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| 1 And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou 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 is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel. |
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| 3 And it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, 'Holy' is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem. |
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| 4 If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. |
Daughters of Zion – Spiritual Israel. R1648:3; D23
Judgment ... burning – The double cleansing process. R3568:5*
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| 5 Then hath Jehovah prepared Over every fixed place of Mount Zion, And over her convocations, A cloud by day, and smoke, And the shining of a flaming fire by night, That, over all honour a safe-guard, |
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| 6 And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation 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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