JESUS
CHRIST IS THE AXE HEAD, YOU ARE THE WOODEN HANDLE,
AND
GOD IS THE WIELDER
03-27-22
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THE
OLD TESTAMENT
(2
Kings 6:1-3)
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place
where we
dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee,
unto
Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place
there,
where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be
content, I
pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
(2
Kings 6:1-3)
And the sons of the prophets [Heb: men inspired
(by God)]
[from one of the schools of the prophets (like Bethel and Jericho (2
Kings
2:3,5)] said unto Elisha [their teacher, a type
and shadow
of Jesus Christ], Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee
is
too strait [Heb: tight, narrow: small] [i.e., worldly
versus
infinite, in a spiritual sense] for us [1]. Let
us go [proceed, step by step (class by class, grade by
grade)],
we pray thee, unto [the river] Jordan
[Heb:
(the) descender] [a type and shadow of the Holy Spirit; separating the wilderness
from the Promised Land (Israel), separating the wild people
from the properly
trained domesticated people (servants and friends), i.e., Let us
mature, come
closer to the Holy Spirit] [2], and take thence [Heb:
there] [take understanding to ourselves and
become]
every man a beam [Heb: a
(wooden)
rafter] [a fashioned (taught) instrument of God, that serves to
support
the roof (covering), the Christ of the Kingdom of Heaven/God],
and let
us make us a place [Heb: a standing, a spot; fig. a
condition (of
body or mind)] [in our thoughts] there
[with the
Holy Spirit], where we may dwell [Heb: to sit
down (spec.
as judge); remain, settle: marry] [i.e., become “one” again
with
the Holy Spirit]. And he [Elisha] answered, Go
ye. And
one said, Be content [pleased, satisfied, happy]
I pray
thee, and go with thy servants [Heb: bonded men].
And he answered, I will go.
1.
(1 Cor
6:2,3) Do ye not know
that the saints shall judge the world [Gk: kosmos;
“cosmos”
(universe)]? and if the world [universe] shall
be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know
ye not that we shall judge [bad, evil, fallen eternally
unrestored] angels [Gk: messengers (messages)]?
how much more things that pertain to this life?
2.
(Prov
22:6) Train up [educate]
a child in the way [Heb: road (as trodden); fig. a
course of life
or mode of action: path] he should go: and when he is
old, he
will not depart from it.
(2 Kings 6:4-7) So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan,
they cut down
wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the
water: and
he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man
of God
said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a
stick, and
cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Therefore said he, Take
it up
to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
(2
Kings 6:4-7)
So he [Elisha (Jesus Christ)] went with them
[with
his students, disciples]. And when they came to [the
river]
Jordan, they cut down [in the sense of humbled] wood
[Heb: trees] [1]. But as one was felling a beam, the
axe
head [Jesus Christ] fell into the water [a
prophecy of the death of Jesus Christ who died for the man (us)]:
and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed
[and now separated from me]. And the man of God
said, Where
fell it? And he [the plaintive man] shewed him [Elisha]
the place. And he [the man of God] cut down a stick
[Heb:
a tree], and cast it [the stick, i.e., himself (a type
of Jonah
1:12,15)] in thither [into the water of the Holy Spirit];
and
the iron [symbol of judgment] did swim [(was
resurrected), rose up to the top of the water, and attached Himself to
the
stick (the man), forming a cross (the axe in look and function)]. Therefore
said he [Elisha (Jesus Christ)], Take it up to thee.
And he
put out [extended] his hand [2],
and took
it [Heb: received it] [3].
1.
(Psa
1:1-3) Blessed is the
man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in
the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But
his delight [happiness, joy] is in the law
of the
LORD [i.e., in the Bible]; and in his law [Bible]
doth he meditate [Heb: ponder (think): study] day
and
night. And he shall be like a tree planted [Heb:
transplanted]
[from where??] by the rivers of water [the Holy
Spirit],
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf [covering]
also shall not wither [Heb: fall away, faint; fig. be
foolish or
morally wicked]; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper
[Heb: be good, be profitable] [for who??].
2.
(2 Tim
2:15) Study [Gk:
to make an effort, be earnest: labor] to shew
[Gk:
exhibit] thyself approved unto God, a workman [Gk:
a toiler; fig. a teacher] that needeth not to be ashamed
[embarrassed,
mortified], rightly dividing [Gk: make a
straight cut;
fig. to dissect (expound) correctly (the devine message)] [as a
surgeon
with a sharp scalpel] the word [Gk: logos;
something said (including the thought)] [the seed] of truth.
a.
(Luke
8:11) Now the parable is
this: The seed is the word [Gk: logos;
something said
(including the thought)] of God.
3.
(Luke
9:23-25) And he [Jesus
Christ] said to them all, If any man will come after [Gk:
follow] me, let him deny himself [i.e.,
deny the
“cares and riches and pleasures of this life” Luke 8:14], and
take up
his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will
save his
life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake
[i.e., will deny his worldly life for Me, i.e., “present your bodies a
living sacrifice” Rom 12:1], the same shall save it. For
what is a man advantaged [Gk: benefited: profited],
if
he [temporarily] gain the whole world
[Gk: “cosmos” (universe)], and lose himself [Gk:
be
destroyed fully], or be cast away [from God
(from eternal Love)]?
THE
NEW TESTAMENT
(Matt
3:10-12)
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore
every tree
which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after
me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize
you with
the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he
will
throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he
will
burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
(Matt
3:10-12)
And now also the axe [Jesus Christ, the carpenter who
is the cutting
iron head attached (bound, bonded) to the wooden stick (man-servant)]
is
laid unto the root of the trees [separating the
earth-bound root from
the heaven-bound tree]: therefore every tree which bringeth
not forth good fruit [but instead bringeth forth bad (evil)
fruit]
is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I [John
the
Baptist] indeed baptize [Gk: to make whelmed
(fully wet):
wash] you with [cleansing] water [1]
unto
repentance [Gk: regret for guilt /// to think
differently,
reconsider]: but he [Jesus Christ] that cometh
after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he
shall baptize
[Gk: to make whelmed (fully wet): wash] you with the
Holy
Ghost [at Christ’s first coming, for salvation],
and with
fire [at Christ’s second coming, for purification]: Whose
fan [Gk: a winnowing fork] is in his hand [Gk:
power], and he will throughly purge [Gk: cleanse
perfectly, (specif. winnow)] his floor [Gk: a threshing
floor (as
rolled hard)] [i.e., this earth], and gather [Gk:
to lead
together: assemble] his wheat into the garner
[Gk:
barn] [a wooden (trees, men) structure, a type of church, “the
tabernacle of
God” (Rev 21:3) built-up of priest-boards]; but he will burn
up
[Gk: consume wholly] the chaff [Dict.: the husks
of wheat
or other grain separated in threshing or winnowing] with
unquenchable
fire [manifested as thermo-nuclear war].
(Eph 5:25-28) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the
church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify
[Gk:
to make holy; purify]
and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the word
[Gk: rhema; revelations] [a type of baptism], That he might present it [the
Bride, i.e., us]
to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that
it should be holy and without blemish. So ought
men to
love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth
himself [for
“they two shall be one flesh” Eph 5:31].
Amen