Post by Lee on Mar 31, 2014 0:36:27 GMT
"Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars" (Prov 9:1)
In Exod. 24:4, the Twelve Tribes of Israel are typified by twelve pillars surrounding the altar. Jeremiah was made “a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.” This represented an antagonism between him and the state; but as he was likened to iron and brass, he was thereby shown to be unconquerable. It is therefore added, “and they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, saith Yahweh, to deliver thee”—ch. 1:18, 19. James, Peter and John were also pillars in the hedraioma, being with the rest, as the twelve pillars of Moses around the altar, and the future rulers of the pillar-tribes—Gal. 2:9; Matt. 19:28.
From these premises, then, we perceive quite an array of pillars pertaining to the house, or kingdom, of Elohim. They are Wisdom’s pillars. They are being “hewn out.” The work of hewing is not yet complete; but when the work is finished, and the pillars are all set up, or established, in their proper places, they will then constitute “her Seven Pillars.” It will then be said that “Wisdom hath builded her house, and she hath hewn out her seven pillars”—Prov. 9:1. The wisdom that was with Yahweh “before the earth was;” and called by John “the Word that was Deity.” Wisdom’s house is the house of the Deity, who is “the builder of all things,” commonly styled “the kingdom of God.” Those who are to possess this are the “pillars of the earth,” which in Ps. 75:4, the Spirit in Asaph says, “I have established.”
Thomas, J. (1997). Eureka: An exposition of the Apocalypse (electronic ed.). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publications.
In Exod. 24:4, the Twelve Tribes of Israel are typified by twelve pillars surrounding the altar. Jeremiah was made “a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.” This represented an antagonism between him and the state; but as he was likened to iron and brass, he was thereby shown to be unconquerable. It is therefore added, “and they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, saith Yahweh, to deliver thee”—ch. 1:18, 19. James, Peter and John were also pillars in the hedraioma, being with the rest, as the twelve pillars of Moses around the altar, and the future rulers of the pillar-tribes—Gal. 2:9; Matt. 19:28.
From these premises, then, we perceive quite an array of pillars pertaining to the house, or kingdom, of Elohim. They are Wisdom’s pillars. They are being “hewn out.” The work of hewing is not yet complete; but when the work is finished, and the pillars are all set up, or established, in their proper places, they will then constitute “her Seven Pillars.” It will then be said that “Wisdom hath builded her house, and she hath hewn out her seven pillars”—Prov. 9:1. The wisdom that was with Yahweh “before the earth was;” and called by John “the Word that was Deity.” Wisdom’s house is the house of the Deity, who is “the builder of all things,” commonly styled “the kingdom of God.” Those who are to possess this are the “pillars of the earth,” which in Ps. 75:4, the Spirit in Asaph says, “I have established.”
Thomas, J. (1997). Eureka: An exposition of the Apocalypse (electronic ed.). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publications.