12:35And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David? What do the two great commandments stated by Jesus include? Through metaphysical interpretation, the Bible comes alive for us. Jesus' behest, “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one,” in reality is a drill in concentration. However, the consciousness of love and righteousness, which has been published in the individual through instruction and example of Jesus (the spiritual man), is outside the domain of Caesar, though seemingly at his mercy at times. He said, “Render ... unto God the things that are God's.” The secret of a harmonious life is to balance God as Spirit and God manifest, both in one's thoughts and acts. 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err. The first commandment is: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.”, What is the second commandment? It implies effort and perseverance. Jesus' reply to their question was so simple, so clear, so straightforward that it could not be gainsaid. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Malachi Chapter 3 Metaphysically Interpreting Malachi 3:1-7 3:1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, What truth underlies the verse “The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away”? We should make love the basis of all our relations, especially our relations with the persons and the things that are nearest to us, that is, our “neighbor.” In this way we shall fulfill the law of God and demonstrate divine harmony within and without. Affirming that we love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our minds, and with all our strength will cause us to feel a love we have never felt before. Secrets of Metaphysical Bible Study: The Metaphysical Message of Moses Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Rev. At the same time no literalist could gainsay the logic of the statement. Christians have accepted the death of Jesus on the cross as a reality, and they believe that He was raised from the dead and went to heaven. This was flattery meant by His questioners to disarm Jesus and trick Him into a direct answer to the question that followed it. 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, Death is the absence or suspension of life, therefore death is not the right approach to God. They come expecting to find a welcome and a companionship in the mind of man, but are destroyed by selfishness and ignorance. Go here to see the team of people who transcribed these Bible lessons. In Truth, what is prayer? A Psalm of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.. 34:1 I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. In what does blessedness largely consist? These graven images are made by mental pictures. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Psalms 34 Metaphysically Interpreting Psalms 34:1-22. 12:18And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. What does Caesar represent? Why is it wiser to love than to hate? But we must add to our love, mind, that is wisdom, and strength, that is endurance. If he is converted he has only to apply his already sufficient academic knowledge and practice the Truth, which before has been to him only theory, in order to enter into the kingdom. Last of all the woman also died. If we love the things of sense or materiality, we become attached to them and lose the ability to enter into the untrammeled realms of Spirit-Mind. What is the great unifying element in man and among men? And it is marvellous in our eyes? Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Joshua Chapter 24 Metaphysically Interpreting Joshua 24:1-28. Thus he prospers and unfailingly fulfills his destiny. Comment: Congratulations on beginning an exciting road of spiritual discovery! What does the vineyard represent? The husbandmen represent ideas which were planted in the individual by Divine Mind, which are given free will and form the Adam consciousness “out of the dust of the ground.” The hedge represents divine protection; the winepress, the infinite life source; and the tower, the divine perception of Truth. How is freedom realized by those who are in worldly bondage? Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. 12:5And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some. Man can be saturated with divine love by understanding that love is the essence of Being, and by affirming love as his in heart, soul, mind, and strength. “This is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.”. This results in contention and discord between mind and body, and between the laws of God and the laws of man. Why is meditation on the divine law (good) beneficial to man? Who is best qualified to answer a question? Sit thou on my right hand, What does the fact that these two sects or classes were set on catching Jesus in His talk signify? A commandment is not the edict of a king or lawgiver, which all men are bound under penalty to obey, but a statement of axiomatic truth. In what two ways is life considered in this lesson? Download Unity Bible Lessons (1895-1965) PDF file, Psalms 1 Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, African American Leaders in Unity to 1989, https://s3.amazonaws.com/truthunity/assets/books/unity-bible-lessons/psalms-1.p…, Steps to annotate the Fillmore Study Bible. What did Jesus consider the supreme rule of life? What does Caesar represent? The chosen course of those whose desire is always to do right. It was in line with His daily teaching. Love of God and love of neighbor are the two great commandments, because love is the strongest and most instinctive quality of the human soul, and it is all-important for us to control and direct it into channels of constructiveness. Without faith that it exists we cannot become citizens of this realm. Yes. At the same time, its forcefulness was intensified by the lack of sincerity of His questioners. The thought of God as a great king in a place called heaven makes just such a material image in our thought realms, and we grow to believe in and worship such an imaginary Being, instead of the true God, who is Spirit. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Psalms Chapter 1 Metaphysically Interpreting Psalms 1:1-6. This one-of-a-kind volume presents the esoteric meanings of names and people, places, key words, and phrases found in the Bible. Jesus had this Love Consciousness when he said, “Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”. Proverbs 12:9. Transcribed by Tracie Louise on 11-04-2013. Why did Jesus choose as second in importance a commandment not found in the Decalogue? The Spirit of the Christ gives one clarity of mind, alertness, and complete understanding of motives. Rather, their predetermined aim was to discredit Jesus, catch Him off His guard, and find valid ground for accusing Him before the Jewish authorities. Why did Jesus tell the Sadducees that they knew not the Scriptures? 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. The Bible names that had not appeared in the lessons published in Unity … Was Jesus versed in universal Truth? The thought of unity. Old established religious beliefs make men jealous of the accepted order, intolerant of new truth untried by them. The vineyard represents the universal elemental substance which forms man’s body and the world about him. What do “the fruits of the vineyard” represent? Fannie McCullough, Christ Universal Temple Staff Minister and facilitator in the Johnnie Colemon Institute, is interviewed about the metaphysical interpretation of the Garden of Eden allegory. Even the immediate followers of Jesus, His disciples, did not understand the great work He did in resurrecting His body. Persons who become overzealous in religious observances are apt to treat with contempt temporal laws and conditions. Without this understanding they did not really know the law or inner truth underlying the words. James for a Metaphysical Bible Study tomorrow, Wednesday at 6:30pmCT (via zoom, link below). Jesus had spiritual perception of truth and He recognized no sincerity in their words. He considered them hypocrites because they pretended to be what they were not. The commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves enjoins upon us a high degree of self-control as well as selflessness, qualities that are developed by observing the first commandment. 12:26But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Why is God the God of the living but not of the dead? Metaphysical Bible Dictionary | Truth Unity Preface To The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary This Metaphysical Bible Dictionary Is Offered By The Unity School Of Christianity To Meet A Very Definite Demand, On The Part Of Bible Students And Of Metaphysicians Generally, For A Work Setting Forth In Simple Language The Inner, Esoteric Meanings Of Scriptural Names. 12:2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. In consciousness Caesar represents the tyrannical rule of the personal will unmodified by spiritual love and mercy and justice. With all that is ephemeral “the wicked shall not stand in the judgment”. Scribes sometimes represent thoughts that come to us from other persons or from books. In this case they represent man's external religious thoughts, which are “not far from the kingdom of God,” but which at the same time are not aware of that kingdom. With this Divine Love active in the heart, it is no effort to love our neighbors, even though they despitefully use us. The way of the righteous is in harmony with divine law; therefore it stands out clearly in the light of divine wisdom, and everyone who is in that light is sure of his way. Ohad, son of Simeon (meaning one, becoming united, unity, immutable, power, strength, stability, sanctity, purity, sole, only, principle), signifies unity with God, the principle of Truth, and the conscious increase of power, stability, strength, wholeness, purity, and completeness that is the result of this union between the divine and the individual who exercises the Simeon attitude of mind. It is a statement of universal truth that cannot be disputed. Yes. How can we become constructive thinkers? To love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength requires concentration of a high order and complete devotion to the spiritual ideal. Through metaphysical interpretation, the Bible comes alive for us. Is there within the consciousness of man that which in many cases delights in making a show of giving? is founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is right for the individual not to waste his energies in futile opposition. After the love consciousness has been established in us, what should be our next attitude? 12:6He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. To what test was Jesus subjected in the question concerning the first commandment? It could not, since to pay only to Caesar, the coins bearing his image would have defeated the purpose of the coin, which was to serve as a medium of exchange in trade. And on his law doth he meditate day and night. What is the result of faithful meditation on the divine law? Millions of people are joining themselves through their love nature to this personal image of God, and are building up false conditions that must eventually be destroyed. Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. We should make love the basis of all our relations, especially our relations with those persons and things that are nearest to us, that is, our “neighbors.” In this way we shall fulfill the law of God and demonstrate divine harmony within and without. They convey what the Fillmores and their students have written. What point is brought out in the the progressive action indicated by the words “walketh”, “standeth”, “sitteth”, and by “scoffers”, “the wicked”, “sinners”? What is the “the way of the righteous”? 12:10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, Why was the scribe “not far from the kingdom of God”? Greg Stamper, cofounder and pastor of Celebration Spiritual Center , will be interviewed about the metaphysical interpretation of Moses and the liberation of the Children of Israel. On the human side our love is developed through family and friendship relations, but in the regeneration we set up love activity through direct concentration upon the idea, “Divine Love, manifest thyself in me,” with the attention fixed at the heart or solar plexus centre. Who is near to the kingdom of God? Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Isaiah Chapter 38 Metaphysically Interpreting Isaiah 38:1-22. So we find that the stone or body of Jesus must be recognized and incorporated into our healthy, purified, redeemed, undying bodies. he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 12:24Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? What state of mind can saturate the whole man with divine love? Through consciousness of God he knows eternal life or the life of the Spirit here and now. Annotations are extremely concise snippets of commentary from the writings of Charles Fillmore, the Metaphysical Bible Dictionary, Unity publications, and writings from Fillmore students such as Elizabeth Sand Turner, Ed Rabel, Eric Butterworth and others. What is implied in the phrase “They that are accounted worthy to attain to that world”? Why did Jesus consider the Sadducees and the Pharisees hypocrites? The inner life, or one’s own deepest nature, is the field in which the Christ Spirit must be first cultivated. In this dictionary, Mr. Fillmore's interpretations, which have appeared in Unity magazine and in other Unity literature from time to time, have been used. He has no right to take the law into his own hands. 12:11This was from the Lord, It is considered first negatively, then constructively. And the common people heard him gladly. 12:37David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? The divine law supplies him with the mental and spiritual environment best suited to his growth and unfoldment in these fields. Bible Translations for Metaphysical Study. Undivided faith in God, sincerity, and love of one's fellow men were considered by Jesus the supreme rule of life. 12:23In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? What habit of life makes a man blessed? 12:4And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully. “Ye therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”, What do the servants who are sent for “the fruits of the vineyard” represent? That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Interpret the words in verse 14 that ascribe a love of truth to Jesus. But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Why is one commandment greater than another? Full text of “Metaphysical Bible Dictionary Charles Fillmore” .. Did Jesus call special attention to God's part in finances? Love is the great unifying element. He “set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen.” What is the meaning of this Scripture? “The second is this, Thou shaft love thy neighbor as thyself.” Jesus said, “There is none other commandment greater than these.”. In what way should one love another as himself? Neither does the Christian world up to the present time understand or appreciate the great work Jesus Christ did in overcoming bodily dissolution. 12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit. He who knows the law and understands its underlying truth but does not adhere to it in his life. All the real thoughts (Israel) are commanded to dwell upon God, the one presence, one power, and one intelligence. What is the great unifying element? 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. Jesus was a teacher of the law and the prophets, and He held that they are capable of fulfillment here and now. “The Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.” Complete devotion to the One is the perfect expression of unity. Question: I am starting to study the Bible along with Unity principles and would like to know which you use the most for reading and metaphysical study. Truth students look to perceive, by direct perception with God-Mind, the Divine Ideas that are being expressed in all things, all people and all events. So the first step in keeping the Commandments is to realize the Oneness of the Creative Power. The blessed man is he who does not conform to the ways of the world and who does not permit himself to be controlled by sense desires. He showed them the stamp of Caesar's face on the coin, signifying that the coin was identified with temporality and should be respected for what it was worth, but that we should not forget to put the thought of God into our monetary transactions. It is found that those who believe in the power of evil, or destructive forces, are themselves in such discord that they cannot control their thoughts. How do we worship in spirit and in truth? Now s3.amazonaws.com. Evil must therefore be dissipated as chaff before he wind. The power of habit to determine character is here indicated. Old established religious beliefs make men jealous of the accepted order, intolerant of new truths untried by them. How does man attain to eternal life? In the text of this lesson why were, the Pharisees and Sadducees questioning Jesus? To detect and stamp out what he considers heresy appears to the strict conformist to be a Christian duty. Our ultimate allegiance is to Truth, and our sense of responsibility to it binds us to observe the rules of good citizenship. Where is the field in which the Christ Spirit must first be cultivated? When these qualities are brought forth, there is a love power developed that can manifest its potentialities in the face of hate, injustice, and unrighteous persecutions of all kinds. for the seven had her to wife. What was the result? By taking delight in the divine law and meditating on it continually. Secretly, they were trying to evade the taxes imposed by Caesar but in asking Jesus whether or not they should pay tribute they pretended that they were honest. We “read the Bible again for the first time” as … What of the suggestion to render “unto God the things that are God's”? Each individual realizes within himself freedom to obey of his own volition the commands of his worldly superiors; freedom to honor others, to love those of like mind with himself; to “fear God” (or understand the inevitability of divine law), and to “honor the king” (or render due respect to those in authority over him). Can the law of divine love be described? Download Unity Bible Lessons (1895-1965) PDF file, Mark 12 Metaphysical Bible Interpretation, African American Leaders in Unity to 1989, https://s3.amazonaws.com/truthunity/assets/books/unity-bible-lessons/mark-12.pdf, Steps to annotate the Fillmore Study Bible. 12:1And he began to speak unto them in parables. Transcribed by Lloyd Kinder on 01-26-2014. 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