Q:The golden girdle of Jesus Christ and of the angel with the vial cannot be set at random in view of the allegory of linen girdle. What is the significance?
A: You refer to Jeremiah 13:1-2. Firstly we will note the difference. Jeremiah has to act out the allegory and it was intended for Israel. "For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear"(Je.13:11)
In the revelation of Jesus Christ the girdle is one single unbroken hoop around his bosom as the high priest of our profession. The seven candlesticks signify the church his body. In his right hand the seven stars bring in the Law of the Spirit and it is his forever aspect of priesthood.(Ps.110:4). The seven angels with the girdle in Ch.15:6, ""clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles" reveal the righteousness of cleaving unto the Saviour Lord.(Re.19:8)
This unity of the Spirit, where heaven and earth are as one golden reed. This is what explains the metrics mentioned in Re.21:16-17. "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal./And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel."
The golden reed indicates faith, the pure speech of the saints redeemed from the earth.
Q:The golden girdle of Jesus Christ and of the angel with the vial cannot be set at random in view of the allegory of linen girdle. What is the significance?
A: You refer to Jeremiah 13:1-2. Firstly we will note the difference. Jeremiah has to act out the allegory and it was intended for Israel. "For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear"(Je.13:11)
In the revelation of Jesus Christ the girdle is one single unbroken hoop around his bosom as the high priest of our profession. The seven candlesticks signify the church his body. In his right hand the seven stars bring in the Law of the Spirit and it is his forever aspect of priesthood.(Ps.110:4). The seven angels with the girdle in Ch.15:6, ""clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles" reveal the righteousness of cleaving unto the Saviour Lord.(Re.19:8)
This unity of the Spirit, where heaven and earth are as one golden reed. This is what explains the metrics mentioned in Re.21:16-17. "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal./And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel."
The golden reed indicates faith, the pure speech of the saints redeemed from the earth.
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