Daily Devotional, Year 3 – July 29 (What’s An Aristaphagist!? Part 2: “Eat For Strength!”)
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – July 29
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What’s An Aristaphagist!?
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Part 2:
“Eat For Strength!”
To read part 1, go here…What’s An Aristaphagist!?
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If someone asked you to describe the Christian Race, in just three words, what would you answer?
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Listen to this passage from Ecclesiastes, Chapter 10…
…”Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,
and thy princes eat in the morning!
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the Son of Nobles,
and thy princes eat in due season,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
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If we simply took the three words, “eat…for strength” from this above passage, we might find those very “three words” we’re searching for, to describe the Christian race.
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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BE AN ARISTAPHAGIST (Choose the very best)
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It was that pioneer of natural hygiene, Herbert Shelton, who coined the word, “aristaphagist”. It is composed of two Latin words which mean to “choose what is best”.
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Herbert M. Shelton – Wikipedia – Non-Free-media-rationale
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“I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES”
Matthew 13:35
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Now there are those who attempt to understand the Bible as though it is simply the work of mere mortal men.
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And so, when they read such passages as this one from Ecclesiastes 10:17, many cannot, or will not see the heavenly message!
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In other words, they only see this as a message concerning earthly kings and worldly princes and what they feast on for breakfast.
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Drunk Drinkers – Jacob Jordaens – The Feast of the Bean King – Google Art Project – US Public Domain
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“A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD”
1st Peter 2:9
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In other words, when we read of princes and kings, there is a good chance this is actually speaking of Christ, the Godhead, and those who have been chosen to be a “royal priesthood”. (1st Peter 2:9)
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And when the Bible speaks of “eating”, there is a very good chance it is speaking of our daily bread in the heavenly realm.
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Yes, the Word of God is our “bread from Heaven”, and the “strong meat” of the Word. (see John 6:31 & Hebrews 5:14)
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“I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE”
John 6:35
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And so, as we examine this exhortation from Ecclesiastes it begins to take on a much greater interpretation.
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And those who are the sons of nobles (Christ and His Church), will strive to eat (God’s Word) for strength and not for drunkenness (spiritual drunkenness from pursuing earthly pleasures & ambitious pursuits).
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“A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE INCREASETH STRENGTH!”
Proverbs 24:5
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Christ’s life was a life of spiritual health…
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…His unceasing prayers…
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…His constant meditation of the Scriptures…
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…His shunning all ungodly influences and being “separate from sinners”…
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…these four godly qualities together made for a holy life of spiritual vigor!
(See Hebrews 7:26 re: “separate from sinners”)
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ABOVE CHART: The Cross of Orion Constellation star-chart – wikipedia star-chart with orion drawn in by this website – not for commercial use
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JUNK FOOD?
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Now this passage from Ecclesiastes has a negative aspect to it as well.
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In other words, it speaks of those whose king is a child, and whose princes feast in the morning… “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!” Ecclesiastes 10:16
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And there are many Christians who greatly ignore the laws of health, and erroneously consume any and every type of junk food according to our whim!
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SPIRITUAL JUNK FOOD
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But there is a spiritual aspect to this verse which transcends literal junk food.
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Many Christians while-away countless hours pursuing the vain pleasures and proud, ambitious pursuits of this selfish world, all to the bankruptcy of our soul!
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“EAT YE THAT WHICH IS GOOD!”
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We have ignored this following encouragement by Isaiah…
“Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?
…hearken diligently unto me,
and eat ye that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness…
Incline your ear, and come unto me:
hear, and your soul shall live;”
Isaiah 55:2, 3 (condensed for brevity)
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God here, makes His plea through Isaiah to eat of the heavenly manna of God’s Word, and the blood-red wine of Christ’s atonement.
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James Tissot – The Gathering of the Manna – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY!”
Proverbs 25:25
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Well, there is some extremely Good News!
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Yes, the Lord has graciously left the door of Salvation slightly ajar…
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…all in hopes that there will be an exodus among His professed followers…
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…onward and upward and heavenward, away from the vain and unprofitable pursuits of this doomed, selfish world!
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And those who do wake up to our peril and take appropriate action, may be able to say with Jeremiah and Job…
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them;
and Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart…
I have esteemed the words of His mouth
more than my necessary food.”
Jeremiah 15:16 & Job 23:12
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TO READ PART 3, CLICK HERE…
June 15 (What’s An Aristaphagist!? Part 3: “What Did Jesus Eat?”)
Fruit Cocktail – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Strengthen me with your soul-saving manna and wine of Salvation, that I may become like Jesus in every way…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…
February 22 (“How To Be Like John the Baptist: Diet”),
Or you may also read...
October 11th (“Literally in Trouble: The Johnny Appleseed Delusion”)
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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REVELATION 12 WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
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“And there appeared a great wonder (or sign) in heaven; a woman…
And there appeared another wonder (sign) in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns,
and seven crowns upon his heads…
And the woman fled into the wilderness,
where she hath a place prepared of God…
And the serpent cast out of his mouth
water as a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.”
Revelation 12:1, 3, 6, 15
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Here is a sketch of this Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12.
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This is the Winter Constellations of Signs Of Heaven.
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Besides Orion and his Horse, we also see pictured in this sketch, the Dragon of Revelation 12.
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This Revelation 12 Woman Constellation is fleeing.
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As you can see, the Dragon Constellation is spewing a flood of water in her direction, as is written…
…“And the serpent cast out of his mouth
water as a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.”
Revelation 12:15.
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This wave of water represents Satan’s lies, and his false teachers who tell those lies.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1″
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TOMORROW:
July 30 (The Time of Jacob’s Trouble, Part 9: “Rapture-Ready, or Earthly-Entangled?”)
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