The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Oak - Plumbline
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Isaiah 1:30; 2:13; 6:13; Amos 2:9
Matthew 25:4; Leviticus 2
“Mingled with oil” — sets forth the conception of Jesus by the Holy Ghost
Anointed with oil—sets forth the truth of Acts 20:38
Fruitfulness and testimony for God
Romans 11; Judges 9:8, 9; Jeremiah 11:16
Parental forgetfulness, cruelty
Job 39:13-17; Lamentations 4:3
Thorough, sever, and unsparing judgment
Solitariness in suffering
Patience and strength for labor
1 Timothy 5:18; Psalms 144:14; 1 Corinthians 9:9
The growth and flourishing state of the righteous
Sol. 7:7, 8; Psalms 92:12
Revelation 7:9; John 12:13
The third heaven, or the immediate presence of God
Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4
The church in unity, beauty, costliness
Matthew 13:46; Revelation 21:21
Ability to support, uphold, or maintain
1 Timothy 3:15; Galatians 2:9; Revelation 3:12
Used in the construction of the tabernacle. The believer upheld and maintained by Divine power, variously employed. “Kept by the power of God”
1 Corinthians 9:10; Luke 9:62