320 - Leah and Rachel
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Leah and Rachel
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Of the two wives of Jacob, Leah symbolizes earthly priorities and Rachel symbolizes spiritual priorities. Jacob loved Rachel more, but we start out preferring what is meant by Leah. Over time, though, the Lord can teach us to value what is meant by Rachel.
References:
Genesis 29:15-31, 35; 30:1-2, 7-8, 22-24
1 Corinthians 2:13-16
John 2:9-10
Exodus 16:12-15
1 Samuel 18:10-11
Psalms 118:22
Jeremiah 32:2-3
Genesis 39:6-12
Daniel 6:10
Matthew 2:16
John 3:25-30
Matthew 4:8
Revelation 19:10
Luke 6:22-24, 26; 14:7-11; 22:24-27
2 Corinthians 12:10
James 1:2
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 10/18/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
1 Corinthians 2:13-16
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Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
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Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
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"For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ's mind.
