Beware of Wolves in Sheeps Clothing

[PloughBoy]

Hello @Ploughman,

Another word for me to look up .

Definition of eisegesis - the interpretation of a text (as of the Bible) by reading into it one's own ideas.

Or and what they think it is saying. instead of what it is really saying.

 

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Hi @PloughBoy,

Looking up how the Bible uses the word 'wolves' elsewhere, I found that the first usage is in Ezekiel, in reference to Jerusalem (Ezekiel 21:3). In 22:27 it says,

'There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
.. like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
.... they have devoured souls;
...... they have taken the treasure and precious things;
........ they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Her priests have violated My law,
.. and have profaned mine holy things:
.... they have put no difference between the holy and profane,
...... neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,
........ and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths,
.......... and I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
.. to shed blood,
.... and to destroy souls,
...... to get dishonest gain.
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter,
... seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them,
..... saying, "Thus saith the Lord GOD", when the LORD hath not spoken.
The people of the land have used oppression,
.. and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy:
.... yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
.. and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it:
.... but I found none.'
(Eze 22:25)

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris

 

[PloughBoy]

Hi @PloughBoy,

Looking up how the Bible uses the word 'wolves' elsewhere, I found that the first usage is in Ezekiel, in reference to Jerusalem (Ezekiel 21:3). In 22:27 it says,

'There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
.. like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
.... they have devoured souls;
...... they have taken the treasure and precious things;
........ they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Her priests have violated My law,
.. and have profaned mine holy things:
.... they have put no difference between the holy and profane,
...... neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,
........ and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths,
.......... and I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
.. to shed blood,
.... and to destroy souls,
...... to get dishonest gain.
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter,
... seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them,
..... saying, "Thus saith the Lord GOD", when the LORD hath not spoken.
The people of the land have used oppression,
.. and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy:
.... yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
.. and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it:
.... but I found none.'
(Eze 22:25)

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris

Remember sometimes when i speak concerning "Biblical Motif's" "Types and Shadows" now do you see it.

 

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Hello again, @PloughBoy,

The next, also concerning Jerusalem, in Zephaniah 3:3.

'Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction;
she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
Her princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons:
her priests have polluted the sanctuary,
they have done violence to the law.
The just LORD is in the midst thereof;
he will not do iniquity:
every morning doth He bring his judgment to light, he faileth not;
but the unjust knoweth no shame.'
(Zep 3:1-5)

These references just give a sense of the character of the wolf, how it is depicted and used in Scripture, and why God has chosen to refer to these false prophets as ravening wolves, who masquerade as sheep:-

'Beware of false prophets,
which come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.'
(Mat 7:15-17)

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris

 

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'Wherefore I take you to record this day,
that I am pure from the blood of all men.
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves,
and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers,
to feed the church of God,
which He hath purchased with His own blood.
For I know this, that after my departing
shall grievous wolves enter in among you,
not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise,
speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after them.'
(Act 20:26-30)