87] Message Eighty-Seven: Every Day Is Heaven. P.1—we Know In The Bible Things Are Symbolic And Allegorical. And... By Joshua Aaron Guillory Comments

87] Message eighty-seven: every day is heaven.

p.1—We know in the Bible things are symbolic and allegorical. And by God's spirit, we understand how to rightly determine what is. For an example, let's use Matthew 1: 23: "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." We know that the primary point of this verse is to show us that through Jesus God is with us, instead of binding or enslaving us to the literal word Emmanuel used. Consider Jesus in John 10: 30 saying, "I and my Father are one." And likewise, John 14: 9; "Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? " Consider Lucifer, John, John the Baptist, and Venus: According to The World Book Dictionary [1971 Edition], one of the definitions for Lucifer, especially poetically, is "the planet Venus when it is the morning star." We know…, etymologically, that John and Venus are basically the same word. Just as John the Baptist prepares Jesus's way, Venus prepares the way of the Sun. Venus can be seen…, in the morning, prior to the Sun coming out. Consider an astronomical definition given by the foresaid dictionary of the planet Venus, "the most brilliant planet in the solar system, second in distance from the sun, and the planet that comes closest to the earth…" Consider Matthew 11: 11: "Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." Also, consider John 14: 28: "Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."
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