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Creepy Crunchies
The beetle comforts us from fear. Perfect love casts out fear [1]. The beetle suggests that love accomplishes this by teaching. As we learn who God is and that he is in control we can trust him and not fear in the midst of any circumstance.- beetle chargol חרגל - fear חרג ended by teaching ל.
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ELTB CC 4-5 [∞]
These are symbols used in the play: The flying things were created to fly or live in the air. They represent characteristics of the spirit. Our spirit is supposed to love God. The ground represents the flesh.
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ELTB CC 6-7 [∞]
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ELTB CC 8-9 [∞]
A flying thing is something intended for the air, or spirit. A crawling thing represents someone behaving selfishly or 'in the flesh'. It would appear that the the flying things that crawl should be living as though they love God but who have chosen to live and work loving themselves first. In the play, when the hands (works) and feet (life) are in the flesh (on the ground), it is disgusting. [2] We can crawl around for fun and there is nothing wrong with it. The flying things as actors, teach that we are intended to live in the spirit, or to love God. But when they crawl on the stage, it says that people who are supposed to love God, are loving themselves. The Hebrew word for 'creep' also means to multiply. It is worse when teachers teach their children to live loving themselves first. We should love God first and our neighbors. [3] People who choose to live in the flesh and raise children in the flesh, should not be our teachers. [4]
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Leaping into the air, makes them look like they are striving to live in the spirit. These are people who get angry, or frustrated; they may be selfish sometimes; they may forget God from time to time. But they want to do better. So they ask God for help, and try to be good. We are like that sometimes, and God knows our heart. The word 'leg' also means 'kneeling' as if praying. These insects may look like they are praying as they eat. Praying is a good practice if you want to know God better. The word for 'leaping' also means 'stripping off' or 'tremble'. The apostle Paul said to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" as we strip off the old man. [2] He calls the flesh the 'old man'.
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Light is a symbol of holiness. Though the locust spends much time on the ground, it jumps to get off the ground, and it appears to have light inside. We sometimes spend much time just living and not thinking about God. Then when we realize he is there, we jump at the chance to praise him or talk with him. As we learn to enjoy the presence of God, we want to spend more time with him. [1] Do you have a little light in you? I know a song called "This Little Light of Mine". [2] You show others that God is God and he is good when you do good things.
Jesus was called the Rock [3] [4]. The Bald Locust, representing the Rock, teaches us to see Christ in all the scriptures. Every verse of every chapter of every book of the Old Testament participates in a hidden teaching of Jesus. [5] [6] Many people will mock the idea that all the scriptures speak of Christ because they can't see him there. Would you try to learn to fix cars from a guy who says cars can't be fixed, or from one who can teach you how? The bald locust is a reminder of the completed work of Christ. Not only did he complete the work of salvation, but he completes the work of showing the Father by revealing the mystery in the play. This is the primary lesson of the good teacher. The good teacher may teach us how to be good, but it is more important that he teaches us about the love of the Father.
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Adam named the beetle 'fear ended by teaching'. Paul calls our faith a shield. [1] 'Faith' means to trust. When we trust God to take care of us, we have no need to fear. This kind of trust starts with his love. Perfect love casts out fear [2]. The beetle suggests that love accomplishes this by teaching. As we learn who God is and that he is in control we can trust him and not fear in the midst of any circumstance.
Adam named it 'life through the pit'. The new grasshopper looks like the old grasshopper, but different. Other insects produce larvae looking like worms which have to change. When Jesus rose from the dead, he didn't become a new baby. He looked the same as he did before, just different. His friends could still see the scars in his hands and side. The grasshopper, like a good teacher, reminds us that Jesus is alive.
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The word 'touch' also means 'strike' in Hebrew. The religious rulers and the Romans beat Jesus before he was hung on the cross. When the evening came, the soldiers beat the other two men on crosses to break their legs. But Jesus had been been made to be sin. He was an abomination like the dead bugs. Since he was already dead, they did not strike him again. The evening is the symbol of the cross where grace meets judgement. The sins of man are covered by the death of the Son. In the play, whoever needs forgiveness is unclean until he evening, we are unclean until we come to the cross for forgiveness. [3]
ELTB CC Carrying the carcass [∞]
Let's see what some of the words mean:
Whoever brags about doing the things the dietary law told us not to do needs forgiveness offered by Jesus. In the play they would wait until evening. Since the evening represents the cross, we must wash, or change our thinking so that we agree with God that what we did was wrong. Afterwards, we wait until evening by approaching Christ for forgiveness.
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Though the weasel is not a large animal, it knows how to succeed by stealth, deceit, and viciousness. Adam named it 'understanding the teaching of this age'. Some animals are stealthy and sneak up on their prey. Some are vicious, and some have methods of deceit and camouflage. The weasel seems to have learned from them all. The world teaches us to succeed at any cost; no matter who we hurt. God teaches us to love.
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The mouse represents the person who chases fun and pleasure in the world at the expense of God. He thinks of only himself. He is the person who makes jokes at others' expense. He doesn't care if he hurts their feelings as long as he thinks it's funny and others laugh too.
Adam named him 'righteousness revealed from God to man.' This is a curious name. This name shows us that Adam knew that the unrighteous would be afraid of God. When you have done something bad, you might be afraid of your parents. Later, when Adam disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit, he hid from God. Some people shield themselves from God by refusing to read the Bible. They think if they don't know what God said, they don't have to worry about it.
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Innocence is not a bad thing. It is where we begin to learn. But if we never learn and are always ignorant, then it is a bad thing. God wants us to continue to learn about him. People will tell you that God is so great that there is a lot we could know, but if you ask them, they can't tell you very much. Perhaps the ferret represents them. Perhaps you could start a list of things you know about God, and add to it as you learn new things. All the books in the world could not contain all that there is to know about God.
People do this too. When they get angry or scared they may jump to their feet, or raise their arms to make themselves look big. They may put their elbows out to make them look wider. Sometimes they open their mouth to look mean and snarly. And often they can just raise their voice, making it loud and deep. With 'biting teeth' a symbol of legalism, they use condemnation to make you feel small. Strength and force, are not the ways of God. Bullies act in the flesh, not in the spirit. God is patient, and kind. He calls to us, entices us and encourages us. He doesn't force us. [2].
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While they are still cold, sometimes insects will pass them on the rock and they don’t even try to eat. Adam named the lizard ‘death of wanting’, like the lizard just didn't want to do anything. It must have been a cold day that day. The lizard represents those whose desire for God has become dead. They don’t even want or try to know him. Sometimes people get hurt so much they just don’t care about anything. They may know that God loves them and whispers to them, but the hurt is so much his voice gets drowned out by their own voice in their head screaming. God says at times like this, “Be still, and know that I am God.” [1] lizard leta’ah לטאה - myrrh [death] לט of yearning אה
The mole represents those who have died desolate, or unfruitful. Some authors have written good books that never get read, some have bad books that never get read. The mole is suggestive of dead authors who never changed anyone's life; they were unfruitful. They died 'desolate'. There are many books and videos. Much of it is not useful for anything. They just waste our time. We should avoid moles so that we too do not die desolate.
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Reason with me and you decide. Here is the evidence for a snail.
Evidence for chomet being a lizard:
I think it is a lizard. If so, then it would represent those who have to learn the hard way. We can learn not to touch the stove the easy way; by listening to mom, or we can learn the hard way, by touching it and burning a finger. Since mom and God love us, they want us to learn the easy way.
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Using the Chameleon he said we should be kind to others and not bully them to make ourselves feel big by making them feel small. The weasel tells us we shouldn't try to succeed by doing bad things to others. He said we were meant to live in the spirit as a flying thing, but he knows sometimes we have problems. He still loves us because he knows we try, like the jumping grasshoppers and locusts, and pray to ask for his help. And he told us not to brag about our sin by saying the actors couldn't carry the dead insects. From the Beetle he told us not to be afraid because he shields us. He encourages us to know him better through his word by not being like the tortoise. He warned us about wasting our time with things that don't produce life by the mole. He did not make us and leave us alone to find our own way. He gave us loving guidance all through the Bible. This look at creeping things is just a small part of what he wants us to know about him.
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Grasshopper
The grasshopper reminds us of those people who preach the gospel of life through the resurrection of Christ. The 'great and terrible day of the Lord' [1] was the day of the cross. It was a terrible day because the wrath of God was poured out on the sin of mankind born by the flesh of Christ Jesus. But it was a great day as the source of eternal life.
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The exchange
Le 11:23 But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you. Le 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. . The evening is the symbol of the cross where grace meets judgement. The sins of man are covered by the works of the Son. Whoever needs forgiveness is unclean until he comes to the cross. [1]
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Carrying the carcase [∞]
Whoever brags on sin needs forgiveness offered by Jesus through the cross. If they follow the bad teachers, they shall cleanse their minds and works through the word of God.
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ELTH CC 6-7 Flying things on all fours
Creeping things
Le 11:29-31 These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Creeping things are those things which reproduce quickly. The things listed will all be things that God does not want to spread. creeping things... on the earth sharats שרץ - increase abundantly [in the flesh], the ox shur שר death ץ. |
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Weasel The weasel represents the teaching of this age, or this world. The world teaches us to succeed. God teaches us to love.
Mouse The mouse is a symbol of the abounding flesh. The mouse chases his success.
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Tortoise Some shield themselves from God, such as refusing to read the New Testament, or refusing to read the Bible.
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Ferret The ferret makes all kinds of noises: whimpering, whining, screeching, screaming, barking, snoring. Perhaps Adam heard one sound like he was groaning and named him that. The whole earth groaned until Jesus came for us. [1]
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Might and power are the opposite of the spirit [1].
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The lizard represents those whose desire for God has become dead.
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The mole represents those who have died desolate. Suggestive of dead authors who were not alive in the spirit. |