ELTB Creepy Crunchies
Bugs and stuff
Flying things on all fours
These can be discerned from symbols we know from other places.
A flying thing is something intended for the air, or spirit. A crawling thing is in the flesh. It would appear that the general classification was referring to those who should be living in the spirit but who have chosen to live and work in the flesh. | |
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Locust [∞]
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. [4] Do you have a little light in you? I know a song called "This Little Light of Mine". [5] You show others that God is God when you do good things.
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Bald Locust
When Adam saw the swarming Bald Locusts piling on top of each other, he named them 'a heap of people'. If we divide the letters of its name differently it means 'the rock that finished the will of the father.' Jesus was called the Rock [1] [2]. The Bald Locust, as 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. [3] [4] 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 revealing the mystery through the cross. This is the primary lesson of the good teacher.
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Beetle [∞]
Adam named the beetle 'fear ended by teaching'. Paul calls our faith a shield [5] '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 [6]. 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.
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Grasshopper [∞]
Adam named it ‘life through the pit’. The new grasshopper looks like the old grasshopper, but smaller. 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 exchange [∞]
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. [3] 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 the evening, we are unclean until we come to the cross for forgiveness. [4]
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Carrying the carcase |
Creeping things
Creeping things are those things which reproduce quickly. The things listed will all be things that God does not want to spread. [1]}} | |
creeping things... on the earth sharats שרץ::[[Ph שרץ | Ph שרץ]] d_שרץ D שרץ σ [[s_שרץ|S שרץ]] ₣ [[n_שרץ|N שרץ]] - increase abundantly [in the flesh] [2], the ox shur שר death ץ. |
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The weasel represents the teaching of this age, or this world.
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The mouse is a symbol of the abounding flesh. |
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Some shield themselves from God, such as refusing to read the New Testament, or refusing to read the Bible.
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The whole of creation groans as a result of it's own sin [1] The ferret reminds us.
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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 ded authors who were not alive in the spirit. |