describe the way in which the King of Babylon will capture the King of Israel as a bird is caught in the net.
<400421> Matthew 4:21 (c) These nets may be taken as a type of the schemes and plans of many religious leaders to capture souls for the church. They need mending constantly, but they should be forsaken.
<401347> Matthew 13:47 (b) In this parable the net represents the great religious plans and programs of Christendom which are used to gather in people of every kind, saved and unsaved. At the judgment throne, the Lord, the head
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<030609> Leviticus 6:9 (c)This represents the night of need. The sinner is living in the dark and so the sacrifice is constantly being offered for him in order that he may be saved any time that he will come to the altar to find the Savior. There is no time in the sinner's life when he may not come and find the Savior ready to save him.
<183510> Job 35:10 (c) This describes the terrible dark times which Job experienced when he lost all his possessions and only God remained. He sang in the midst of his poverty and boils.
<191607> Psalm 16:7 (c) This type represents the dark times in David's life when the
shadows fell across his path, and he was constantly in fear for his life.
<193005> Psalm 30:5 (c) This probably represents the whole period of this life as contrasted with the time of the coming of the Lord which is the morning hour. It also represents the dark times of some specific sorrow. The Lord gives deliverance and joy follows.
<194208> Psalm 42:8 (c) This represents a time of perplexity in which victory is given while the difficulty still remains.
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<232112> Isaiah 21:12 (b) The night which is mentioned no doubt refers to the long night of eternity which is called the "outer dark" in the New Testament. In hell none of the light of God may be seen. The sinner asks about the night. He hardly ever asks, "Is there a heaven?" His inquiry is about hell. The answer in this verse reminds the inquirer of the fact that there is a morning coming, a morning without clouds. It is the time when our precious Lord rules and reigns, and all sin and wickedness has been put away. The saved man enters into the morning time of blessing, while the unsaved man enters into the night of sorrow and suffering.
<241408> Jeremiah 14:8 (b) Israel is going through a time of darkness and despair while scattered over the earth. Some day this night will be past, and Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, will resume His place on the earth, but not as a lowly shepherd, but as the mighty King who will bring light and life to the nation of Israel.
<280706> Hosea 7:6 (b)We may learn from this that those in Israel who should have been producing blessing and profit for the nation were not doing so. The leaders were failing in their task as helpers of God's people.
<431330> John 13:30 (c) It is always night for those who turn their backs on Christ, go out of His presence to deny Him, and take their place among the enemies of God, and those who wickedly oppose Christ Jesus. (See also
<431110> John 11:10.)
<520505> 1 Thessalonians 5:5 (a) This is one of the many ways in which the Lord assures us that those who are His children saved by grace, and brought into His marvelous light, do not belong to the kingdom of darkness, nor do they accept the theology of those who are in the dark.
<662125> Revelation 21:25 (a)In heaven where the Lord is the light, there are no
<421717> Luke 17:17 (c) This is the number of insufficiency wherein they failed to return, failed to bring their gratitude, failed to show themselves to the Lord, and were more content with the gift than with the Giver.
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<581107> Hebrews 11:7.)
NORTH — <182607> Job 26:7 (c) There are many ideas about this expression. It is probably best to believe that it represents the great and unknown power of the unseen God. (See also <194802>Psalm 48:2; <231413>Isaiah 14:13.) Let us remember that Satan endeavored to occupy God's throne, and that was his great sin.
<121928> 2 Kings 19:28 (b) In this graphic way the Lord is describing His control over the King of Assyria as when the farmer controls the bull by putting a ring in
his nose. God is assuring His people that He will lead the King of Assyria away, back to his own land, and will save Israel from the invader. (See also
<233729>Isaiah 37:29.)
<220704> Song of Solomon 7:4 (a) Solomon is exalting the Person of Christ in some Scriptures and in others He is exalting the Church. In this passage he evidently is talking about the Bride, the Church, and indicates that she has great powers of discernment, able to discern God's ways, and able to judge well the things that are for God's glory, and those that are not.
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<236505> Isaiah 65:5 (b) This figure represents the delicate feelings of God against those who are proud and self-sufficient. They are an offense to God. He has no pleasure in them.
<260817> Ezekiel 8:17 (b) Our Lord noticed the actions of His enemies. This act of putting the branch of a bush or the twig of a tree to the nose was an expression of contempt, derision and hatred against God. It is the oriental equivalent to the more modern method of thumbing the nose. It also has the same thought as is expressed by Paul in <480607>Galatians 6:7. One of the revised renderings of this Scripture is: "God will not let you turn up your nose at Him."
<262325> Ezekiel 23:25 (a) The Lord is telling us in this passage that the Assyrians will invade Israel and will destroy their ability to serve acceptably, or to hear effectively, or to be of any blessing whatever in their land, or to each other.
NOSTRILS — <021508> Exodus 15:8 (c) This is a poetic expression to describe the great power of the Lord in cursing His enemies. (See also <102209>2 Samuel 22:9; <191808>Psalm 18:8.)
NOURISH — (and forms) <014511>Genesis 45:11 (b) This expression is used to indicate the helpful care of the Lord in providing for His people, caring for their needs, and supplying all their wants. (See also <015021>Genesis 50:21;
<230102>Isaiah 1:2; 23:4; <261902>Ezekiel 19:2.)
NUMBER — (and forms) <181416>J ob 14:16 (c) This seems to indicate that the Lord watches every step that is taken by His child, and knows how many there are, and what is the number of each step that he takes. This indicates the very wonderful care of God for His child.
<199012> Psalm 90:12 (b) Evidently the Lord wants us to watch the details of our
lives, for we only have a certain number of days to live, and we should know how many days are left in the ordinary course of life. If we do so, we will certainly endeavor to make every day count for eternity.
<401030> Matthew 10:30 (b) It does not say that God has counted our hairs, but rather that He has put a number on each hair. The lesson we learn from this is that each hair has its own number as a proof to us that the God of heaven is interested in every detail of our lives. (See also <421207>Luke 12:7.)
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<234923> Isaiah 49:23 (a) This is descriptive of the manner and method by which the Gentile rulers will be made to serve the nation of Israel with their wealth and their power in the day of the millennium.
<520207> 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (a) Paul thus describes his loving care for God's people.
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