That oil denotes good, may be seen above (AC 886) lamps denote love.īack to Words index, Back to Artifact words index Author: E. That the wise took oil in their vessels, denotes that there was good in truths, and thus charity in faith. 25:4), by the virgins are signified affections. ![]() In the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom took oil in their vessels with their lamps, while the foolish did not ( Matt. This is Balaam's parable concerning Jacob and Israel waters flowing from his buckets, signify that truths flow from knowledges. In Moses:-Īs the valleys are they planted, as gardens by the river's side waters shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be at many waters ( Num. ![]() That it is Babel that lays waste, may be seen above (AC 1327). Where an empty vessel has a similar meaning. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel hath devoured me, he hath troubled me, he hath made me an empty vessel ( Jer. 14:2, 3) Įmpty vessels denote knowledges wherein there is no truth, and also truths wherein there is no good. The cry of Jerusalem is gone up, and their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters they came to the pits, they found no waters, they returned with their vessels empty, they are ashamed ( Jer. The offering in a clean vessel is representative of the external man relatively to the internal that which brings the gift is the internal man the clean vessel is the external man that is in agreement, thus it denotes the things in the external man, which are memory-knowledges, knowledges, and doctrinal things. ![]() In ancient times, there was a wide array of skeuos, and each had a. The Bible is clear that as the Sovereign of the universe, God uses even evil people for His righteous purposes. It refers to a vessel, container, or utensil. But in 2 Timothy 2:20-21, Paul’s emphasis is on our responsibility to cleanse ourselves from the defilement of sin, especially the sin of false teaching, so that we will be vessels for honor. That vessels signify the externals of spiritual things, is also plain from other passages in the Word, as in Isaiah:-Īs the sons of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah ( Isa. The word vessels is the Greek word skeuos. The vessels of gold and of silver denote the knowledges of good and truth, which were profaned for the Chaldeans denote those who are in knowledges, but such as have been profaned by the falsities that are in them (AC 1368) so that the knowledges serve them to worship gods of gold and silver for Belshazzar is called king of the chaldeans in this same chapter ( Daniel 5:30).
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