Someone once told me that those accepting only one viewpoint are fanatics. You need to accept all sides as valid, he told me. This secular humanistic philosophy passes for wisdom.
No, this is how you make bronze, instead of gold. Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin. It is a lesser metal. It does not compare to pure gold in excellence and value. As in the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar, the metals start with gold at the head and end up with a mixture of iron and clay at the feet that can’t even stick together. We’re awfully close to this.
Besides the prophetic outlook of the kingdoms of the earth, this statue speaks of truth distorted down to error, to the deception and acceptance of seducing spirits (doctrines of devils) and then to the all-out falling away as the end time advances on us. It’s been pulled into universities, schools and day care centers. And, the news and television programs that gently guide the sleeping into error and deception. Soothing, clucking noises of the devil luring them in.
The perfumes made for the anointing oil and incense had to be specific and exact to be used for service. Beware of sitting under “ministers of truth” who cannot discern light from darkness, who do not know how to rightly divide the Word of Truth; those professional orators lacking the fragrance of God.
Let the Holy Spirit refine and purify you. Come sit under His tutelage. Open yourself up to His leading and guidance. The Wisdom and Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ reside in you. Cultivate it. Remove the dross. Don’t add to, or take away from, that which I give you to share; that would be bronze. He flows best (if at all) through pure vessels without the taint of the world in them.
O, Lord. I want to be made fit for Your use. I submit myself to You for any refining that You deem necessary. I want all of You! I want these nuggets that I share with folks to be purely from You. Pure. Nothing of my flesh. Nothing added. Nothing missing.
Isaiah 60:17
“Instead of bronze I will bring gold…
Daniel 2:31-33
“You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
Exodus 30:22-26
Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Also take for yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, 24 five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Isaiah 11:1-2
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
Proverbs 25:4
Amplified Bible
Take away the dross from the silver,
And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape].
2 Timothy 2:21
21st Century King James Version
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, and prepared for every good work.