The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Hinds - Lamp
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Agility, fearlessness, liberty, affection
2 Samuel 22:34; Psalms 18:33; Hab. 3:19; Proverbs 5:19; Sol. 2:7, 3:5
Mere natural affection; forbidden to be offered in sacrifices
Psalms 119:3; Revelation 10:10
Divine security, founded on the righteousness of God (gold) and the grace of Christ (silver)
Daniel 7:8; Revelation 13:17
Psalms 75:10; 132:17; 1 Samuel 2:1; Revelation 5:6
Successful power in war and conquest
Zechariah 6; Revelation 6
Leviticus 14; Numbers 19:6; 1 Kings 4:33
Any object of life or center for the heart short of God
1 John 5:21; Colossians 3:5; Philippians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 10:14
One who represents another. Man in the old creation, Christ in the new
Genesis 1:26; Colossians 1:15; Acts 19:35
Christ in the value and the fragrance of His person offered to God
Prayers of future suffering saints
Revelation 5:8 (Compare also 8:3)
The future brief but awful period of Israel’s suffering at the hands of Jehovah
Daniel 3:40; 7:7; Job. 40:18
1 Timothy 4:2; Revelation 9:9
Revelation 4:3; 21:11, 18
Our preciousness to God; marks of divine favor
Malachi 3:17; Ezekiel 16:17; Isaiah 61:10
The right to exercise Divine authority and government
Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; 3:7; Matthew 16:19
The inward feelings and affections
Familiar yet holy expression of love
1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Peter 5:14
Divine expression of love
Philippians 2:10; Ephesians 3:14
Communication between heaven and earth
Gentle, meek, tender, unresisting
The word occurs nearly thirty times in the Revelation, but is there associated with strength, glory, and worship contrasted also with the beast, as the holy
The great Passover sacrifice
The daily morning and evening sacrifice, earth-rejected but now exalted sufferer
Religious profession in possession of light and privilege
The Spirit’s perfect light in the sanctuary —the presence of God