30,474
edits
Sword: Difference between revisions
images
(Added image) |
(images) |
||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
<blockquote>[[Melchizedek]], king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God (El Elyon). And he blessed Abraham and said, “Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.” And Abraham gave him tithes of all.<ref>Gen. 14:18–20.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>[[Melchizedek]], king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God (El Elyon). And he blessed Abraham and said, “Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.” And Abraham gave him tithes of all.<ref>Gen. 14:18–20.</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Boyskingarthur-wyeth-excalibur-lady-of-the-lake.jpg|thumb|alt=Arthur and Merlin in a boat, a hand reaching out of the water holding a sword|King Arthur receiving Excalibur, N. C. Wyeth]] | |||
== Excalibur == | == Excalibur == | ||
| Line 68: | Line 70: | ||
<blockquote>Understand that it is a rod of sacred fire fashioned by the Divine Mother out of your own sacred life-force. Therefore, the sword that is taken from the stone of Matter is a spiritual fire. Legend would have it that it is a magic sword. Beloved, the spiritual fire does dissolve on contact all unlike itself.<ref>esus, “The Foundation of Christendom That I Have Laid.”</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Understand that it is a rod of sacred fire fashioned by the Divine Mother out of your own sacred life-force. Therefore, the sword that is taken from the stone of Matter is a spiritual fire. Legend would have it that it is a magic sword. Beloved, the spiritual fire does dissolve on contact all unlike itself.<ref>esus, “The Foundation of Christendom That I Have Laid.”</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:003.Adam and Eve Are Driven out of Eden.jpg|thumb|Adam and Eve Are Driven out of Eden, Gustave Doré]] | |||
== The sword in the Bible == | == The sword in the Bible == | ||
| Line 75: | Line 79: | ||
There are interesting connections between fire and the sword in the Bible. The Hebrew word for the blade of a sword, used in the Old Testament, also means “flame.” | There are interesting connections between fire and the sword in the Bible. The Hebrew word for the blade of a sword, used in the Old Testament, also means “flame.” | ||
Genesis depicts a sword of sacred fire for protection or defense. When the | Genesis depicts a sword of sacred fire for protection or defense. When the L<small>ORD</small> God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, he placed at the East Gate of the garden “cherubims and a flaming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”<ref>Gen. 3:24.</ref> | ||
== The science of the spoken Word == | == The science of the spoken Word == | ||
| Line 92: | Line 96: | ||
The “sharp sword” and the “fire out of the mouth” are both symbols of the science of the spoken Word. So by the raised Kundalini fire, God gives the Faithful and True and the two witnesses the authority to send forth the sacred fire. This is the sword of the Spirit that is the Word of God. | The “sharp sword” and the “fire out of the mouth” are both symbols of the science of the spoken Word. So by the raised Kundalini fire, God gives the Faithful and True and the two witnesses the authority to send forth the sacred fire. This is the sword of the Spirit that is the Word of God. | ||
[[File:0001059 archangel-micael-tiffany-2233AX 600.jpeg|thumb|Archangel Michael]] | |||
== Archangel Michael’s sword == | == Archangel Michael’s sword == | ||