All the real thoughts (Israel) are commanded to dwell upon God, the one presence, one power, and one intelligence. Secrets of Metaphysical Bible Study: The Metaphysics of Adam and Eve | Unity Online Radio Jesus taught that man should always recognize and love this same divine self in others. We “read the Bible … 497 People Used View all course ›› Visit Site Metaphysical Bible Interpretation - Acts to Revelation. Jesus' reply to their question was so simple, so clear, so straightforward that it could not be gainsaid. With all that is ephemeral “the wicked shall not stand in the judgment”. 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. He was not following what he understood to be essential. It is prone to think it does much toward the maintenance of the body temple and toward the mind's religious worship; but until the intellect is quickened by Spirit and comes under the instruction of true wisdom, its gifts do not really count for much. Those which raise doubt and skepticism without in any way compensating for the loss of faith they cause. This results in contention and discord between mind and body, and between the laws of God and the laws of man. He who knows the law and understands its underlying truth but does not adhere to it in his life. 117:2 For his lovingkindness is great toward us; And the truth of Jehovah endureth for ever. How is the second commandment to love related to the first? In short, we fnd Truth all about us. By taking delight in the divine law and meditating on it continually. “He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.” By practicing love of our brother or neighbor we learn to love God or express the spirit of love. What does Caesar represent? Old established religious beliefs make men jealous of the accepted order, intolerant of new truth untried by them. What truth did Jesus illustrate after He called for the tribute money? To what test was Jesus subjected in the question concerning the first commandment? What did Jesus illustrate after He called for the tribute money? The metaphysical interpretations given in this dictionary are based on the practical teachings of Jesus Christ, as understood and taught by the Unity School of Christianity under the direction of Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore, its founders. The power of habit to determine character is here indicated. And it is marvellous in our eyes? Yes. Faith in the reality of the spiritual kingdom is our first clear duty in the inner realm. What state of mind will saturate the whole man with divine love? In what way is the one who meditates on the divine law like “a tree planted by the streams of water”? 1:4The wicked are not so, Proverbs 12:9. The Pharisees represent old established religious beliefs that are tenacious of the forms in which they are cast; the Herodians, the same beliefs in the guise of selfishness and materialism. Understanding, which makes the mind fruitful “like a tree planted by the streams of water” and establishes it in the consciousness of prosperity. The statement. 12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit. 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. Comment: Congratulations on beginning an exciting road of spiritual discovery! After the love consciousness has been established in us, what should be our next attitude? Old established religious beliefs make men jealous of the accepted order, intolerant of new truths untried by them. Death is the absence or suspension of life, therefore death is not the right approach to God. Jesus' behest, “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one,” in reality is a drill in concentration. Last of all the woman also died. Without faith that it exists we cannot become citizens of this realm. What does the vineyard represent? 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 love that we never have felt before. In the Apocrypha (Sirach 10:27) it is written, "Better is the worker who has goods in plenty than the boaster who lacks bread." In what respect are the wicked “not so”? Yes. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Psalms Chapter 1 Metaphysically Interpreting Psalms 1:1-6. At the same time, its forcefulness was intensified by the lack of sincerity of His questioners. He saw instead the trap they were laying for Him. Secrets of Metaphysical Bible Study: The Metaphysical Message of Moses Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Rev. Is it right to subject ourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake? According to Jesus, what is the first great commandment? Is it ground for marveling that anyone whose aim is to be true in thought and expression should be able to discern falsehood and silence it? 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. True giving is measured by the love and substance and faith that the giver puts into the gift. To detect and stamp out what he considers heresy appears to the strict conformist to be a Christian duty. By serving their needs as freely and gladly as we look after our own needs, since love of the higher self is part of universal love. Transcribed by Lloyd Kinder on 01-26-2014. Why was the scribe “not far from the kingdom of God”? What habit of life makes a man blessed? The inner life, or one’s own deepest nature, is the field in which the Christ Spirit must be first cultivated. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. On the face of things is it right always to pay a tax without questioning the justice or equity of it? Could the suggestion of Jesus “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's” be carried out literally? It implies effort and perseverance. Who is near to the kingdom of God? Join Rev. Sit thou on my right hand, Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Psalms 34 Metaphysically Interpreting Psalms 34:1-22. What do the Pharisees and the Herodians represent in this lesson? Why did it not succeed? “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets and stoneth them that are sent unto her.”. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of I Kings Chapter 22 Metaphysically Interpreting I Kings 22:1-12. 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. Jesus considered them hypocrites because they pretended to be what they were not. “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. Without this understanding they did not really know the law or inner truth underlying the words. When man's consciousness is saturated with love, it overflows into his body and into his affairs, and brings harmony into every hitherto discordant condition within and without. The thought of unity. The second is a sequel to the first. That God is one and indivisible, is good logic and fundamental in all true worship and demonstration. 12:9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? 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. 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, The divine will contrasts the negations of ignorance and foolishness with wisdom and sound judgment, and through making constructiveness imperative shows the nothingness of all things negative. How can we become constructive thinkers? Is there within the consciousness of man that which in many cases delights in making a show of giving? And the common people heard him gladly. Love is the great unifying element. Through metaphysical interpretation, the Bible comes alive for us. Unity’s metaphysical approach to Bible study helps us to see every person, place, thing, and event in Scripture as an element of our own consciousness. His teaching that eternal life is the life of the Spirit, not that of the flesh. The chosen course of those whose desire is always to do right. 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. Both commandments are constructive, in contrast with the “Thou shalt not” of the Decalogue. 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. 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. The course of action that a man pursues with a definite aim in view is his “walk”. You won't be disappointed. Why is it wiser to love than to hate? 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err. It is better to be unpopular but successful than to be impressive but lack substance. The servants who were sent for the fruits of the vineyard represent the spiritually illumined thoughts in man’s consciousness. To all others it is logical and to be expected. 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. Who is best qualified to answer a question? In what two ways is life considered in this lesson? In consciousness Caesar represents the tyrannical rule of the personal will unmodified by spiritual love and mercy and justice. Thus they have rejected the great and pivotal issue of His bodily resurrection. He meant that although they were familiar with the wording of the Scriptures they did not understand the meaning of what they read. The same was made the head of the corner; What type of questions are best avoided? August 14 1949: Psalms 117:1-2 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. In Truth, what is prayer? 36:2 Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Personality delights in making a show of giving. This suggestion takes into account the truth that all things are God's. “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? Explain the parable which Jesus quoted from Psalms 118:22-23: “The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes.” That Christ is the stone rejected by the builders is almost universally accepted. It is a statement of universal truth that cannot be disputed. Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. He who begins by walking “in the counsel of the wicked” (acting from unworthy motives) ends up sitting “in the seat of scoffers” (having a consciousness of distrust, scorn, and contempt). 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. 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. What does the keeping of the first commandment as given by Jesus require of us? What does the fact that these two sects or classes were set on catching Jesus in heresy signify? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. This sets into action certain spiritual energies that open the way to God Consciousness. Go here to see the team of people who transcribed these Bible lessons. The personal will has dominion over the Pharisees and the Sadducees (intellectual and religious beliefs). 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. 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. Secretly, they were trying to evade the taxes imposed by Caesar, but in asking Jesus whether or not they should pay tribute, they pretended they were honest. Such ability is marvelous only to those in sense consciousness. In Luke's account the following occurs: “They that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.”. When an order is established, the individual only upsets himself by struggling alone to overturn it. Through metaphysical interpretation, the Bible comes alive for us. 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. Metaphysical Bible Interpretation of Isaiah Chapter 38 Metaphysically Interpreting Isaiah 38:1-22. Yes. “The fruits of the vineyard” represent the perfection of God expressed in the character of man. And on his law doth he meditate day and night. The vineyard represents the universal elemental substance which forms man’s body and the world about him. What state of mind can saturate the whole man with divine love? Why did the Pharisees and the Herodians “marvel greatly” at the reply of Jesus to their question concerning the payment of tribute to Rome? These graven images are made by mental pictures. At the same time no literalist could gainsay the logic of the statement. is founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus had spiritual perception of truth and He recognized no sincerity in their words. The definition of the word scribe is “a copyist” or “a writer”; metaphysically considered, a scribe is the faculty within us that endeavors to engrave upon the tablets of the mind an interpretation of the Scriptures and of the law. Hate separates the hater from a consciousness of the universal life and leaves his powers depleted. 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. 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. 12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven. 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? 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. 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). What is the “the way of the righteous”? Because loving develops in the soul constructive power that holds the lover in harmony with life universal. Because they give no thought to the needs of the inner life the wicked lack the enduring substance of character, and being without consciousness of the divine, they are transitory. Man can be permeated with divine love by understanding that love is the essence of Being, and by affirming love as his in heart and soul and mind. The person whose work is in line with the subject being questioned. 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. Interpret the words in verse 14 that ascribe a love of truth to Jesus. What is the great unifying element in man and among men? We are grounded in Truth, not the Bible. Why is God the God of the living but not of the dead? Thanks. 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. What of the suggestion to render “unto God the things that are God's”? a Grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17). This is, of course, much better than no love to God, but we can just as well understand the truth about God's nature and worship Him in His spiritual reality, and get the fruits in the right relation which follows. “They will reverence my son.” What is represented by the son? The entire substance of the Mosaic law. 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. 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. “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. 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? Scribes sometimes represent thoughts that come to us from other persons or from books. 12:10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, Jesus had this Love Consciousness when he said, “Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”. 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. So we find that the stone or body of Jesus must be recognized and incorporated into our healthy, purified, redeemed, undying bodies. 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. And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Metaphysically Interpreting I Peter 2:18-25 2:18 Servants , be in subjection to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. He exemplifies for me the “renaissance” nature of the ideal life of a Unity truth student: broad, diverse and deep while also dedicated, still and focused. --that which passes further; on the other side; a passing over; a going beyond; ultramundane; beyond the terrestrial; not of this world; hidden from sense; occult. The habit of meditating on the divine law and of taking delight in it. He who stands alone should keep himself at peace with others. 12:6He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Persons who become overzealous in religious observances are apt to treat with contempt temporal laws and conditions. Nothing is attained without effort. 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. Rev. But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 12:23In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? What truth underlies the verse “The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away”? The government of the personal will has dominion over the Pharisees and the Sadducees (intellectual and religious beliefs). Love is the great unifying element. What is meant by the words “Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous”? 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