The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Laver - Nurse

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Symbol
Meaning
Reference
Laver
No measurements are given of the laver wherein the priests daily washed their hands and feet. God’s remedy for cleansing the daily defilements of His people is not blood but water— i.e., the constant application of the Word of God to the thoughts, words, and actions of the believer. Christ is the laver; the word of God is the water
Ephesians 5:26
Lead
Judgment of evil and evil men
Exodus 15:10; Zechariah 5:7, 8
Leaf
Religious profession
Psalms 1:3; Matthew 21:19
 
Millennial blessing and healing
Revelation 22:2; Ezekiel 47:12
Leaven
Moral and doctrinal evil
1 Corinthians 5:5-8; Galatians 5;9; Matthew 16:6
Legs
Strength and stability
Daniel 2:33; Sol. 5:15; Psalms 147:10
Leopard
Grecian Empire in its rapid conquests
Daniel 7:6
Leprosy
Uncleanness in heart and life; sin in the flesh
Leviticus 13:14
Lightning
Obedience connected with the judicial power of God
Ezekiel 1:13-14; Nahum 2:4
Lily
Loveliness and virgin purity
Matthew 6:28; Sol. 2:1, 2
Linen
Personal purity; the fruit of the Spirit in Christian life and ways
Leviticus 16:4; Revelation 15:6; 19:8-14
Lion
Majesty, royal power
Genesis 49:9; Revelation 5:5; Ezekiel 1:10
Loaves, two
Church presented to God in her actual state at Pentecost, hence the presence of leaven (evil) in these loaves
Leviticus 23:17
Locust
Utter and widespread destruction
Joel 1:4; 2:25; Psalms 78:46; Revelation 9:3-7
Loins, girt
Inward strength; bracing up of the inner man
1 Peter 1:13; Luke 12:35; Ephesians 6:14
Manna
A humbled Christ for our wilderness circumstances
John 6; Exodus 16
Measured
Appropriation or possession
Zechariah 2:2; Ezekiel 40:3-5; Revelation 11:1; 21:15
Meat
Christ as the nourishment of the new nature
1 Corinthians 10:3; John 6:27, 55
Mercy-seat
The throne of God, where in righteousness and grace, because of the sprinkled blood, Jehovah could meet His guilty people. Christ is the true mercy-seat
Exodus 25:21, 22; Leviticus 16; Romans 3:25
Mire
Pollutions of the world
2 Pet. 2:22
 
Utter moral degradation
Isaiah 10:6; Job 30:19
Milk
Elementary truth for babes in Christ
1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12
Moon
Derived light and authority
Sol. 6:10; Revelation 8:12; 12:1
 
New moon—Israel’s reappearance in the latter day
Psalms 81;3; Ezekiel 46:1
Mother
Source of religious corruption or blessing
Galatians 4:22-31; Revelation 2:20-23; 17:5
Mountain
Stability and greatness, political and moral
Daniel 2:35; Jeremiah 51:25; Psalms 125:1, 2
Mustard seed
What in itself is small and insignificant
Matthew 17:20; 13:31
Nail
Steadfast; firmly established
Isaiah 22:23-25; Zechariah 10:4; Ezra 9:8
Naked
Spiritual destitution; without Christ
Revelation 3:17, 18; 2 Corinthians 5:3
Net
Cunning contrivance
Psalms 9:15; Proverbs 1:17; Hab. 1:15, 17
Nurse
Affection and tenderness
1 Thessalonians 2:7; Numbers 11:12