Bible Encyclopedia: Ambassadors: Figurative

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On the Holy Spirit
... open and free on God's part, and not at all disguised by his ambassadors. ... a
"righteousness of God," but in a sense somewhat improper and figurative; and others ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 141 on the holy.htm

The History of the Prophetic Sermons, Epistles, and Apocalypses
... 2), so the Hebrew prophets became Jehovah's heralds and ambassadors, announcing
by ... habit of presenting prophetic truth in the highly figurative, symbolic form ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/vii the history of the.htm

"Nineveh, that Great City"
... full of lies and robbery." In figurative language the prophet Nahum compared the ...
Christ's ambassadors are to point men to the nobler world, which has largely ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 22 nineveh that great.htm

The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
... they have." But that which is [Pg 509] prophesied by a figurative representation
in ... They were the ambassadors, as it were, of the heathen world, to greet the ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the quotation in matt ii.htm

Ananias and Sapphira.
... This is not to be understood as a figurative expression, denoting the turpitude ... Spirit
of truth and holiness, speaking and acting in the ambassadors of Christ. ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vi ananias and sapphira.htm

The Royal Marriage Feast.
... group in which the message sent was an invitation, not figurative but literal ... with
spurning away the offer, persecuted to the death the ambassadors who bore it. ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xii the royal marriage feast.htm

Concerning Justification.
... Ambassadors are not sent after a peace already perfected, and reconciliation made,
to ... Only this verb justify hath, in a metaphorical and figurative sense, been ...
/.../proposition vii concerning justification.htm

Further Incidents of the Journey to Jerusalem - the Mission and ...
... of those who following in the wake of the Seventy, have been ambassadors for Christ. ...
One of the most common figurative expressions of the time was that of the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v further incidents of.htm

The Potter and the Clay
... Some indeed content themselves with a figurative interpretation; but unless they
are made to ... and brought forth, than when we are acting as ambassadors or heaven ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the potter and the clay.htm

The Note of Edification.
... how heavily it lay upon the shoulders of those early ambassadors whose confessions ...
would save his life the same shall lose it." In these figurative words lies ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter iv the note of.htm

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Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:
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Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah. Thus said the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle.
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2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be you reconciled to God.
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Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Subtopics

Ambassadors

Ambassadors: Ahaz to Tiglath

Ambassadors: Amaziah to Jehoash

Ambassadors: And Solomon

Ambassadors: Benhadad to Ahab

Ambassadors: Berodach to Hezekiah

Ambassadors: Figurative

Ambassadors: Hiram to David

Ambassadors: Hoshea to So

Ambassadors: Israelites to Various Nations