Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 8 (“He That Hath An Ear To Hear”, Part 3: “Do Ye Not Hear The Law veiled in Allegories?)
By admin On February 14th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – May 8
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“He That Hath An Ear To Hear”,
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Part 3:
“Do Ye Not Hear The Law veiled in Allegories?”
To read Part 1, click here…February 1 (“He That Hath An Ear To Hear”)
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“According as it is written,
God hath given them (Israel) the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see,
and ears that they should not hear; unto this day…
Be not highminded, but fear:
For if God spared not the natural branches (Israel),
take heed lest he also spare not thee (today’s Christians).”
Romans 11:8, 20, 21
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Ear – Wikipedia – Share-alike-lic.
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Vincent Van Gogh, arguably, one of the world’s most infamous artists, once cut off his ear (or part thereof), to prove his love for a certain “woman of ill repute”.
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Van Gogh with ear bandage – 1889 – Wikimedia – US Public Domain.
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WE TOO HAVE CUT OFF OUR EAR!
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Now today’s society laughs at Van Gogh’s foolish “sacrifice of love”.
Now today’s society laughs at Van Gogh’s foolish “sacrifice of love”..
And yet, many Christians have cut off BOTH EARS, for the sake of a harlot woman’s love!
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Yes, many, or perhaps most of the professed people of God have made an even greater, “sacrifice of love” for a certain, “woman of ill repute”, which is the Bible symbol for the apostate portion of the Church!
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But how is this possible?
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How have we Christians cut off our ears for the sake of the harlot churches?
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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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THE TWO COVENANTS
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Listen to Paul…
“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law,
do ye not hear the law?
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons,
the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh;
but he of the freewoman was by promise,
Which things are an allegory…”
Galatians 4:21-24
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This above statement by Paul has only been partially accepted by theologians, Bible teachers, and parishioners alike!
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Oh yes, they accept Paul’s interpretation, that Hagar and Sara symbolized the two covenants.
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But that’s as far as they go with this revelation.
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They do not accept this revelation as an example of how we also must interpret all the other Old Testament stories.
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Sarah & Hagar – Foster Bible Pictures – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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FORBIDDING US FROM SPIRITUALIZING
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In other words, many theologians erroneously teach that only Paul had some special directive from Heaven to make such a dramatic allegorical interpretation.
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In fact, there has been a longstanding theologian-concocted “hermeneutic”, forbidding anyone from making a spiritual interpretation of any part of the Bible, either Old or New Testament, unless context absolutely demands a spiritual interpretation.
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NOT HEARING THE LAW
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But the part of this passage from Galatians 4, which most theologians totally ignore, is the part in which Paul prefaces his allegorization by saying, “Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW?”
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In other words, Paul appears to be asking the question, “Don’t you also see the allegorical nature of this story of Hagar, Sara and their two sons, without me having to tell you these things? Don’t you also hear these things in the law on your own?”
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Thus, Paul is revealing that the church of Galatia should have already understood this allegory.
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This is what it actually means to “hear the law”!!
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THE WHOLE BIBLE IS ABOUT THE GOSPEL
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Listen again…“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.” John 5:39.
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Here again, Jesus is scolding the Jews for not seeing that the Bible is all about the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
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In other words, the entire Bible relates to the Church and to Christ!
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But the Bible student must study, “comparing spiritual things with spiritual”, to finally arrive at the “hidden manna” contained in those true, historical accounts.
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A CARNALLY-MINDED CHURCH-WORLD!
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But the carnal mind is incapable of properly understanding spiritual things, just as it is written…
“Which things also we speak…
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
1st Corinthians 2:13, 14
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Here is revealed that the carnal (or, the “sensual mind”) is just not capable of discerning spiritual things, to a great degree!
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No-Page svg question mark on book – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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WE ALSO HAVE, “AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE!”
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Listen…“But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you…” 1st John 2:20, 27
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Here is a great statement by God, that the Holy Spirit can teach us all things we need to know, as long as we depend solely upon the Bible and the Bible only!
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And “all things” includes the spiritual allegorical truths hidden within all those wonderful Bible stories!
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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TAKE NO MAN’S WORD WITHOUT VERIFICATION
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Oh yes, we may choose to listen to some faithful Bible teacher at times.
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But we must always check out what he is teaching against what the Bible teaches to verify and confirm any and every supposed Bible truth which he presents.
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And for Heaven’s sake, we should never listen to any teacher who tries to compel us to follow that non-biblical hermeneutic which forbids us from allegorizing all those wonderful stories found in both Testaments!
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Audience hands – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TO READ PART 4, GO HERE…
August 9 (He That Hath An Ear To Hear, Part 4: “World Without Ears!” CONTINUED)
Van Gogh with ear bandage – 1889 – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me two ears to hear Thy Fatherly reproofs and corrections. Let me take account of my life each and every day, and turn away from my love for this present world, and begin to look steadfastly Heavenward…
Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…October 11th (“Literally in Trouble: The Johnny Appleseed Delusion”)…
…or you can also read this next article…“FEBRUARY 18 (Martha, the “Doer” & Mary, the “Hearer”)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE HOLY GHOST RIDER CONSTELLATION
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This newest Signs Of Heaven Constellation (Fall, 2013) is by far the faintest of constellations, but is a very incredible and awesome one in a number of ways (which this article will explain).
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It is primarily comprised of the Camelopardalis Constellation (head and upper back), plus about 5 stars from the Cassiopeia Constellation (his leg), plus some random stars.
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It appears as an outline of a rider.
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Only the back of his head is detailed.
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And his back and the back of his legs are also detailed.
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Both sides of his arm are visible, and his hand is gripping the horse’s mane, and that is detailed by three stars (which are also part of the horse’s mane).
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The rider is in a position vaguely similar to a race-horse jockey.
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The two brightest stars in this constellation, are from the Cassiopeia Constellation, and are part of his leg.
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All the rest of the stars are very faint, and must be viewed on a very starry night.
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Since this constellation has just been revealed, there may be more to this constellation in the coming months.
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But if you can locate the Goodly Horse in Battle Constellation, then you shouldn’t have too much trouble locating this Rider Constellation, provided you have excellent star-watching conditions.
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The above picture is not a totally accurate, but hopefully close enough to locate these constellations in the night-sky.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… The Holy-Ghost-Rider Constellation
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
May 9 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 2, “Dealing With Defiant Children!”)
The Spanking – cropped photo – Wikimedia – Public Domain – Conrad, Giorgio (1827-1889)
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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM or BIBLE STUDY
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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS BIBLE STUDY or 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping February 15, 2002 (youtube.com)
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.