SPIRITUAL SYMBOLS

And in Hebrews 8:8-10:

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah :

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt ; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

The Lord says I will write the law on their heart. From these verses one can see that the New Covenant is spiritual. Spiritual means ‘coming from the Spirit applied to the inner man.’ When we are living according to the everlasting covenant, every verse would be applied in this manner. Every bible word applied inwardly takes on new meaning giving us deeper insight into our Father’s plan to bring man to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).

Things to consider: Everything created is a picture of what you can’t see (See Romans 1:20 ). Every symbol used in scripture has an inward or outward application, along with a sanctified or unsanctified meaning. For example, a lion is used as a description of a nation in Daniel 7 (outward), but is also used as a description of pride (inward). It is the inward application that will reveal your “self,” and allow you to realize your need of the Saviour.

This booklet is divided in two segments. The first segment contains symbol definitions. The second segment consists of word definitions. Also, numbers in brackets are from the Strong’s Concordance. We pray this booklet will be a blessing to you as you grow in grace and in God’s knowledge.

SYMBOLS

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ABYSS: The mind of man, because we are infinite. The Greek equivalent is “bottomless” (Rv. 20:1) – traced to [8415] Gn 1:2-deep (person [face] of the deep [abyss]). The inward depths of a person (see deep). Isa 51:9-11-The resurrection of Christ-He dried up the water of the sea (water=thoughts). He accomplished this in Himself by the power of God. Deu 8:7-God wants to bring us to the mind of Christ, His life experience. God gave Israel the depths of who He was - Ps 78:14-15. God has a depth to who He is-it is very deep- Ps 36:6 (God’s abyss) – Ps 92:5; Isa 55:8; Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 2:9-13; 1 Jn 2:16

AIR, Wind, Breath: Breath=Spirit=mind - Jn 3:8 [4151]; Gn 2:7 [5397]; Job 15:30; 33:4 [7307]; See wind, words.

ALTAR: The heart (mind) - Jer 17:1; Hos 10:8; Ps 43:4 [4196] (See also harp & thorn); (cp Deu 27:4-8 & Heb 8:10)

ANGEL: This word if translated is simply messenger. A messenger of God can be a man or a ministering spirit. Malachi 2:7 equates priest's as messengers (same word as angel [4397]) Many times in the book of Revelation the angels referred to are movements of people - [32] Rev 21:17; 22:8-9; 19:10; Gal 4:14; Ps 104:4; Heb 1:7, 14 [32]

ANIMALS: (or, beasts) Thoughts of a fleshly mind (See Old Man) which must be sacrificed in order to receive God’s. Birds/Fowls: Spiritual thoughts (clean & unclean), of how man understands God - Ps 124:7 [6833]; Mk 4:4, 15 [4071]; Ecl 9:12; 10:20 [5775] Pr 6:1_5 (see snare)[6833]; Lev 20:25; Job 12:7; 35:11; Sea animals: Thoughts received from the world - (see Sea) Deu 14:9-10; Job 12:8; Hab 1:14; Land animals: Thoughts generated by self, clean and unclean - Jude 10 [2226]; 2 Pt 2:12; Ps 73:22 [929]; Ecl 3:18. Lacks understanding - Ps 49:20 (Compare Dragon)

ARROW: sharp words or message - Ps 64:3_7; Jer 9:8 [2671] See QUIVER.

ASHES: Worthlessness (dust on the head acknowledges our sin nature; ashes illustrate our worthlessness as a sinner) - Job 13:12; 30:19; Causes a deceived heart - Isa 44:20 [0665] (see sackcloth, mourn)

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BAAL: Self worship - self exaltation; "great high place;" (Baal is a self made god) - Jer 9:14 [1168]; (prim. root [1166] = "to be master"). [1166] also means “to take a wife” or “to possess.” See WIFE (definitions)

BABYLON: Literally Babel in the Hebrew means "gate of God,” but God defined it as "confusion." (Gen 11:9) Every person who comes out of the world to serve God begins in a wilderness (dry places) of confusion about God. Babylon must fall in order to see God face to face. Babylon is one of the great cities of Revelation (the other is New Jerusalem). A city is a mind-set (see City) is a woman (see Woman). There are three parts to Babylon - the Beast, False Prophet and Dragon. It is pride (beast) which gives authority to the dragon (serpent, or man's wisdom) and it is false teachings (false prophet), which keep souls in bondage to sin. Rev 16:19; 13; 17:5, 18. (See BABEL under Definitions) [894-Heb] [897-Gr]

BAPTISM: Spiritual immersion is immersion into truth. One would never literally be baptized in water if he was not first taught (baptized into) the things of God. 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel...
(Words = water) - [907]

BEAMS: Building blocks (concepts), God lays His building blocks of His chambers (His mind) in the water (words) - Ps 104:3 [7136]; Hab 2:11[3714]; Mt 7:5; Lk 6:42

BEAR: Unchanging heart. Dan 7:5 - Represented Medo-Persia which, when a law was passed, was unchanging (Dan 6:15). See Nebuchadnezzar’s Idol.

BEAST: See Animals.

BEHEMOTH: A person self-ruled - Job 40:15-16 [930]. His strength is in his own understanding. Behemah [929] is the singular of Behemoth. A beast (earthly person) of the field (1 Sam 17:44), or earth (Job 35:11). A person without spiritual understanding - who will perish (Ps 49:12, 20). Generally, the thoughts and character traits of mankind (Pr 30:30). See BEAST.

BELLY: The mind (thoughts) - Jn 7:37-38 [2836]; Job 32:18-19(margin); 15:35; Pr 26:22 [990]; 18:8, 20

BELT: Faithfulness, righteousness - Isa 11:5

BIRD: (See Animals)

BLACK: Spiritual darkness happens because Iniquity (see word definitions) or twisted understanding. - Job 6:15-16; Jude 11-13 [2217]. To mourn [6937]--can be sanctified or unsanctified. [380] The pupil of the eye; the middle of night; apple of the eye. De 32:10; Ps 17:8; Pr 7:2. [3648] to intertwine or contract (shrivel). See Kidron (under definitions)

BLOOD: A symbol of the soul-a record of who we are - Lev 17:11, 14 - [1818]. We are physical and mental beings. Heart, soul, spirit describe various functions of the mind, or inward man. If your own thoughts continue to mold who you are, you’ll be lost. We need the mind of Christ (his faith) to mold us into His image. Anything eaten is carried by blood to all parts of the body. Thoughts retained and assimilated are the soul. Blood=life=soul, a record of who you are. Blood as a picture of self, is what Christ poured out at Calvary. Without the pouring out of blood, deliverance absolutely will not come to pass (Heb 9:22).

BLOOD Of The Lamb: This speaks of the death of Christ. Being cleansed by the blood is the direct result of understanding Calvary. This is why it is essential to know who died on that cross and why. Paul warns us in 1 Corinthians 1:17 the cross can be made of none effect if not understood accurately. The result of this truth is redemption, or the remission of faults. Ephesians 1:7

BLUE: [8504] Understanding of law (spoken instructions that are written down)--Num 15:38-39; Jm 1:23-25; Job 37:18; Mt 23:5. The blue sky is a symbol of a mirror, or a looking glass through which we gaze at the sun (Son - Mal 4:2). The righteousness of the law comes from hearing God explain it.

BODY: The mind (the temple of God) - Rm 6:6 [4983]; 7:22-24; Eph 4:22-24; Col 3:5, 9-10; 1 Cor 6:19-20 [4983]; 1 Cor 3:16

BONE: The whole house (mind), self, a picture of your soul, life, innermost self; blood is the soul and blood is produced by the bone - [6106] Ps 35:9-10 cp Ps 31:9; 38:3; 6:2-3. [5315-soul]; Job 20:11; Jer 20:9; Eze 37:11; Hab 3:16 [6106] Job 40:18.

BOW: Mouth or tongue - Jer 9:3; Symbol of strength - Gn 49:24; Jer 49:35; Messenger whose words are like arrows - Ps 64:3, 7. See also ARROW, CHARIOT, SWORD, SPEAR, HORSE and RAINBOW.

BOWELS: Heart - Jer 4:19; Ps 22:14; Lam 1:20 [4578]; Eze 3:3 + Pr 26:22

BOWL: Teacher, person - Zech 9:15 [4219] (see also Horse & Rein)

BRANCH: Messenger with a message (fruit): Job 8:16; 14:7-9; Jn 15:2-4; Christ - Isa 11:1; Rev 22:16; Zech 6:12. (See Garden)

BRASS: Molded out of stone (a concept) – Job 28:2, in a furnace of fire – Eze 22:18, 20. Positive: Christ’s pure thoughts (see FEET) – Dan 10:6; Rev 1:15. Thoughts purified with a holy spirit (fire - Jer 23:29) – Eze 1:7. When brass is polished, the tarnish is removed. This is what Christ does for us. Negative: Impure thoughts (see IRON): Jer 6:28; Eze 16:36 [5178]; lack of understanding brings bondage – Jer 39:7 (chains = 5178); serpent of brass is a symbol of the sin nature – Num 21:9; Jn 3:14-15; Strength – Jer 15:20

BREAD: Word, concepts, truths (word of God) - Pr 23:6_8, 17; Ps 104:15 [3899]; Jn 6:51 [740]

BRIARS: See THORNS.

BRICK: Man made or hewn stone (concepts); contrast with meaning of stone -cp Gn 11:3; Ex 1:14; Isa 65:3. At the tower of Babel, they made their own bricks with which they thought they could reach to God.

BRIMSTONE: Burning sulfur (melts at 246 degrees) produces a suffocating gas, which can damage the lungs if inhaled. The voice of God is like fire (Isa 30:33; Jer 23:29). It will consume sin out of the obedient sinner, or it will consume the spiritually dead. (Cp Deut 29:22 in the Interlinear)

BULRUSH: Humility - Isa 58:5

BURDEN: Iniquities, sin, any concern - Ps 38:4 [4853]

BUTTER: Milk = child’s words - 1 Pt 2:2; Churning of milk produces butter - Pr 30:33; or smooth words - Ps 55:21; by eating butter and honey, will know to refuse evil and choose good - Isa 7:14-15, 22.

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CANDLE: Understanding - 2 Pt 1:19 (dark place of your mind); Lu 11:33-34 [3088]; the candle of the body is the way you understand, your understanding. Lu 12:35; give light – Mt 5:15

CAVE: A hole in a rock (sanctified: a picture of being in Christ, the Rock, or concept that the foundation of the church is the fact that Jesus is the Son of the living God). Gn 23-the burial of Sarah--a picture of God’s people who die to self and are in Christ)

CEDAR: The righteous - Ps 92:12; Eze 31:3 [0730]

CHAINS: Bondage of sin - Job 36:8-9

CHAMBER: The mind - Pr 26:22; 24:4 [2315]; Ps 104:3, 13 [5944]

CHARIOTS (Of God): Angels or messengers - Ps 104:3 [7398]; 68:17 [7393]; SS 6:12 [4818]; Isa 66:15

CHILDREN: The fruit of the womb (concepts of the mind-thoughts); a child spiritually is someone who is immature in Christ- Ps 127:3-5 [1121]. See womb [990]

CIRCUMCISION: Spiritually - cutting away sin from the heart - Gn 17:10-11 [4135]; Deu 10:16 [4135]; Rm 2:28-29 & Col. 2:11 [4061]; Gal 3:29. Spiritual circumcision is the heart of the everlasting covenant.

CISTERN: A person - Jer 2:13 [877] A mind - Ps 107:4_9 [5892]; 127:1; Pr 8:1-3 [7176]; 25:28; Job 24:12. Something that holds water (thoughts). A person who forsakes the Lord is called a broken cistern - Jer 2:13.

CITY: A mind set - a spirit (a mind), Pr 25:28; a woman, Rev 17:18; Lam 1:17. It is a way of thinking. When we have God's way of thinking, we are like a city sitting on a hill, which cannot be hid - Matt 5:14; Ps 127:1 [5892]; Pr 8:1-3 [7176]; Pr 10:15 + 14:24, 18. At the end of the book there are only two cities (mind sets) to dwell in - Babylon (paganism) or New Jerusalem.

CLAY: Human nature - washed away by the water of the Word - Jn 9:6-7; Eph 5:25-26; Jn 15:3; Job 4:17-19; Job 33:6; Jer 18:6 [2563] (see also Iron)

CLOTHES: Character (covering = garment) formed from thoughts of habit - Rv 19:8 [1039]; Zech 3:3-4 [0899]; Job 40:10; (See Lv 13:47-59)

CLOUD: Messenger or people - Eze 38:16; Hos 13:3 [6051]; Heb 12:1 [3509]; 2 Pt 2:17 [3507]; Christ - Ex 13:21; 1 Cor 10:1-2, 4. (without water): Wicked people, false teachers - Jude 12 [3507]. (with water): God's people - Job 36:27_33; Ps 104:3-4

COLOR: Literal meaning for color is "eye" a symbol for understanding.[5869] for color/eye- Pr 23:31;Isa 1:18; A rainbow has seven colors - a completeness of understanding.

CORDS: Affliction - Job 36:8-9; lot of your inheritance (which is the mind of Christ) - Deu 32:9; Ps 105:11

CORN: Fruit of the land from which bread is made for sustenance. Eaten in Promised Land - Josh 5:11-12.

CROWN: Glory & riches of the mind. Correct thinking, wisdom (The promised land-the mind of Christ).- Pr 4:9; 14:18, 24; 16:31; 9:10; Isa 28:5; Job 19:9;Jm 1:12 -- [3803, 5850, 5851]; Rv 3:11-let no man control your thoughts or take away your spiritual understanding. See Shield.

CUP: Life experience - Mt 22:22; Jn 18:11

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DAILY: Daily or continual bread (Jesus), furnished by Israel (prophets), eaten only by priests - Lev 24:5-9. When the ‘abomination that makes desolate’ is set up, the daily (bread) is removed. Dan 8:11-12; 11:31; 12:11. Other parts of the daily were the food offering, and a lamb morning and evening - Ex 29:38-42.

DARKNESS: Spiritual blindness. The way of the wicked, absence (or lack) of the true knowledge of God - Pr 4:19 [653]; Eph 5:8; 2 Cor 4:6 [4655]; Rm 1:21 [4654]

DAY: Period of light by Son (period of knowledge of God) - [3117] Ps 74:16; 136:8; Pr 4:18

DEAF: Being dull of hearing God speak to the conscience; see DUMB - Mt 13:9-15

DEEP: Abyss, or waters of the sea - Isa 51:10 [8415]; Ps 64:6 - the depths of the mind, the heart

DEEP DITCH: Whore or apostate church; adulterous way of thinking - Pr 23:27 [6013]

DEN: Place of lying in wait - Job 37:8

DESERT: A mind that is a waste place, no water (without God's word-a land without water) - Isa 51:3 [6160]; Ps 107:40. See WILDERNESS [4057]

DEVIL: Diabolos [1228] The devil, satan, dragon and serpent are equated in Rv 12:9. Each is a symbol of a different aspect of the sin nature. The sin nature gives authority to the ‘old man’, or fleshly thoughts. (See DRAGON, SERPENT & SATAN) Diabolos accuses others rather than take responsibility for one's own sins (Rv 12:10). It is an adversarial attitude. Note: Diabolos is not the same as daimonion [1140].

DEVIL: Diaimonion - [1140] This word would be better translated “demon.” A demon is an unclean spirit (Lk 4:33; 9:42), which is cleansed by the words of Christ (Mt 8:16).

DEW: God’s spoken word - Deu 32:1-2 [2919]; Pr 19:12; Isa 55:10-11

DOGS: Apostate leaders, wicked - Isa 56.10-11; 59:5-6 [3611]; Zech 12:10 with Ps 22:16; Phil 3:2– evil workers, those who are of the concision (under the literal law)

DOOR: Picture of the heart - Pr 5:8

DOUBLE: The secrets of wisdom - Job 11:5-6 (Jesus, 1 Cor 1:24). Literally - that which the firstborn receives - Deut 21:17; 2 Ki 2:9; Isa 61:7; Zech 9:12; 1 Tim 5:17. There is also a negative ‘double’ - Jam 1:8; Ps 12:2 - It is someone trying to serve self and God at the same time.

DRAGON: An aspect of the ‘sin nature.’ The dragon gives the beast (one’s pride, unchanging attitude & distorted thinking (spots) - see lion, bear, leopard) authority over you - Rv 13:2 (Dragon = Serpent = Satan = Devil - Rev 12:9)

DRINK OFFERING: Sacrifice of self’s own understanding & teaching. (Cf Mic 2:11)

DROUGHT: Lack of spiritual food - Amos 8:11

DRY TREE: Wicked person, lacks moisture of God’s word - Isa 56:3; Eze 20:47; 21:3; See Green Tree

DUST (Earth): Self, natural man, not spiritual - Gn 3:19; 13:16 [6083]; Mk 4; Mt. 13 (parable of sower)

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EAGLE: Divinity - Ex 19:4; Pr 23:5; Isa 40:31; Job 39:27_30 [5404]

EARS: Perception, understanding - Ps 119:130; Jer 5:21 [241]; Job 12:11; Mt 13:15; Mk 8:17-18 [3775]

EARTH: Self (Dust), natural (carnal) man; our own understanding/ thoughts; not God’s- [776]; [127] Translated as ground, land, earth. Has same root [119] as “Adam” and “red.” Isa 55:8-11; Job 12:7_9; Gn 2:6-7 [6083 + 127]; Mk 4:5, 17 [1093]. The mind, good and bad - Mt 13:3, 18-23.

EARTHQUAKE: Conviction (brought by thunder of God’s voice) _ Heb 12:21 [1790] When light (truth) comes, voices thunder (in explanation), & the earth quakes (conviction) - Ps 77:18; Mt 27:50-51, 54; Acts 16:23-30

EAST: Self - Job 15:2-5; 27:19-21; 38:24; Eze 8:16. A priest always ministered with his back to the east.

EDEN: God’s mind (see GARDEN) - [5731] Isa 51:3; Eze 28:13; 36:35; Joel 2:3

EGYPT: A type of the world from which we are delivered by conversion, when one accepts the blood of the Lamb as our deliverance (cf Ex 12). It is an iron furnace - Jer 11:4; and their horses (messengers) flesh - Isa 31:1-3; a place of bondage, man’s spirit - Jer 34:13; Deut 8:14. The Nile and its tributaries are figures of worldly thought.

EIGHT: As 7 = spiritually enough, 8 is over and above, or, infinity. The eight that went through the flood represent the innumerable of spiritual Israel.

ELEVEN: Disorder, disorganization, imperfection. If “10” denotes perfection of divine order and hearing God, “11” is an addition to it, undoing that order. One less than 12 (tribes), complete body of Christ.

EUPHRATES River: A stream of thought that goes through the mind set (city) of Babylon. Corrupted church government - Rv 17:5 (see WATER) Confused thinking about God.

EVERGREEN: Righteous people - Ps 52:8

EYE: Understanding - Jer 5:21 [5869]; Mt 13:15; Eph 1:18 [3788]

EYE SALVE: Seeking God for His understanding - Eph 1:17; Ps 19:8; Pr 3:6; Rv 3:18

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FACE: Person (inward); your heart - [6440]; Gn 1:2; Lv 19:15; Pr 27:19

FAMINE: Spiritual drought from lack of hearing the voice of the Lord - Amos 8:11

FAST(ING): Literally = to close the mouth to food & drink. Spiritual – Ex 34:28; Mt 4:1-2 - abstain from the bread & water of man; eat God’s bread, thereby breaking free of the bondage of sin - Isa 58:6-7

FAT: Indicative of abundance, plenty, Gen 45:18; Isa 25:6. Understanding: Own riches, or prosperity - Isa 6:10; God’s riches - Isa 58:11 [2502]; Pr 28:25 [1878]

FEET: Direction of the heart, or mind - Ps 119:59, 101, 105; Pr 6:12-13; Walking is the application of the thoughts - Mic 2:11; Ps 78:10; 82:5

FIFTEEN: Acts wrought by the energy of divine grace - the power of God by His grace working in one’s life. 5=grace, 3=divinity, the power of God through the human soul. Examples of 15: Hezekiah received 15 years when he asked God to sustain his life; the flood carried the ark 15 cu. above the mountains of the earth; the feast of unleavened bread (getting sin out of one’s life) started on the 15th day; there are 15 guidelines for abiding in Christ in 1 Cor 13 (thereby keeping the 2nd commandment-love thy neighbor as thyself)

FINE LINEN: Righteousness of saints - [4585] Rv 19:8

FINGERS: Faith (hands = works, fingers work with hands, 5 on each hand=grace; 10=perfection of divine order. Faith will bring a person to that place.) - Jn 20:25-29 [1147]; “putting forth of the finger” - using one’s own faith to judge others - Isa 58:9; Jesus cast out demons with finger of God Lk 11:20 (cf Ex 31:18)

FIRE: Sanctified: God’s spoken word, the Spirit of God which consumes sin (the enemy quickly) - Jer 23:29; Dt 9.3; Ps 18:8, 13; Dan 7:9_10; Nah 1:5_6; Rv 11:5; Isa 30:27-31; Eph 5:26; Jer 5:14; 23:29 [0784]. Unsanctified: A consuming spirit in man; Wicked words, thoughts that consume - Jm 3:6 [4442]; Isa 50:11 [0784]; 1 Pt 1:6-7 [4442]; Ps 66:10_12 [784]; Ps 18:6_8; 52:1_5; 57:4; Ex 35:3; Pr 16:27. Humanity devours one another with words. God devours the sin out of us with His words - (cp Isa 65:2-5 with Isa 30:8-11)

FIRSTBORN: Self (sin-nature) - it must die and bring forth the man child (Firstborn of God in you) - Ex 11:5; Rv 12; Rm 6:6-7. It is the firstborn that is redeemed - Ex 13:13

FISH: (see Animals)

FIT MAN: Christ in the over comer, a person abiding in Christ; (see scapegoat) - Lev 16:7-10; 20-23

FIVE: God’s understanding. The number for grace (4 +1=5__world [man's weakness] + divine strength - Ex 30:22_25 [2568] (5 parts to holy anointing oil)

FLAX: Green things out of the earth used to cover nakedness - Hos 2:9 (man’s righteousness)

FLOOD: Concepts, teaching - Sanctified - Eze 47:1-5; Unsanctified - Ps 144:7-8; Rev 12:15

FLOWER: Character or glory of the natural man - 1 Pt 1:24 [438]; Isa 40:6-7 [6738]; Ps 103:15 [6731]

FORTY: 4 (earthly) x 10 (letter of the law) = under the law, i.e. man’s interpretation of it. Gn 7:4, 11: It rained on the earth 40 days & nights. The waters from the heavens were mixed with the waters from the earth. Ex 34:28; Deu 8:9: Moses was on the mountain of God 40 days & nights receiving the law. He ate no bread nor drank any water (his own thoughts). Nm 13:25: Israel searched the land 40 days. 10 tribes refused to enter, 2 wanted to enter. All were made to wander in the wilderness 40 years until the 10 died, Nm 32:13. (Which tribe are you today?) Deu 2:7; 8:2: Yahweh thy God is with thee to humble thee and to prove thee, & to teach you that we do not live by bread (manna = written word) alone, but by every word out of the mouth of God. How to live: By bread (written word) and abiding (hearing God’s voice through the conscience with understanding).

FOUNTAIN: A source of water, hence a person. God's people; Words from humans are not necessarily pure - Jer 2:13 [4726]; Rv 14:7 compare Pr 25:26

FOUR: Earthly completeness. Earth completed by day 4. 4 seasons, 4 regions (N, S, E, W), 4 divisions of mankind, 4 great world empires, 4 winds, 4 directions, etc. - Gn.1:1-19; 10:5, 20, 31; Ex 12:3

FOURTEEN: A double of # 7 implies a double measure of spiritual perfection

FOWLER: False prophet, one who lures birds to the earth (thinking earthly, spiritual thinking being literal) & snares them (see bird) - Hos 9:8 [3353]; Pr 6:5; Ps 124:7

FOWLS: (see Animals)

FOX: False prophet - Eze 13:3-4

FRANKINCENSE: Smells sweet, white = righteousness, covers shewbread

FROGS: Unclean spirit, false words - Rv 16:13 [944]

FROST (or ice): Breath, spirit or words of God - Job 37:10 [7140]

FRUIT OF THE LAND: God’s voice - Josh 5:12; Ps 119:103; Pr 8:19; Result of thoughts/labor, good or bad - Ps 1:3; 21:10; 92:13-14; Pr 1:31; 10:16; 11:30; 12:14

FURNACE: A furnace is for trying gold - it’s what happens in your heart - Pr 17:3; furnace of affliction - Isa 48:10. Egypt is an iron furnace (bondage) - Deu 4:20; Jer 11:4

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GARDEN: Mind - [1588] Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12

GARDEN Of Eden: God's mind - Isa 51:3; Eze 31:9 [1588]

GARMENT: Character from habitual thoughts - Zech 3:3-5 [899]; Ps 104:2 [8008]; Rv 12:1; 19:8. Two directions of the thread = faith and works.

GATES: Avenues into the mind; understanding - Jer 7:2; Rev 3:20; opening of the gates=the conscience.

GENTILES: Sin in the life, as revealed by the character of their nations. (See Babylon, etc)

GIHON River: (Currently Nile _ flows through Egypt) = world; others (other people)

GIRDLE (Belt): Righteousness, faithfulness - Isa 11:5 [232]; thoughts with which the mind (loins) is girded.

GOD’S Throne: His Mind, the heavens - Ps 103:19 [3678]; Lk 17:20-21 [932]; 1 Cor 3:16 [3485]

GOD’S City: God’s mind

GOLD: Faith (a noun), it’s something you possess resulting in believing (a verb) which is action. Character, self, treasures (truths) God has given you. Sanctified=picture of wisdom God has given you. Unsanctified=your own wisdom, thoughts; Self - Dan 2:38 [1722]; Zech 13:9 [2091]; 1 Pt 1:7 [5553]

GRASS: An earthly covering, natural man, people; righteousness of the flesh - Isa 40:6 [2682]; 1 Pt 1:24 [5528]; Lk. 23:31

GRASSHOPPERS: See LOCUSTS.

GRAVE: A pit as being without Spirit, wisdom & knowledge - Eze 37:12_14; Pr 1:10-12; The human mind, as a hole in the earth - Ps 30:3; 88:3-6; 5:9; Isa 38:17-18; Jer 5:16.

GREEN: Color for righteousness - Ps 52:8 [7488]; Lk 23:31 [5200] A green tree is full of sap, moisture.

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HAIL: Straight truth; hard message/words (spiritual thoughts) from heaven - [1259] Isa 28:17; Ps 18:13; 148:8. Example: Acts 7:51_53

HAIR: Thoughts-1 Cor 11:3-5 [2863] (in subjection); Woman outwardly = church; with shaved head = harlot- Dan 7:9; Jer 7:29; woman inwardly = thoughts of the heart

HAMMER: God's word that breaks stones (concepts) - Jer 23:29 [6360]

HAND: What you do, works - [3027] & [3709] Isa 2:8; 41:20; Jer 44:8; Pr 3:27; 10:4; (fingers = faith)

HARLOT: See WHORE. Deep pit - Pr 23:27

HARP: A heart of mercy & compassion, tender affection, bowels; the heart - Compare Isa 16:11 [3658] to Phil 2:1; Col 3:12 [4698]; Jer 4:19; Ps 40:8 [4578]

HEAD: Leadership (old, revered teachers); what governs you - Isa 9:15-16; 1 Cor 11:3; Rom 6:14-15

HEART: Direction and feelings of the mind - 1 Cor 7:37; Pr 10:13 [3820]; Lk 10:27; 1 Sm 16:7; Act 17:27

HEAT: Great anger - Deu 9:19 [2534]; 19:6 - [3179 - figurative]

HEAVENS: God’s understanding (spiritual or literal) - Isa 55:8-9; or unsanctified = man’s understanding of God, which has a red dragon - Rev 12:3. By understanding, God establishes the heavens & by knowledge He breaks up the sea (world) - Pr 3:19. Jn 3:12-13; The heavens affect the earth - Mt 6:10; Isa 13:13; 51:6, 16

HEAVENS, EARTH, SEA: Heavens = Spiritual - the way I perceive things unseen; Earth = Spiritual - things I make external & literal; Sea = Understanding I have gotten from the world.

HEEL: The weakest part of a person (spiritually); where the adversarial attitude attacks Christ - Gn 3:15

HIDDEKEL River: (Currently Tigris); Civil government which when corrupted becomes the state - Eze 31:3_4; Isa 10:1_2, 5; Zech. 10:11

HIDDEN MANNA: Christ’s understanding of the written word - Rev 2:17

HIGHWAY: An avenue of thinking - Pr 16:17 [4546-fem]; Isa 35:8 [4547 - masculine] both words from [5549]; To depart from evil; the way of holiness - Pr 16:17 [4546 - fem.]

HOLE: Cave (a hole in the earth where it is dark, there is no light - unsanctified definition), see grave.

HOLY ANOINTING OIL: Made up of 4 spices and olive oil =5=grace. 1) Cassia-[6916]–the root is [6915-Gn 24:26] which means to cleave, to bow down. When we show reverence, we smell of cassia. 2) Myrrh-[4753]–bitterness. The root is [4843] first found in Gen. 49:23. Myrrh flows from a tree, hardens into a bitter gum of a sweet smell used in incense. When you see you have a problem, when you recognize your sin and are sorely grieved, that is myrrh. The “4 spices” is what Christ learned in His humanity. Olive oil represents the spirit of Christ.

HOLY CITY: Mind set of God - Rv 21:2-3 [40]. See CITY.

HONEY: Sweet words, righteous thoughts, knowledge of Wisdom (Christ) - [1706] Pr 24:13-14; 16:24; Num 33:51; Ps 119:103

HORN: Authority, power - Rv 5:6; Eze 34:21; Ps 75:10; Jer 17:1; Job 16:15. That which shines (Hebrew [7161] from [7160] = to shine). Four horns of the altar = that which emanates from the heart, glory of man.

HORSE: Leadership (messenger), strong & swift (color denotes spiritual quality) - Zech 10:3 [5483]; Job 39:19_25; Joel 2:4-5; Rv 19:11_13 [2462]; Isa 31:3

HOUSE: Self, mind - Pr 24:3 [1004]; Mt 7:24 [3614 from 3624]; 1 Pt 2:5 [3624] - See TEMPLE.

HYSSOP: A plant which grows out of the earth, used to sprinkle blood on the doorpost, and on Lepers for cleansing. Thoughts produced by studying the cross, which purges the conscience: Ex 12:22; Lev 14:4-7; Ps 51:7; Jn 19:29-30; Heb 9:14, 19-23

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ICE: God’s word (God's Spirit in the concept) - [7140] Job 37:10; 38:29; Ps 147:17-18

INCENSE: Aroma or motive for the action. Prayers of the saints; righteousness - Rv 5:8; 8:4; Ps 141:2. See smoke & smell

INSTRUCTION: [4148] Chastening - Pr 12:1; 3:11; correction - Pr 7:22; 22:15 (same word)

IRON: Positive: Firm, steadfast, strength – to rule with a rod of iron (Ps 8-9; Rev 2:26-27 – See NATIONS) is to hold to a truth that destroys sin, compare Col 1:23 (see ROD). Stones of iron (Deu 8:9) = concepts that give spiritual strength. Negative: hardness, harshness, oppression, stubbornness, corruption - Ps 107:10; Jer 28:13-14; 6:28; Isa 48:4; Job 40:18. Sin written on the heart with corrupted ideas - Jer 17:1. Comes out of the earth (self) - Job 28:4. Egypt is an iron furnace = vessel of bondage & spirit (fire) of man. A condition of not listening to God, Jer 11:3-4. Rome is the iron kingdom, & her doctrines are corrupt.

ISLANDS Of The Sea: Inwardly, an island is that little bit of dry land where God can plant a seed. If a person hears and does what God tells him, he can ascend out of the sea into the heavens with Christ. Gentile Christians, the righteous (plant seed on dry land in the sea) - Isa 60:5 [1471]; 51:5; 24:14-15 [336]

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JERICHO: City of the moon – a mind under/governed by the law. Rebuilt by Hiel (meaning God is living); foundation is laid in firstborn (self); Abiram (father of elevation=self-exaltation); gates (understanding) in Segub- protection. Hiel who claimed God is living, laid the foundation of rebuilding the law in self elevation & the understanding of it was for protection against sin. One who claimed God is living brought the law into his midst, using the law for self-exaltation and protection against sin - [3405] 1 Ki 16:34; see CITY, MOON.

JERUSALEM (Zion): God’s way of thinking in His Son - Jer 4, 5 [3389, 7999]; Heb 12:22; Rv 21:1-3 [2419]; New Jerusalem, the mother (heart/teacher) of us all, a symbol for the new covenant - Gal 4:21-26.

JORDAN RIVER: A stream of thought, which is death to self, which, when you cross over into the Promised Land (the mind of Christ), you begin listening & being governed by the conscience. See Water

JUDGMENT, GODS: God's ways, or his determinations. Dan 4:37; Dt 32:4; See WAYS.

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KEY: Knowledge of a thing - Lu 11:52. By receiving God’s knowledge I receive authority to be a child of God-2 Pt 1:3; Rm 6:3-6; Gal 3:26-27. Perfect authority comes with perfect understanding, which is receiving the mind of God (or 7 spirits = enough of God’s Spirit). Authority over sin (all things that pertain to life & godliness) is accomplished by God’s knowledge-Mt 16:19 & 2 Pt 1:3. As you receive the knowledge of Christ, you are receiving His power & authority over self-Lu 24:49.

KING: One who is in charge of the land (mind) and rules the people (thoughts) - Ps 105:20; Pr 29:4; Isa 33:17. We are to be the 3rd ruler of our universe – first God, then Christ, then man (cf Dan 5:7, 29). .

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LAME: One not balanced in Christ, which means that the person doesn’t have the understanding of Michael & Jesus. Pr 26:7 (See LEGS)

LAMP: God's Word; a person, the mind. Spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord (The Lord understands who you are by what you speak). There are 2 parts to a lamp, or vessel to hold oil & wick. (Oil = righteous character) You are a lamp if Christ is in you. - Ex 35:28 (oil used for light & anointing); Job 18:5-6; Ps 119:105 [1847]; 132:17 [5216]; Pr 20:27

LAMPSTAND: Churches - Rv 1:20; a mind-set of truth, wherein your lamp shines - Mt 5:14-16.

LAND: Mind - Eze 28:13; Joel 2:3 [776]

LAND, not inhabited: A mind not inhabited (no living water) by the Spirit of Christ. See WILDERNESS.

LATTER Rain: The spoken word - Deu 32:1-2; final rain that ripens the harvest - Jer 5:24; Zec 10:1

LEAVEN: Teachings (doctrines) that produce a gradual process (leavening) of growth for good or bad. Positive: The truth of God - Mt 13:33; Lk 13:20-21. Negative: Corrupted doctrines - Mt 16:11-12; hypocrisy - Lk 12:1; 1 Cor 5:6-8

LEAVES: Excuses/reasons, which manifest character (outward covering). Adam and Eve were naked and shameless until they sinned. After disobeying, they covered their loins with fig leaves - or with excuses as to why they did so. Job 24:7 (leaves drop in winter) - truth exposes our nakedness, which we cannot see without it. Isa 30:1 - wicked weave their own covering, but not with God’s spirit. (See LOINS and WINTER)

LEGS: A person’s foundation - SS 5:15; Breaking the legs was used to speed up death of a victim on the cross. Christ’s foundation was not broken (Jn 19:31-33). See bone - Num 9:11-12 (Passover lamb)

LEOPARD: Has spots that cannot change, twisted thinking described by the Hebrew word `avon [5771] and its root `avah [5753] - Jer 13:23; Jude 12; 2 Pet 2:13. See Nebuchadnezzar’s Idol

LEPROSY: Sin, a rising in the flesh (exaltation); defect in faith or works, which make the character - (Lev 13 & 14). By Jesus’ works, he cleanses us - Mt 8:3.

LEVIATHAN: The old man (the king of pride in the world) - Job 41:34 [3882]

LIGHT: Understanding - Ps 119:130; Mt 6:22-23 (See EYE)

LIGHTNING: Sudden revelation (understanding) of a word or idea - Zech 9:14; (pierces darkness of the mind); Comes with rain - Jer 10:13 [1300]. Ps 18:13-14; 77:18; 97:4; 144:6. Compare with ARROW.

LINE: For measuring: A message to test trueness of character - Ps 19:4 [6957]; Eze 40:3-4; Jer 31:39

LINEN: (from a plant) thoughts woven by faith & works. See WOOL (mix not with linen); righteousness of saints - Rv 19:8

LION: Negative - pride - Ps 10:4-11; (see Devil {diabolos}) Sanctified: Christ as ruler & prince - Rv. 5:5. See Nebuchadnezzar’s Idol.

LOCUST: Babylon (confused thoughts), Northern army - Joel 2:25, 20; destructive words. 1:4; 2:3 which eat all the green things. Thoughts out of the abyss (Rev 9:3), which the wicked think separate themselves to God. See Pestilence (under “Spiritual Definitions”).

LOINS: Inner man, the mind - 1 Pt 1:13; Eph 6:14; gird the mind with truth (Christ) - Eph 6:14

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MAMMON: Unrighteous riches - own thoughts, ideas. You can’t serve God & self - Mt 6:24; Isa 55:8

MANNA: The written word of God and man’s understanding of it (how one thinks); also my understanding of the law (not God’s understanding) - Deu 8:3. You are to gather manna every day - sufficient for that day (level of understanding). Trying to carry that manna into the next day breeds worms & stinks - which means the bread changes depending on the day of your understanding. (See “days of creation” under spiritual definitions.)

MARK ON THE FOREHEAD: The way you think, or in the hand - your works; Cain blamed God for his iniquity, Gen 4:13-15; Lam 3:12 (also see Arrow); Eze 9:4; Rev 13:16-17

MEAL Offering: sacrificing your own bread (understanding)

MERCHANDISE: Knowledge; message - Eze 28:1, 2, 13

MERCHANT: One who pedals merchandise (the message); a messenger

MILK: Beginning principles of God’s word - 1 Pt 2:1-2; 1 Cor 3:2; Heb 5:12-14; 6:1-2. See Wine.

MIRROR: Bible - Jam 1:23-25

MONTH: Period of darkness ruled by the moon; represents no spiritual light; light is knowledge of God - Gn 1:14-16; Ps 136:9 [3394]; Ps 119:130

MOON: Reflects on 1/7th of the light that falls on it. The law of God, which has no light of its own - Jer 31:35. One’s understanding of the law from his own light (sun), or from the Sun of righteousness - Mal 4:2. See Light.

MOUNTAIN: Strength, stronghold, sin problem - outwardly, a kingdom, nation - Isa 2:2; Dan 7:17; inwardly - sin problems - Eze 6:2-3; Jer 50:6; A way of thinking - Mt 17:20; Ps 36:6; 50:11; strength - Ps 65:6. God’s kingdom represented by Mt Zion - Dan 9:16, 20; Zech 8:3; Ps 87:1-2

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NAIL: A sure concept - Ezra 9:8; Eccl 12:11; Isa 22:23-25 [3489]

NAME: Character - Ex 33:18-19; 34:5-7 [3519]; [8034H; 3686G]; Rv 2:17 (reference Hebrew names in concordance)

NATIONS: Sin problem in man's heart; Denominations - Deu 9:1-3; 7:1 (Characteristics of the nations) The root word for nations (Heb 1471) is 1342 = to rise up (pride, self exalting)

NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S IDOL/BEASTS OF DAN. 7:

SYMBOL UNSANCTIFIED SANCTIFIED

GOLD: (Babylon-lion) Your faith; pride in self Faith OF Jesus

SILVER: (Medo-Persia-bear) Your strength/unchanging heart God’s power in us

BRASS: (Greece-leopard) Impure thoughts Christ’s purified the

Unchangeable spots (sin) Earthly thoughts

Can’t overcome sin (polished brass)

IRON: (Rome-nondescript beast) Your bondage, strength Christ’s strength

IRON & CLAY: (Papacy) Brittle clay-man setting up a new god Soft & malleable clay-

Someone who will not submit to God willing to be molded

1 Pt 1:7; Job 22:25; Rv 3:18 (Christ is to be your faith and strength); Job 36:19, cf Pr 16:16; Eze 22:18; Jer 6:28; Rv 1:15; Job 28:2; Jer 13:23; Ps 107:10; 105:18; Jer 18:6

NECK: Principles that hold up the head; they are manifest outwardly - Pr 6:20_21; Hab 3:13; Lam 5:5; Isa 8:8; SS 7:4; 4:4; mind of the woman (church) - Ecl 7:26 [2764]

NET: Mind of the woman (church) - Eccl. 7:26 [2764]; 9:12 [4685]

NINE: Number of "Finality" or "Judgment," last single digit, marks the "end." (cf 2 Sam 24:1-17) See “Judgment.”

NILE River: Worldly thinking (it is in Egypt); see River & Water

NOONDAY: The sun is straight overhead, no more shadow (self) - Isa 58:8 (see Shadow)

NORTH: Babylon - judgments of God come from the north; scatterer or winnower (see scattered) table of shew bread on the north - Ex 26:25; tribe of Dan (a judge) situated on north side of the camp - Num 2:25

NOSTRIL (Nose): That place that takes in spirit - Ps 18:15; Job 4:9; 27:3 [639] (anger, nostril, nose, face) + Isa 2:22; Lam 4:20; similar to mouth - Ps 10:4

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OAK: Strength (trees = character traits) - Amos 2:9 [437]

ODOR: A sweet smell = a sacrifice (noun) [7381] root [7306]# for smell) Phil 4:18 [3744]; Eph 5:2 [3744]

OIL: Spirit, spiritual character; used for light & anointing - Ex 35:28 [8081]; Ps 55:21

OLD CORN: Fruit of the land of Canaan - Josh 5:10-12 (see Fruit of the Land)

OLD MAN: The carnal, corrupted thinking. It was crucified with Christ - Rm 6:6; 2 Cor 5:17, Eph 4:22

OLIVE Tree: Righteous People (character) - [2132] Hos 14:6; Ps 52:8

ORACLE: A brief utterance [3051] - 1 Pt. 4:11[3051]; God’s word written down - Act 7:38

OVEN: The heart - Hos 7:6

OPPRESS: Impose a spiritual test - Hos 12:7; Ex 3:9; 23:9; Ps 119:122

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PALM TREE: The righteous - Ps 92:12 [8558]

PATH: Where feet walk, avenue of thinking - Ps 23:3; 25:10; 119:35, 105; Pr 2:8-9

PEARLS: Worldly character trait that has been overcome - Mt 7:6 [3135]. Righteousness of Christ

PILLAR: Concept - Pr 9:1

PISON River: Self

PIT: Mouth of a strange woman - thoughts from the unsanctified heart - see Stranger apostate (unsanctified) church. The mouth only speaks what is in the mind. See mind. - Pr 22:14; 23:27 [7745 + 875]; Isa 51:10. See explanation of spirit in Definitions

PLAGUE: Message (of judgment) Rv 15:1, 8 [4127]; Poured out by God's people on living wicked. They reveal the apostasy of the wicked. Vials filled with wrath of God = wine; Rv 14:10; 21:9, 17; vials full of saints' prayers- Rv 5:8; poured out by fellow servant-Rv 22:8-9; what is coming out of the messenger’s mouth is called plague-Rv 9:18-20.

PROMISED LAND: The mind of Christ, new earth (Abraham looked for a city, which has foundations whose builder & maker is God) - Heb 11:9-10. A person receiving the mind of Christ

PURPLE: Royalty, riches, honor. A color of kings. Red & blue=purple: Christ’s blood + spoken word=riches(sanctified); Sin & man’s thoughts= riches of man(unsanctified).- Lu 16:19; Est 8:15; Judg 8:26

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QUIVER: Mind out of which come thoughts, or words (see ARROW) or thoughts - Jer 5:15-16 (cp Ps 5:9; Rom 3:13); Also see CHILDREN & BOW: A thought (arrow) from the mind (quiver) is sent out by the mouth (bow).

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RAIN: God's spoken word - Deu 32:1-2 [4306]; Isa 55:10-11 [1653]

RAINBOW: Fullness of understanding. (See color) - Eze 1:28; Gn 9:16; Rv 4:3; 10:1. [Negative, from Thayer’s - 2463 iris {ee’-ris}, perhaps from 2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities]. See Everlasting Covenant.

RED (SCARLET): (unsanctified) Sin, man’s understanding; (sanctified)Blood of Christ - Pr 31:21; Isa 1:18 [8144 + 8438]; 43:1_3 [8144]; Rv 12:3 [4450]; 17:3 [2847]

REINS: Desires & affections of the inmost mind, the heart. God searches & tries them. Reins- kidneys filters & purifies water - Jer 17:10; 11:20 [3629]

REED: Message (rod); no water-no reeds - Gn 41:5 [7070]; Isa 19:5_7; 35:6b-7; Rv 11:1 [2563]

RING: Words of wisdom, from the world or from God; encircles the finger (faith) - Lk 15:22

RIVER: Stream of thought, way of thinking- Pr 18:4 [5158]; Jer 2:13 (a path would also be a way of thinking)

ROCK (stone): Concept - Ps 114:8 [6697]; 1 Cor 10:4 [4073]; Mt 16:13_18 [4073]. Houses, walls & altars are built of stones. See Lev 14:33-48 for man’s.

ROD: Message of correction - Isa 11:4 [7626]; Job 37:13; Pr 13:24; 22:15; 29:15; Mic 6:9 [4294]; Rv 11:1 [4464]; Word of authority. Words of authority are used for correction, chastisement, etc. - Ex 4:20; 17:8-13; Isa 11:4(the rod of God’s mouth is His spirit, His authority with which He speaks truth). Man speaking his own thoughts is unsanctified authority. Pr 14:3 [2415]; 10:13; 26:3 (the back represents pride also). Rv. 2:26-27

ROOT: Lowest part of a thing - [8328H] Part of a tree that drinks the water. Causes the tree (character trait) to produce fruit, gives strength to the righteous - [8328] Jer 17:8; 2 Ki 19:30; Pr 12:3, 12

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SACKCLOTH: Symbolizes our being poor in knowledge, understanding & strength to overcome the enemy (see ashes & to mourn). Receiving knowledge causes mourning (Gen 37:34; Jer 4:8), and repentance - 1 Ki 21:27; 2 Ki 19:1; 1 Ch 21:16-17; Mt 11:21

SALT: Experiential understanding from living the gospel, heals our wounds: Job 6:2-7; Righteous - Col. 4:5-6 [217]; Mt 5:13; 2 Ki 2:18-22 waters of Jericho healed by Elisha (they did not believe Elijah ascended to heaven); Experience based on man’s understanding kills the soul: Gen 19:26 Lot’s wife’s desires were with Sodom (Lk 9:62). Dt 29:23 - under curse of law, whole land is brimstone & salt.

SANCTUARY: Mind (Temple)

SAND Of The Sea: Worldly people - Isa 10:22 [2344]

SCAB: Anointing, pouring forth

SCALES: Pride- Job 41:15, 34

SCAPEGOAT: Barabbas, outwardly (one in bondage to self; we were delivered from prison, or captives set free - Ps 102:18-20; Isa 45:11-13), the sin nature inwardly. Carcasses left in the wilderness are those who will not enter into an abiding relationship with Christ (Sabbath rest). See Fit Man & Land, not inhabited- Lev 16:7-10, 20-23; Jn 18:39-40; Mt 27:15-26; Mk 15:6-15; Lu 23:16-25

SCORPION(S): A rebellious church (or people or teachers) - Eze 2:6; Rv 9:3, 5, 10 [6137]

SEA: Thoughts of the abyss; man walking in his own understanding; worldly thoughts/thinking; wicked are like the troubled sea. The Sea is impure water. The Savior dried the sea & made it a way for the ransomed to pass over - Isa 51:10 [8451]; 17:12-13 [3220]; 11:15; 23:2_4; 57:20; Rv 17:15; 20:8

SEED: The Word (Christ) - [4690] Gal 3:16; 1 Jn 3:9; Children of the kingdom - Mt 13:38

SEED, Abraham’s: Dust of the earth=earthly Jews; Stars in heaven=spiritual Christian; Sands of the sea = earthly people at 2nd resurrection; The children of the kingdom or Christ - Gn 13:16; 15:5 [2233]; Mt 13:38 [4690]; Rv 20:7-8

SERPENT: Man's wisdom, Mt 10:16; Gen 3:1. Man’s nature, influenced by corrupted thinking, mixes own ideas with God’s on how to conduct our lives. Brass serpent in the wilderness, represents Christ putting to death the Old Man - Num 21:8-9

SERPENT (Brass): Man’s nature deprived of influence at the cross of Christ. Christ died the “dust of death” Ps 22:15. When we look at it, we are making it our own experience, saving us from the bite of self. If you can see your sin nature inactivated by understanding the cross, you will be saved from its negative affect on your life. Num 21:8-9

SEVEN: Enough, satisfied. Hebrew word for 7 is shevah, which means to be full, or satisfied, have enough of; the root is savah. The 7^th day is shavath - to cease, desist, rest and Shabbath, sabbath day of rest. The root [7650] means to make a promise. When you make a promise or an oath, you have just sevened.

SEVENTY: 7 X 10 = Spiritual understanding of the law. Dn 9:24: [7 X 10] X 7 (creation week). Inwardly this prophecy is to: a) finish transgression, b) make an end of sins, c) make reconciliation for iniquity, d) bring in everlasting righteousness, e) seal up the vision & prophecy, f) anoint the most holy. (6 things)

SHADOW: Negative - darkness of death, human nature - lack of understanding, Job 10:22; 17:7; Isa 30:2-3; Positive - God’s knowledge, protection Ps 17:8; 57:1; Isa 9:2-6; 32:2; 49:2; 51:16

SHEEP: God's people - Zech 10:3; Jn 10:2-4, 11, 16

SHEW BREAD: Bread of faces, or persons; Son of God & Son of Man - [3899 + 6440] Ex 25:23-30; Lev 24:5-9. Furnished by Israel (writings of the prophets) by an everlasting covenant, arranged in order [two rows/piles of six (man’s #) each - 66] every seven days, covered with frankincense, a sweet smelling, white spice, & only eaten by a priest. There are 66 books of the Bible that testify to the work of the Son. Jn 6:33-35; Heb 3:1, 4:14; Rev 1:12-14; the high priest wore the names (66) of Israel on his shoulders - Ex 28:9-12; Isa 9:6.

SHIELD: The faith of Christ - Eph 6:16; Ps 5:12

SHIP: A virtuous spirit - Christ - Pr 31:10, 14 [591];a church (a woman = church = a mind-set) - Jer 6:2

SHITTUM WOOD: The human soul which is dark, thorny, hard. A picture of man’s innermost self (the ark of the covenant is made out of this) - Ex 25:10-21, 16 (his testimony is placed in your heart)

SHOE: A persons own manufactured thoughts covering the direction of his heart. Literally to take off one’s shoe was a sign of reverence - Ex 3:5;of disgrace - Dt 25:10;of a contract - Ru 4:7;of mourning - Eze 24:17

SILVER: Strength/Desire of the heart - Job 22:25; Word of God; Sanctified=wisdom God has given you. Ps 12:6 [3701]; Unsanctified = your own wisdom, your own thoughts, your own desire

SIX: Number of a man (4+2=man's world + division; 5+1=the grace of God made of none effect by mans addition to it; 7_1=mans shortcoming of spiritual perfection. 666: Man portraying God

SLIME: [2564] rooted in mortar [2563]- a boiling up or foaming up from the earth (self) - reddish in color. In Gn 11 - their bubbling up of self and self-made ideas that hardens around their own concepts (brick)

SMELL or Aroma: An understanding. Sweet: To delight (to smell, a verb) [7306] - Gn 8:21; Amos 5:21; Job 39:25; Phil 4:18

SMOKE: (sanctified)-gives off aroma; glory & strength (Rv 15:8). From a well is fog, or an earthly cloud -people who claim to know God but are still earthly in their thinking, see Cloud. Anger, wrath; false teachings - Ps 74:1 [6225]; 18:7-8 [6227]; Rv 9:2; Isa 14:31. The root of “smoke” is the verb “to cover up.” It means “something unseen.” It’s the action that you can’t see happening in your heart that causes you to bear fruit. Pride – see 1 Tim 6:4 + Isa 65:5 & 9:18

SMOKE: Understanding: Positive - God’s word (Jer 23:29), like fire, burns the wood (human nature), and generates smoke (understanding - Ps 18:6-8). Represents God’s anger against sin (not the sinner) - Ps 74:1; Isa 6:1-7; Rev 15:8; 8:4. Negative - God’s understanding separates evil people from the good, & evil thoughts from good ones - Deut 29:20-21; Isa 9:18-19; 65:5; The smoke of Babylon (north - Isa 14:31) obscures man’s understanding of God, & leads to spiritual death - Rev 9:2, 18; 14:11; 18:18.

SNARE: Of the fowler, is a false prophet; enticement from the devil; Mind of an evil woman (church) - Hos 9:8; Ecl 9:12 [6341]; Jer 50:24 [3369]; Ecl 7:26 [4685]. See “devil.”

Words of own mouth - Pr 18:7; fear/reverence of man - Pr 29:25; laid on the earth/ground - Job 18:10; Lk 21:34-35; false prophet - Hos 9:8; unsanctified riches - 1 Tim 6:9.

SNOW: God's words - Isa 55:10-11; Ps 148:8 [7950]

SONG: Life experience - Ex 15 [7892]; 2 Sm 22; Rv 14:3 [5603]

SOUTH: Egypt - The world/worldly; (masculine) chamber, innermost part - Job 37:9

From Jerusalem (mind-set of Christ) is the desert/wilderness (man’s mind-set), which is full of the beasts (thoughts) of the earth - Isa 21:1; 30:6; eventually come to Egypt - worldly oppression & bondage. Stormy spirit comes from - Job 37:9; God’s people called out from - Ps 107:2-7.

SPEAR: Bitter, sharp words - Hab 3:11 [2595]; Ps 64:3 - see ARROW

SPOTS: False spiritual concepts: Deu 32:5 [3971]; Job 11:14-15; 2 Pt 2:13 [4696];Jude 10, 12 [4694]; Without spot - Eph 5:27 [4696]; 1 Pet 1:19

STARS (of the heaven): Spiritual man, God's people - Gn 15:5 [3556]; Ps 147:4; Job 38:7

Little suns that give light (understanding) at night, & can be a symbol for God’s or man’s understanding - see LIGHT. Also is a figure of people with light - Gen 15:5; Job 38:7; Ps 147:4; Jude 13. Light in the heavens is figurative of man’s knowledge of God, whether from God (Jer 31:35) or man. Man’s light will be darkened by the Lord’s presence - Isa 13:8-9; Mk 13:24-26.

STONE: A concept, something conceived in the mind (water wears/smooths it) - Mt 7:24; 16:18; Ps 119:69; Job 14:19; Ex 28:9_12 [68]; See Rock.

STONE, HEWN: Man’s concepts. See brick - Ex 20:25 [1496]; Isa 9:10; Lam 3:9; Amos 5:11

STONE, WHITE: Pure, white - vindicates in judgment (Rv 2:17)

STONES OF FIRE: Concepts of the Spirit - Eze 28:14

STRANGER: Does not know God - Ps 39:12; unbeliever - Ex 12:43, 48 (not of Israel); not thoughts of God; Eze 44:7-9 not circumcised in heart

STREAM: Stream of consciousness (same as river); a lot of words - Jer 2:13; Pr 18:4.

STREET: Avenue of thinking (in a city/mind) - Ps 55:11; Pr 5:16; Lam 4:1- 5; 7:12 [7339];Isa 15:3 [2351]; cf Dan. 9:25 [7339] to Ps 48:1- 2

STUMBLING STONE: A false concept - Rm 9:32-33 [3037 + 4348]; 1 Cor 1:23; 1 Pet 2:7-8.

SUN: Light is understanding (Ps 119:130). Therefore the sun can be the Son's understanding of the Father (Mal 4:2; Ps 84:11), or humanity’s understanding of God - Mt 13:43; Jn 8:12; 11:9; Gen 37:5, 9-10.

SWINE: Spiritually unclean thought of the flesh - Lv 11:7 [2386]; Job 18:3; Ps 49:12; 73:22 [929]; an unbeliever. A beast on the earth - eats garbage and cleanses the earth (self)

SWORD: A symbol of the tongue, whether God's (Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16) or man's (Ps 57:4; 64:3; Pr 12:18). Words from the tongue of man are that which defiles him (Mt 15:18), and that with which we devour others (Isa 30:27; Jam 3:5-6). Yet, it is the words from Christ's tongue that cleanses us (Jn 15:3).

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TABERNACLE: God's dwelling place (His Mind); the mind (same as temple) - Ps 46:4 [4908]; 1 Cor 3:16

TAIL: False messenger (prophet); end of a message. Ex: Moses’ plagues - he picked up the serpents tail and it became a rod (message). The Godhead was cast to the ground and became trinity and is to be picked up again at the end. - Isa 9:15-16 [2180]; Rv 9:3, 5, 10

TEETH: The foundational principles that enable one to digest & assimilate concepts. Authority, power - 1 Ki 10:18; 22:39 [8127]; (Ivory=teeth-kings & rulers live in ivory palaces); - Joel 1:6 - lion’s teeth(king of animal world); Job 16:9 [8127]; Act 7:54 [3599] (leaders); Rv 5:6; help form words

TEMPLE: The mind (same as Sanctuary) - 1 Cor 3:9, 16-17; 2 Cor 6:16 [3485]; Lk 17:20-21

TEN: Complete enough. [3=complete; 7=enough & 3 + 7 =10–complete enough]. Perfection of divine order–it implies that nothing is wanting or lacking. 10 commandments contain all that is necessary; tithe is the whole of what was due from man to God as recognizing God’s claim on the whole;10 plagues on Egypt-the completion of God’s judgments. Perfect order in this universe is from the Father to the Son to humanity - ten. Five stands for grace & 10 is two 5's – it is God giving you His understanding. Unsanctified it is the letter of the law which, because of darkness, brings confusion, and eventually spiritual death. - Deu 23:3 [6224]

TENTH: Mal 3:10: Tithes are the spiritual understanding of the law. We bring into the storehouse (our mind) the understanding of God and God opens the storehouse of the heavens to you. One way this is manifested outwardly is by supporting those who feed you (spiritually) with tithes & offerings.

THIGH: Foundation; authority (Translated as shaft) - [3409] Gn 24:2; 46:26 (loins); Jer 31:19; Ex 25:31 (shaft)

THIRTEEN: Rebellion - Gen 17:21-25: Jealousy, rebellion set up because Isaac was favored over Ishmael.

THORNS (briars): Cares of life, guilt; sin problems - 2 Cor 12:7 [4647]; Mk 4:18-19 [173]; Mt 27:29

THOUSAND: Many, strong

THREE: Complete. Divinity perfected thru Humanity_3 denotes "divine perfection"; that which is complete (3 divisions of time: past, present, future; God's attributes: omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence; 3 kingdoms of matter: animal, vegetable, mineral; 3 ways of temptation_all is in the world _ Lu 13:32 [5154]; Suffering - Heb 2:10; 5:7_9 [3804 + 3958]; 1 Jn 2:16

THUNDER: Voices, God's voice (as from a cloud, i.e. God's people) - Job 37:2_5 [7267]; Ps 18:13 [7481]; rebuke of God - Ps 104:7

TONGUE: Reveals the heart; the heart as seen in one's tongue; the tongue is the answer of the heart, the way the heart speaks - Pr 10:20; 16:1 [3956]; represented by Sword, Arrows, etc

TOWER: Sanctuary, place of safety, watchtower - 2 Sm 22:51 [4024]; Ps 18:2 [4869]; Mt 21:33 [4444]

TREASURE: Knowledge, especially of God - Pr 2:1_5 [4301]; Col 2:2-3 [2344]

TREE: People or character trait (green = righteous) - Isa 7:2 [6086]; 55:12; 1 Chr 16:33; Ps 1:3; Isa 61:3 [352]; Lk 23:31 [3586]; Jer 17:7-8 [6086]; Mt 3:10; 8:24

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD & EVIL: Man combining his thoughts with God’s = dust of the earth – which God told Adam not to eat of - Gn. 2:17; 6:5; Matt 15:19

TREE OF LIFE: Christ - Pr 3:18; 1 Cor 1:24

TRUMPET: For 4 purposes: 1) Signal to assemble, 2) to go to war, 3) to move - 4) for joyful accolades and celebration; Num 10:1-3, 9-10 [2689] Voices of Michael and Jesus - Rv 1:10; 4:1; 1 Th 4:16 - voice of Christ sounding an alarm

TWELVE: God's government (perfection or completion of government) - 12 tribes of Israel

2300 DAYS_SPIRITUALLY: (30 x 70) + (40 x 5) = 2300. A way of describing what Christ puts you through to bring you to the cleansing of your sanctuary. The final cleansing is when you are rid of the angry god within. Multiplication is increasing current understanding; addition is adding and applying understanding that you haven’t had before. (30) = 10 x 3: [10] - abiding x [3] - the 3 things God gives you: Understanding the Sonship of Christ, the abiding truth and the sin nature. So 30 is complete speaking, complete hearing Him. (70) = 7 x 10: A fulfillment of God’s teaching to you. It takes 70 (spiritual) years to get you out of Babylon. So 30 represents “what He’s telling you” and 70 represents “the time taken.” (40) = trial, so 4 x 10 is God showing your earthliness to you (i.e. see yourself) and it’s multiplied by His grace (5).

TRUTH: Christ - Jn 14:6

TWO: Unity or division - Father & Son; At first, humanity separated from God.

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VEIL: Evil conscience, lack of understanding or man’s understanding (literalism has brought us to it; angels on veil are messages) - Heb 10:20. My understanding of God that keeps me separated from Him.

VEILS IN TABERNACLE: There are 3. Courtyard: blue, purple, scarlet, white. 20 cu. wide hung on 4 pillars of shittim wood joined or bound together with silver; hung with hooks of silver, set in sockets of brass - Ex. 27:16-17. Holy: blue, purple, scarlet, white; hung on 5 pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold with hooks of gold & sockets of brass - Ex. 26:36-37. Most Holy: blue, purple, scarlet, white; hung on 4 pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold with hooks of gold & sockets of silver - Ex 26:31-32 - The entire tabernacle is a parable of coming into the fulness of Christ - each veil represents an advancement in understanding

VESSEL: Person - Ps 2:9; 31:12; Jer 22:28; 51:34; Hos 8:8 [3627]; Act 9:15 [4632]; 2 Tm 2:21

VIALS: Persons: 1 Sam 10:1 - oil out of the vial a symbol of Saul being anointed by the Spirit of Christ. Plagues in Revelation are messages of judgment. Water turning to blood, etc., are the results. Rev 16

VINEYARD: People - Isa 5:7 [3754]

VIRGIN: Pure Church - Lam 2:13 [1330]; Jer 6:2; 2 Cor 11:2 [3933]

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WALL: Salvation - [2346] Isa 60:18; Pr 25:28; Joel 2:7; the law - Lam 2:18; Pr 7:2

WATER: Concepts, words - Pr 18:4 [4325]; a flowing brook is a collection of words making up thoughts & concepts = stream of thought. See other types: dew, hail, pool, sea, flood, etc. All forms of water have different shades of meaning, can be holy or unholy; clean or unclean; heavenly or worldly. The sea or a pool of water indicates a mind-set. - [4325] Job 38:30, 34; Isa 55:8-11; Jer 2:13,18; Deep water is mans words- Isa 44:3; Eph 5:26; Dt 32:1-2; Jn 7:37-39

WATER, LIVING: The Father & Son - Jer 2:13; 17:13; Jn 4:10 [5204](water) [2198](living) _ brings healing; pure truth - Eze 47:8-9 [4325]; spoken word - Deut 32:1-2 ; holy spirit - Jn 7:37-39

WATER, POLLUTED: Pagan, worldly thoughts (Proud water or raging water); raging [2121], water [4325] - Ps 124:4-5; Jer 2:18

WAVES: Prideful concepts, worldly works (a heap of stone, dung or water) - Isa 57:20 [4325]; 48:18 [1530]; Job 38:11; Ps 65:7; Jude 13 [2949]

WAYS, GOD’S - His judgments - Deut 32:4; Dan 4:37

WEEDS: Erroneous thoughts causing sin, guilt - Jonah 2:5 [5488] (literally means “red”)

WELL: (or a spring) A person - 2 Pt 2:17 [4077]

WHEAT (Barley) Good food (as opposed to tares - bad food): Outwardly, the righteous, God's people - Joel 1:11 [2406]; Jn 4:35; Mt 13:38 [4690]

WHIRLWIND: (or, storm wind) a destructive spirit, or spirit of judgment - Jer 23:19; Pr 1:27; 10:25; God speaks out of - Job 38:1 [5592]; brings trials that perfect - Ps 58:9; Isa 66:15-16; Nah 1:3-6; Eze 1:4-5

WHITE: Pure or purity, righteous - Isa 1:18 [3835];Rv 19:8

WHORE: Apostate mind-set -Rv 17:5 [4204]; Deep ditch - Pr 23:27 [2181]; Pit -Pr 22:14 [7745]

WILDERNESS: A land not sown with light - Jer 2:2 & Ps 97:11; A place to receive water from the Rock; a place to die to self. A mind not cultivated with God's word (a land [mind] not sown with concepts); Habitation of dragons - Jer 2:2 [4057]; Eze 19:13 dry, thirsty land (carnal mind);Isa 35:4_7; Land of darkness - Jer 2:31; Salt land, not inhabited - Jer 17:6 [4057]

WIND: spirit or breath speaking words; - Act 2:2; Jn 6:63; Eph. 4:14; 17:25 [4157]; Jn 3:8 [4151]

WINE: Unadulterated reasoning’s (teachings or understanding) of Christ. Like milk that is for babes, wine is for the mature in understanding. Wine & milk are the same principles, one is stronger than the other. Both have to do with the way Christ thinks. Pr 9:1-2 teaches the hearing (abiding) to those who receive wine - Mic 2:11 - [3196] Doctrine (teaching) - can be true or false; Understanding - [3196] Mic 2:11; Pr 9:5; Isa 28:7; 29:9-11; Jer 51:7

WINGS: The spiritual heart, good or bad. It is the wings that open and receive the wind, the spirit of God that lifts you up into the heavens (spiritual understanding) - Christ: Mal 4:2; Mt 3:16; Lk 3:22; humanity: Rev 12:14; Isa 40:31; Negative: Zech 5:9

WINTER: Leaves are the covering of a tree, which turn red (sin - man’s understanding – Isa 1:18) due to decreased light (understanding, Ps 119:130); leaves fall off a tree (spiritual nakedness of character exposed – see LEAVES); the 5 months after the feast days are complete

WOLF: (see animals) wild dog - ravaging fleshly thought, feeding off the flesh of other animals. Mt 7:15 a false prophet consumes the unwary with his fleshly understanding

WOMAN: A mind-set. A virgin (woman) outwardly represents a church (2 Cor 11:2 -3[3933]). In this case it is the body of Christ who professes to listen to Him. - Jer 6:2; Eph 5:23-32 [1135]; Church - Impure: Rv 17:5 [3384], 18 [1135]; The Church outwardly - Eph 5:25-32 - husband and wife are a picture of the church as the bride and its relationship to Christ; Moon symbol of - Gn 37:5, 9-10 [517]. Pr 14:1; 23:27-33; 31:10-31 [802]; Nah 3:13; Rv 12:1-6; A mind-set of listening to man (self, others). Inwardly, a woman is a way of thinking. (EVERY word or action begins with a thought - Cf Rev 17:18 & 21:2 with Pr 25:28).

WOMB: Mind - Job 15:35; 32:18-19; Ps 31:9 [990]; Jn 3:4-5 [2836]; Pr 22:17-18 [990] See belly.

WOOD: Man’s character, human nature or natural man - Ps 1:3; Jer 5:14 [6086]; Pr 26:20; SS 2:3; [3293]

WOOL: covering of a lamb. Sanctified = humility; unsanctified = becomes pride; Gen 3:21; See linen (not to be mixed with wool when God makes you a priest - Eze 44:17; Lev 16:4, 32).

WORM: Old man, natural man - Job 25:6 [7415;8438]; Isa 41:14 [8438]; 51:8 [5580]; Ps 22:6 [8438]

WORMWOOD: Bitterness - Lam 3:15 [3939]; Rv 8:11 [894]; Pr 5:4

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YOKE: Literally, a coupling together, used in scripture primarily to indicate “burden.” Sanctified: To take on the yoke of Christ is to abide in Him(learn=hear & do Mt 7:24) thereby finding the true rest - Mt 11:29-30; Phil 2:5;1 Pt 2:21; Unsanctified: The letter of the law and sin - Gal 5:1-4 + 2 Cor 3:6 (law); Acts 15:10; Isa 58:9. [2218] 1 Tm 6:1 (slave, servant), Lam 1:14 (transgressions), Jer 27:8-11 (Babylon), Lev 26:13 (Egypt); [4133] Isa 58:6 (oppression)

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ZION: The city of God - His Mind; Mind of Christ - His way of thinking - Heb 12:22 [4622]; Ps 48:1-2 [6726]; Fig. of God’s people - Isa 51:16; “Sunny mountain” - Ps 50:2 [6726]; Isa 4:5

Understanding of the symbols requires study, for many are intermingled with others. Use of the Bible to interpret itself brings rich rewards, enabling the student to see much more spiritual depth of the Scriptures.

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