We have sought in the following list to interpret the Symbolic language of the Word of God. In order to facilitate further study, and to serve as a work of constant reference in the reading of the Scriptures, we have alphabetically arranged the words and expressions.
Idols and idolatry in general.
1 Kings 11:5, 7; Daniel 9:27; 12:11; Ezekiel 8.
Hardness of heart, and seared conscience.
Ezekiel 3:9; Zechariah 7:12.
Israel’s unfaithfulness in turning from Jehovah to idolatry.
Jeremiah 3:8, 9; Ezekiel 23:36, 37.
Active, secret, deadly evil.
Psalms 140:3; Genesis 16:17; Proverbs 23:32.
Moral influences acting upon man.
Ephesians 2:2; Revelation 9:2; 21:7.
Christ meeting the responsibility of the sinner in judgment.
Christ in the value of His person the ground and object of the saint’s worship.
Fruit in resurrection-life produced by the Spirit.
Numbers 17:8; Exodus 25:33, 34.
Confidence and security founded on what is divine.
A representative or messenger; expressing office, not nature; the context determines which is meant.
Matthew 18:10; Revelation 2 and 3.
Consecration; power conferred.
Leviticus 8:10-12, 30; Exodus 24:7; 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:27; Acts 10:13.
Apples of Gold in pictures of Silver
Fruit of Divine righteousness (gold), set in the beauty and stability of the atonement (silver).
Christ the Bridegroom in His own preciousness.
Song of Solomon 2:3; 8:5.
Divine strength, human power.
Isaiah 52;10; Psalms 10:15.
Christ in His wondrous and adorable person as Man (the shittim wood), as God (the gold). Seat of Divine strength. Figure of Israel’s relationship with God.
Exodus 25:10-22. Psalms 132:8. Revelation 11:19.
Judgments or chastenings.
Deep humiliation; through self-judgment. Witness of the judgment of sin.
Job 40:6. Numbers 19:9, 10
Man in nature, self-willed and ungovernable.
The future ecclesiastical apostasy or corrupt churchapter
An immature Christian state.
1 Corinthians 3:1; Hebrews 6:12-14.
Defense against every form.
Ezekiel 16:10; Exodus 26:14.
Man Divinely measured. A measure of scarcity.
Daniel 5:27; Revelation 6:5, 6.
2 Samuel 10:5; Leviticus 14:9; Jeremiah 48:37.
Any powerful and destructive enemy. Persian Empire.
Proverbs 17:12; Daniel 7:5.
Imperial, or other power acting without reference to God.
Daniel 7; 1 Corinthians 15:32
Numerous enemies. The Assyrian in latter-day judgment upon restored Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:44; Psalms 118:12. Isaiah 7:18.
The testimony of the Holy Ghost to the acceptance of Christ’s work in the presence of God.
Exodus 28:33, 34; 39:25, 26.