Title: Making the Invisible Visible: The Function of Scripture's Imagery (Naked Mole Rat)

Topic: Word

Summary: We used a bizarre analogy of naked mole rats to talk about how little we experience without the Lord's help. We particularly focus on baptism, the blood of Christ, repentance, and the remission of sins.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Romans 3:25
Ephesians 1
Colossians 1:14
Matthew 26:27-28
Acts of the Apostles 2:38; 5:30-31
Mark 1:4
Luke 2:3, 24-46
Acts of the Apostles 26:15-18
Colossians 1:9
Romans 1:19; 11:33
1 Corinthians 2:9; 13:9-12
Ephesians 1:17-18; 3:8-10
1 Timothy 1:16-17
John 1:14-18
Joel 2:23, 28-32

7048. 'And He ceased from him' means that they were allowed to be representative. This is clear from the meaning of 'ceasing from him', that is to say, from killing him, as their being allowed to be representative. For the statement that Jehovah sought to kill him meant that a representative Church could not be established among that nation, 7043, and therefore when it says here that 'He ceased from him' the meaning is that they were allowed to be representative, that is, a representative of the Church, but no actual Church was allowed to be established among that nation. It is one thing to represent a Church, and another to be an actual Church, as is evident from the fact that even those who are wicked can represent a Church, but only the good can actually be a Church; for representing a Church is something entirely external, see 3670, 4208, 4281.