“Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to ...
Carmel, Bashan, Gilead: Which Pasture Today?
The proper meaning of symbols is critical to rightly dividing the truth so that we will not be led down false paths of uninspired interpretations of scripture. A good case in point has to do with the terms "Carmel", "Bashan", and "Gilead" that are mentioned in Micah 7:14. Especially since the "knock out blow" emerged in the spring of 1959, do we see many winds of doctrine as to the meaning of these symbols in Davidian circles far and wide. Closely connected with this verse is Amos 1:2 which says ...
