"Seek ye first the kingdom of the heavens and its righteousness, and all these things (which are recounted), shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33)
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Comparison of the kingdom of God:
1. With the human body from inmosts to outmosts; and therefore concerning that society wherein the Messiah is the Soul, and which shall form one body as one man.
2. With the kindred in the house of Abraham and Nahor.
3. With the land of Canaan and its bordering countries.
4. With the Paradise of Eden.
5. With a marriage and a feast.
[For the above comparisons, see:
(1) n. The Word Explained 596 seq.
(2) n. 567-568.
(3) n. 477 seq.
(4) n. 498 seq.,
(5) n. 586.]
Men are men only so far as they walk in the way of truth. But so far as they turn aside therefrom, they approach to the nature of a beast.
