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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Thursday, April three,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's Word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our new

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lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our

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caption for today is figurative or literal or literal. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.

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Bather and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new

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day and for the privilege that you have entrusted to

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us to open your word again. And I'm asking you

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to please give us unusual understanding, teach us how to

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apply these truths to our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again, figurative or literal. Now, we don't

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have an hour to invest together, and so I'm going

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to do my best with the time by applying some principles. Okay,

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So I'm going to give you a few principles, beginning

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with let the Bible define its symbols. Let the Bible

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define its symbols. And the Bible reads in First Corinthians,

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chapter two and verse thirteen, which things also we speak

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not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which

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the Holy Ghost teacheth. Comparing spiritual things with spiritual You see,

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sometimes human beings have a tendency to make up stuff

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as we go along. Even people who speak what I say,

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what I call Christianese, like human beings, have a tendency

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of making things up, comparing all sorts of things that

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seem to be related to what God is saying in

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the scriptures. But the Bible is teaching us very plainly

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that we are by the Holy Ghost not to rely

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on human wisdom, but to compare spiritual things with spiritual

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Number two, there is consistent Bible usage that we need

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to observe when God is showing us a symbol as

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an example of horns in symbolic Bible prophecy Daniel chapter

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seven and verse twenty four, and the ten horns out

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of this kingdom are ten kings. Now we know what

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the symbol actually means, kings? Got it consistent use the

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one that we often reference of a woman in the

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Bible Book of Jeremiah chapter six and verse two. I

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have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and

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delicate woman in this case that is a holy woman.

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But this woman in Bible prophecy is a daughter of Zion. Okay,

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symbolic Bible prophecy, I need to keep saying that, And

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then there are a few reasons for symbolic language. Number

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one is for protection. In Matthew, chapter ten and verse sixteen,

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the Bible reads, behold, I send you forth as sheep

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in the midst of wolves. Be Ye therefore wise as serpents.

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So God is giving us protection in these symbols. And

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here are some principles. Number one, avoid contemporary interpretations. Sometimes

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we try to make it fit into today's language, in

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today's concepts, so to the degree that we lose what

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God is saying. So don't use modern symbols. Stick to

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the Bible meetings, and follow the scripture's usage. Number two,

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study Bible wide context, so that means, don't squeeze our

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understanding into one passage, don't squeeze it into one or

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two books. But see what the Bible says in the

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entire scripture, and see where we can compare scripture with scripture.

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Look for consistent language in those scriptures, and then follow

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the patterns. Don't make up stuff, don't become weary, don't choose,

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and I'm saying don't a lot, because these are things

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that we do like. Don't choose to just drag it

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into our time. In twenty twenty five, before we observe

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what God is actually saying. Number three, we had to

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understand the purpose protection and persecution, deeper spiritual truth, universal application,

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and then of course there are timeless meanings and then

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guidelines for interpretation. Check the Bible usage. First, Let's see

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what the Bible actually says in its use, and then

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look for internal definitions. It's just another way of saying

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what I've said already. See what the Bible says about it,

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follow consistent patterns, and then consider what was going on

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in history, the historic historical context, and then finally, trust

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God's divine purpose. The Bible reads in two Timothy, chapter

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three and verse sixteen. All scripture is given by inspiration

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of God. That means God breathed in the same way

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that He breathed his life into us. He breathed his

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breath into their nostrils, Adam and Eve, and they became

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a living soul in the same way that you are

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living today borrowing God's breath. He breathed the truth upon

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those humans that He used as as pen men of

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what we now call the scripture. So God wants us

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to understand the symbols do have meaning, and truth can

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be known and wisdom is available. I know I've said

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a lot. I've said a lot because this lesson wasn't

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designed to be handled in just ten minutes. But you

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can rewind and then play it over, okay. And so

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the lesson writer wanted us to look for the meanings

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of some specific symbols in this listing. In the middle

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of the lesson, look up the following texts, allowing the

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Bible to be its own interpreter. What is the prophetic

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symbol common in the texts in each case, and what

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does the Bible say that it represents? Okay? And so

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the first symbol that is in Daniel seven and verse seven,

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Daniel eight and verse three, Daniel seven and verse twenty four,

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beasts and horns. Beasts and horns, what do they represent?

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Kingdoms or political powers? Okay? The second one the sword

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in Revelation chapter one, verse sixteen, Ephijians six and verse seventeen,

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and Hebrews chapter four and verse two. And I'll read

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this one, for the Word of God is quick and

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powerful and sharper than any two edged sword. And so

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here the sword represents what the Word of God. Okay,

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let's keep going. Let's keep going. And then number three,

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a pure woman, a pure woman Revelation chapter twelve and

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verse one. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven,

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a woman clothed in the sun, Revelation twenty one and

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verse two. The Bible says, and I John saw the

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Holy city New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,

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prepared as a bride, adorned for her husband. And so

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the city with God's people in it. And then in

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Ephiesians chapter five, verses thirty one and thirty two, it's

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a long story. These all all represent pure woman, pure woman,

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God's faithful and true people, the people of God, while

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we are faithful. And of course there is another kind

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of woman that is unfaithful, and that would be the

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harlot okay. And so this shows how Scripture does four things.

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One defines its own symbols, two maintains consistent meaning, Three

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provides internal interpretation. And then for and final builds systematic understanding.

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We said a lot in just a few minutes, but

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these are foundational to our understanding of symbolic Bible prophecy. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,