FOLLOW
THE FIRE
07-25-21
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LEST AN
UNCLEAN SPIRIT ATTEMPT TO DETER YOU
(Mark
5:1-5) And they [Jesus and His disciples] came over [eastward
via their Gospel ship] unto the other side of the sea [a
symbol of humanity], into the country of the Gadarenes [1]. And
when he [Jesus] was come out of the ship
[the ship
of life], immediately there met him out of the tombs
[the
tombs of death] [2] a man with an unclean
[Gk:
(uncleansed); impure; specif. demonic: foul] spirit
[an angel,
i.e., a fallen angel] [3,4], Who had his
[rather than
“their,” thereby indicating “oneness”] dwelling
among the
tombs [the graveyard (cemetery)] [i.e., the dead memories
of sins];
and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because
that
he had been often bound with fetters and chains [by men],
and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters
broken
in pieces: neither could any man tame him [5]. And
always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the
tombs, crying
[Gk: screaming, shrieking], and cutting himself [6]
with stones [symbols of the Law].
1.
Commentary:
“the Gadarenes”
= a land in the wilderness
east of the Promised Land (a type and shadow of Heaven) and
east of the river Jordan (a type and shadow of the
Holy
Spirit guarding the Promised Land) which the tribes of Gad and
Reuben
and half the tribe of Manasseh asked for and received from Joshua
(a
type and shadow of Jesus Christ) instead of his offer
of land
in the Promised Land. An offer from Joshua that the tribes of
Gad and
Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh refused, esteeming the
land in
the wilderness better (richer, more fertile, more to their
liking)
than the as yet unexperienced Promised Land west of the river Jordan.
This choice of where to “live” is something to personally
think
about, like Lot who “lingered” (Gen 19:16), and Moses
who,
“as seeing him who is invisible” (Heb 11:24-26), did not linger.
2.
tombs
= Gk: a remembrance (place of interment): grave.
3.
(Psa
104:4) [God] Who
maketh his angels [Heb: messengers] spirits;
his
ministers a flaming fire: [the messages of God are
delivered in
the fire of Holy Words by good angels who are spirits]
4.
(Heb
1:7) And of the angels he [God]
saith, Who maketh his angels [Gk: messengers] spirits,
and his ministers a flame of fire. [the messages of
Satan
are delivered in unclean words by evil angels who are spirits]
5.
tame
= Dict: 1. changed from a wild to a domesticated state,
as
animals trained for use by man or as pets. 2. like a domesticated
animal in
nature [temperment]; gentle and easy to control; docile.
6.
Commentary:
“cutting himself”
= Why? Because he knew, (subconsciously) in his heart of hearts, in
his collective
unconsciousness, that he was a sinner being continually controlled
by
unclean spirits (devils, demons, fallen angels), but the Lord God has
provided
“a way to escape.”
A
WAY TO ESCAPE
(Mark
5:6-9)
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he [the good of
his spirit
in ascendency] ran and worshipped him [1], And
[the evil of his spirit in ascendecy] cried [Gk:
screamed, shrieked] with a loud voice, and said, What
have I
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure
thee [until
I am judged] by God, that thou torment me not. For he [Jesus]
said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean [Gk:
(uncleansed); impure; specif. demonic: foul] spirit
[i.e.,
a fallen angel] [2,3]. And he [Jesus] asked
him, What
is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion [a
Roman Legion numbered about 6,000 soldiers/warriors]: for we
are many.
1.
(1 Cor
10:13) There hath no temptation [“no trial regarded
as
enticing to sin” Amplif.] taken you [“that is
beyond human
resistance” Amplif.] but such as is common to man: but
God is
faithful, who will not suffer [Gk: permit] you to
be
tempted [Gk: tested] above that ye are able [to
overcome]; but will with the temptation also make a way to
escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
THE
PILLAR OF FIRE
(Exo
13:20-22)
And [in their escape from Egypt] they [the
Hebrew people]
took their journey from Succoth [Heb: (in)
tents],
and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness [of
Sinai
near Suez bordering the Red Sea]. And the LORD went
before
them by day in a pillar of a cloud [Heb: a cloud (as
covering
the sky)] [for their protection from the Holy heat of the LORD],
to
lead them [on] the way [to
the
Promised Land (to Heaven)]; and by night [the
LORD went
before them] in a pillar of fire, to give them light
[Heb:
illumination: kindle, set (them) on fire]; to go
[on their
journey] by day and night: He took not away
the
pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night,
from
before [Heb: (from) in front of] the people.
FOR OUR
GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE
(Deut
4:22-24)
But I [Moses] [1] must die in this land [because
“he smote the rock twice” Num 20:11], I must not go over
Jordan: but
ye shall go over, and possess that good land [i.e.
the
Promised Land, Heaven]. Take heed [Heb:
beware] unto
yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your
God, which
he made with you, and make you a graven image [Heb: an
idol: a carved
image], or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy
God hath
forbidden thee. For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire,
even
a jealous God.
1.
Moses =
Heb:
drawn out
(of the water), rescued.
a.
(Gen
1:1-3) In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. And the
earth was without form, and void; and darkness [Heb:
the dark;
fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness] was
upon the face of the deep [Heb: an abyss (a surging mass of
water)].
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light [Heb: illumination
(happiness)]:
and there was light [that was drawn out of the waters].
b.
Where
did the Light (fire) come from?
2.
(Heb:
12:29) For our God is a consuming fire.
Amen
FOLLOW
THE FIRE