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       Principal Things
       By: Piper Date: April 22, 2015, 12:03 pm
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       [font=trebuchet ms](note: I had to misspell grraappe, because
       the forum kept censoring the last 4 letters of the word.)
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       Hi, Colin.  Don't let anyone steal your joy!  Keep searching.
       :)
       I have some notes from Sirach, I thought you might like to
       comment on.  If not, you can toss this thread . . .
       Anyway, here goes . . .
       The principal things for the whole use of man's life; all of
       these things are for good to the godly; so to the sinners they
       are turned into evil:
       water
       fire
       iron
       salt
       flour of wheat
       honey
       milk
       blood of grraappe
       oil
       clothing
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       I assume this refers to spiritual interpretation of Scripture.
       Take "fire" for example; I think of Holy Fire, which refines,
       and then there is fire which destroys.  Also "clothing"; there
       are robes of righteousness and skins of beast.  "Salt"; there is
       salt of the earth and pillars of salt.
       Can you think of similar examples?[/font]
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Colin Feener Date: April 23, 2015, 10:12 pm
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       Piper my sister in truth. I only see these things as good and
       for the good use knowing and understanding God but worthless to
       the man who only thinks as the evil one. You notice that as we
       come to see the men of scripture each has a higher teaching in
       the same words and this is the man's angel there and then as you
       say, all these principle things are for the good and for use in
       walking in the truth of God. We can go over them if you wish but
       I think you already understand them and what each one of them
       is. I love you Piper and right now I love the Lord so much and
       in that way of I'm just is awe all the time. I see so much and
       the more he shoes me the more I love it. I started just trying
       to explain the revelation of Jesus Christ as in the book. I
       didn't expect to love it so much and this time the Lord is
       directing me. I will write some teachings soon but need to
       finish what I set out to do. I know you see these things too but
       I love it so so much now Piper and no longer care if others like
       it or not. I just love the word and the Lord and I know I will
       forever.
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Piper Date: April 24, 2015, 1:20 am
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       [font=trebuchet ms]Colin, do you understand "iron"?[/font]
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Colin Feener Date: April 24, 2015, 7:07 am
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       Ya Piper. Of the PRINCIPAL things as you  wrote, The things
       valuable are as silver and Gold like wisdom and understanding
       but the things of the earth used for weapons and such are Iron
       and brass. So the man of war or with the sword wears brass shoes
       and the iron sword or spear so to the man of peace its wisdom
       and understanding like silver and gold but to the other , their
       wisdom and understanding is iron and brass and togeather they
       are brazen ( mean spirited.) Love you sister,
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Piper Date: April 24, 2015, 7:29 am
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       [font=trebuchet ms]"Water" could be Living Water or it could be
       flood waters.  The waters are parted and the man of God is not
       overcome.
       I don't understand "flour of wheat", Colin.  Do you?[/font]
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Colin Feener Date: April 24, 2015, 9:47 pm
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       Piper, I know you can get that. Just meditate on it sister.
       Like, daily bread and bread from heaven but when they hungered
       for God the speaker would make the wheat cake and the teaching
       used from flour of wheat. The seed was spoken of as wheat in
       their parables of that sort or say their hidden teachings. I'm
       so happy to see you there you know. I love you Piper. You don't
       see that used much in the new testament. The book of revelation
       is freaking me out Piper and this time I love it more then ever
       and the Lord is teaching me and there is so much there.
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Piper Date: April 24, 2015, 10:50 pm
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       [font=trebuchet ms]I thought of the wheat and the chaff.  The
       wheat is gathered and the chaff is burned.
       Honey.  I've only ever thought of honey as good.  Will think on
       honey next.
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Kerry Date: April 25, 2015, 5:23 am
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       Here's something to think about.  We give milk to babies; but
       honey can kill babies.   :)
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       Re: Principal Things
       By: Colin Feener Date: April 28, 2015, 10:02 pm
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       I was just thinking about the vine and the branches and it
       made me think of the blood of grapes. The blood of grapes I
       would say is the teachings of the priests and God's anointed
       ones when they appear once in a while. The people of the family
       of God and their people like the people of Israel are the grapes
       and their teachings are put over the altar and sometimes
       sprinkled over the people meaning taught and little bites passed
       out in church or back then in the tents or temples. Israel and
       their people were God's people and they we as a great cluster of
       grapes to God. Something like the tree the vine produced sons
       for God just like we can be as sons of God and the fruit of
       their knowledge was the Spirit and so they we like grapes and as
       we feed God's people we feed God and as his family grows, he
       grows just as it is with us and Jesus.  That is as the vineyard,
       the iniquity is as the sea of iniquity and as those waters
       receide, dry land appears where the vineyard is started and we
       know Jesus is the vine and the disciples were the branches and
       together they produce children for the family of God and they
       are the grasps and the teachings they put over the altar are the
       blood, the blood of grapes. makes me also think of Abel and how
       his blood cried out from the earth after Cain slew him. His
       blood too was shed and righteous he was but after that his
       blood, his teachings were then of earthly sort and no longer
       spiritual.
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