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| 1 And seven women will take hold of one man, in that day, saying, Our own bread, will we eat, And, our own apparel, will we wear,–Only, let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. |
In that day – An expression usually referring to the closing period of the Gospel age with its time of trouble and general church and world confusion. CR409:1
Seven women – The complete nominal church, Babylon the great and all her daughters. R295:2; Q851:2; CR413:2
None of them has his approval. CR408:3
Take hold of one man – Christ Jesus. Q851:2; R295:2; CR413:3
Eat our own bread – Which the world supplies. R295:2
Made with the leaven of false doctrine. R5111:4
For the doctrines of Christ they care nothing. CR413:3
Our own apparel – The filthy rags of their own righteousness. R295:2
For any thought of redemption and covering of sins through Christ they care nothing. CR413:3
Called by thy name – They assume the name Christ, and call their organizations, Christian churches. R295:2; Q851:2; R413:3
Away our reproach – That we are not the true Church, because of worldliness. R295:3; Q851:2
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| 2 In that day, Shall, the Bud of Yahweh, become beautiful and glorious,–And, the Fruit of the Land, splendid and majestic, To the escaped of Israel. |
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| 3 And it shall come to pass–He that is left in Zion, And, he that remaineth in Jerusalem, Shall be called, holy,–Everyone written unto life in Jerusalem. |
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| 4 When My Lord shall have bathed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And, the blood-guiltiness of Jerusalem, he shall wash away out of her midst,–By the spirit of judgment, and, By the spirit of thorough cleansing, |
Daughters of Zion – Spiritual Israel. R1648:3; D23
Judgment ... burning – The double cleansing process. R3568:5*
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| 5 Then will Yahweh, create–Over all the home of Mount Zion and, Over her assembly, A cloud by day, and a smoke, And the shining of a fire-flame, by night,–For, over all the glory, shall be a canopy; |
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| 6 And, a pavilion, shall there be, For a shade by day, from the heat,–and, For a refuge, and for a shelter, from storm and from rain. |
A tabernacle – Wherever there are one or more consecrated hearts there is a dwelling place of God. R2080:3
From the heat – Where the heart may rest its burdens and find refreshment. R2080:3
From storm – From the storms of life. R2080:3
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