ELTB 2.0700

Camel	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
The camel is an unclean animal. The Hebrews did not eat it because it didn’t have a separated hoof ^{[n 1]}. The camel is a symbol of a judge. ^{[v 1]}^{[p 1]}^{[n 2]}^{[s 1]}^{[s 2]}^{[s 3]}	Notes ↑ Camels walk on toes with flesh on the ground. ↑ There are four voices or roles in the play that speak for God: prophet, judge, priest, king. There are four animals that carry bread in the scriptures. The donkey and camel are two. Can you find the other two? Symbols ↑ ∞ bread ↬ the body of Christ; his finished work on the cross ↑ ∞ donkey ↬ prophet ↑ ∞ camel ↬ judge Vocabulary ↑ גמל - camel, recompense (give what is deserved)	Art ↑ Camel standing behind a judges desk with gavel. Water in his hump is the Word. he carries his own word to judge by. Questions Answers
Being an unclean animal doesn't mean that judges are bad. It just means that they teach us something that God doesn't want us to learn ^{[n 1]}.	Notes ↑ Like the tree in the garden Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
Jesus said that we should not judge, or we too will be judged. ^[1]^{[n 1]}^[2]^[3]. ^[4].	Notes ↑ Adam and Eve both ate the fruit. But only Adam's sin brought death into the world. We can't judge them because we don't know the heart Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Mt 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. ↑ ▸ ± Ge 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. ↑ ▸ ± Ro 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: ↑ ▸ ± Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Many people see God as a great and terrible judge. But he judged all of our sins on the cross of Jesus and forgave us ^[1] to show that he is also love ^[2]. When you are forgiven, there is no more judgement. ^[3]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; ↑ ▸ ± 1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. ↑ ▸ ± Ro 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
God's teachers teach his love, the Gospel, by showing his forgiveness through the cross. He doesn't want us to become judges. He wants us to forgive as he has forgiven. ^[1]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Mt 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Jesus told a story about a man who owed a lot of money to a king ^[1]. ^[2] He could never pay it back. When the king forgave him his debt, he put his neighbor in prison for owing him just a little money.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ∞ debt ↬ sin ↑ ▸ ± Mt 18:23-35
The man was shown great love through forgiveness, but then became a judge who had none. The king threw the man in prison for not also forgiving ^[1].	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ∞ not forgiving ↬ judging
We should not learn to be a judge, because if we judge, we will be judged.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers

[1] Camels walk on toes with flesh on the ground.

[4] There are four voices or roles in the play that speak for God: prophet, judge, priest, king. There are four animals that carry bread in the scriptures. The donkey and camel are two. Can you find the other two?

[5] ∞ bread ↬ the body of Christ; his finished work on the cross

[6] ∞ donkey ↬ prophet

[7] ∞ camel ↬ judge

[2] גמל - camel, recompense (give what is deserved)

[3] Camel standing behind a judges desk with gavel. Water in his hump is the Word. he carries his own word to judge by.

[8] Like the tree in the garden

[10] Adam and Eve both ate the fruit. But only Adam's sin brought death into the world. We can't judge them because we don't know the heart

[9] ▸ ± Mt 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

[11] ▸ ± Ge 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

[12] ▸ ± Ro 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

[13] ▸ ± Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

[14] ▸ ± Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

[15] ▸ ± 1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

[16] ▸ ± Ro 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

[17] ▸ ± Mt 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

[18] ∞ debt ↬ sin

[19] ▸ ± Mt 18:23-35

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