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	HIDDEN LDS/JEWISH INSIGHTS #39 New Testament Gospel Doctrine Supplement by Daniel Rona Weekly E-mail Reminder << FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS >> Ephesians ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1.) "EPHESIANS IS AN EPISTLE FOR ALL THE WORLD" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ". . . for Jew and Gentile, for husband and wife, for parent and child, for master and servant. It was the mind and will of God in Paul's day; it is the voice of inspiration in our day . . . some of Paul's best writing . . . a document that deals with fundamentals, with the gospel of God in all its saving glory." *(Bruce R. McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, Vol.2, p.489)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2.) OBSESSIONS WITH WOMEN GODS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Challenges in Ephesus included the religion of worshiping Diana, the goddess of fertility. Female gods became popular, such as goddesses of victory, a fish goddess (mermaid), and one connected with fertility, Astarte. This goddess was later known as Ashteroth (the word Easter seems to have been derived from Astarte). Ephesus had a large business surrounding the popular goddess Diana. The subsequent veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, beginning in Ephesus became a counterfeit substitute for the Diana religion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (3.) SYMBOLIC SEVEN: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seven is a prime number and is very symbolic in the Bible. The two annual holy seasons celebrating the deliverance of Israel, Passover (in the Spring) and Sukkoth (in the Fall) are seven days in length. ". . . orderliness is also conveyed by . . . numbers, especially the number seven. The first verse of Genesis in the Hebrew text contains seven words . . . the term ‘seventh day’ is mentioned in each of three seven word phrases." *(Encyclopedia Judaica Jr.)* ". . . Latter-day Saints follow a sequence of seven main dispensations (Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Christ and his apostles, and Joseph Smith) . . ." *(Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.1, Covenants in Biblical Times)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (4.) SEVEN APPLIES TO PURIFICATION – THROUGH TO THE LAST DAYS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It took seven days of rain to cover the earth to cleanse it in Noah’s time. Lepers, priests, women, and sacrifices required seven days of purification. Seven dispensations are a type of a purification preparing for the Lord’s arrival in the last days. Paul speaks of the last days and today, modern religious feelings indicate that the last days are at hand. Rabbi Abraham Cohen Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in Erez (land) Israel noted the arrival of the beginning of the last days . . . the return to Erez Israel marked the beginning of divine redemption (athalta di-ge'ullah)." *(Encyclopedia Judaica Jr.)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (5.) "WE WANT MESSIAH NOW!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This slogan, plus "Prepare for The Imminent Arrival of The Messiah," are bright yellow banners prominently posted in Israel’s Orthodox community. Various leaders of Islam have also proclaimed the imminent return of Mohammed along with Jesus in what they sense are the "last days." Christianity is generally geared to the imminent return of Jesus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (6.) BUILDING IS A METAPHOR: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sometimes it is used to denote the structure and stability of the Lord’s organization in the "last days." ". . . built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together . . ." *(Ephesians 2:19-22)* Visualize an image of a building fitly framed with all parts of it functioning and without apparent holes or breaks in it like an eastern building style, a pyramid. Its chief cornerstone is the capstone. It can be separated and the building is still "fitly framed," like a U.S. one dollar bill’s image. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (7.) RIGHTEOUS ARMOR: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul’s family teachings include sexual purity and propriety as a piece of righteous armor. The constant perfecting of ourselves and the family members around us spreads to the community around us. It establishes a ripple that affects all the world.
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