Spiritual Gifts & Love

Blue   v33-34 Ch 28 Ex 
      
                                         Bell-Pomegranate-Bell
 

              
       Spiritual Gift                               Love                         Spiritual Gift
    
1 Corinthians Chapter 12 = Bell Chapter = Spiritual Gift Chapter 
1 Corinthians Chapter 13 = Love Chapter = Love Chapter
1 Corinthians Chapter 14 = Bell Chapter = Spiritual Gift Chapter

*if you lift up the pomegranate the bells will clang together
*if you take the love out of your gift you will be clanging brass and sounding cymbal

1 Cor 13:1 If i speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 

               * what matters in the gift is keeping the love there to avoid becoming nothing v2-3

Sentence Pattern  2 Corinthians 12:12  Bell-Pomegranate-Bell
Truly the signs of an apostle (Bell) accomplished among you with all perseverance (Pomegranate) in signs and wonders and mighty deeds (Bell).

Signs (Word Study)
semeion - neut. of a presumed der. of the base of 4591; an indication, espec. cer. or supernat.: -miracle, sign,
G# 4592   token, wonder.

               semaino, from sema (a mark; of uncert. der.); to indicate: -signify.
               4591

Wonders (Word Study)
teras -     of uncert. affin.; a prodigy or omen: -wonder.
G#5059   
              prodigy - something out of ordinary course of nature.  A person having remarkable qualities or powers.
           
              omen - a phenomenon or incident regarded as a prophetic sign.  To foretell as or by an omen.

Mighty Deeds (Word Study)
dunamis - from 1410; force (lit. or fig.)' spec. miraculous power (usually by impl. a miracle itself): -abilitty,
G#1411    abundance, meaning, might (-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle (-s), power, strength, violence,
               mighty (wonderful) work.

               dunamai, of uncert. affin.; to be able or possible: -be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be 
               1410        possible, be of power.

 v33-34 Make pomegranates (love) of blue (Holy Spirit), purple (Father), and scarlet yarn (Jesus) around the hem of the robe (Anointing), with gold (transparent/pure) bells (spiritual gifts) between them.  The (transparent spiritual gifts) bells and the (love) pomegranates are to alternate around the hem of the (Anointing) robe.

Bells and Pomegranates (Word Study)

pa'amon -   from 6471; a bell (as struck) : -bell.
H#6472
                 pa'am,  or (fem.) pa'amah, from 6470; a stroke, lit/fig (in var. app., as follows): -anvil, corner, foot
                 6471     (-step), going, {hundred-} fold, x now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ([often-],
                             second, this, two) time (-s), twice, wheel.

Mt 13:8  But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop; some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty.

Proverbs 16:9  A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
Jer 10:23 It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.

                               *do not worry with your gift, the LORD is directing you and your steps.

                 pa'am,  a prim. root; to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (gen.) to impel or agitate: -move, trouble.
                 6470

                 rimmown, or rimmon,  from 7426; a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also 
                 7416                          an artificial ornament): -pomegranate.

                 raman,  a prim. root; to rise (lit/fig): -exalt, get {oneself} up, lift up (self), mount up.
                 7426

Isa 40:31  But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles.

*the gifts help us build, build or tear down
*the love keeps us alive no matter what we are doing
*depending on the season, if you are being built up, you will need love to keep you humble
  if you are being torn down, you will need love to make it and to remind you to get back over here

                                                                
           ~selah lover                  ~love potion no. 5
          31=offspring or seed                                                5=Grace

 

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