YEAR OF THE PIG

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Chinese New Year 2007
YEAR OF THE PIG
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Introduction

• Traditionally
• In the English Dictionary
• Biblically

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Traditionally
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eat like a pig make a pig of yourself
make a pig's ear of something/ doing something
pig out in a pig's eye a swine
a pig a guinea pig a pig in a poke
In the English Dictionary
squeal like a stuck pig sweat like a pig
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What does the Bible have to say about the pig or
swine?
Biblically
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The Connotation of the Pig
A.
1. Its Origin or Definition a) The
Vocabulary b) Its Definition
2. Its Occurences a) Hebrew hazir/chaziyr (6
occurrences) b) Greek Choiros, used in the
plural in the Synoptic Gospels only (13
verses) c) Greek Hus sow, feminine of swine.
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Comparisons with the Pig
B.
1. Be a Cow (Ox), but not a Pig nor a Camel.
a) The Qualities (Characteristics) of a Cow
(Clean animal)
Lev 113 KJV  Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is
clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the
beasts, that shall ye eat. Lev 113 NIV  You may
eat any animal that has a split hoof completely
divided and that chews the cud.
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Comparisons with the Pig
Deut. 14 4, 7, 8
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat the
ox, the sheep, and the goat, 7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that
chew the cud, or of them that divide the
cloven hoof as the camel, and the hare, and
the coney for they chew the cud, but divide
not the hoof therefore they are unclean unto
you. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the
hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean
unto you ye shall not eat of their flesh,
nor touch their dead carcase.
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Comparisons with the Pig
Be a Cow
Cloven Feet
Chews Cud
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Comparisons with the Pig
1. Be a Cow (Ox), but not a Pig nor a Camel.

• b) Their Similarities
• The Cow and the Pig Have Cloven Feet
• (Deut. 144, 6, 8)
• The Cow and the Camel Chew the Cud
• (Deut. 144, 6, 7)

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Comparisons with the Pig
c) Their Dissimilarities

• the cloven-footed cow chews the cud and is clean.
  Lev. 113
• ii. the cloven-footed pig does not chew the
  cud and is unclean. Lev. 117
• the camel chews the cud but is not cloven-footed

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Comparisons with the Pig

• i. The Cow's Separation is like the Separation
  of the Nazarite (Num. 61-21)
• ii. The Pigs Separation is like the Separation
  of the Pharisee (Matt. 1510-20)
• iii. The Camels Separation is like the
  Separation of the Mixed Multitude (Num. 114-6)

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Comparisons with the Pig
Do Not Be
2. Be neither a Dog, nor a Sow.
II Pet. 222 But it is happened unto them
according to the true proverb, The dog is turned
to his own vomit again and the sow that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Pro. 2611 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a
fool returneth to his folly.
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Comparisons with the Pig
The Implication Both were once cleaned from the
outside and looked clean. The Illustration Both
illustrate a nature that was never Reborn, though
Reformed The Iniquitous servants of corruption
the unjustchiefly them that walk after the flesh
II Pet. 29b-21
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Decorations (Adornments)
C.
of a PIG
1. A Gold Ring In the Pigs Snout.
Prov 1122 (KJV)  As a jewel of gold in a
swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is
without discretion.
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• The Beauty of a Fair Woman is Enhanced.... Pro.
  1122
• KJV As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so
  is a fair woman which is without discretion.
• NIV Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a
  beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

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The Beauty of a Fair Woman is Enhanced.... Pro.
1122

• a) By her Warm Heart and Quiet Spirit and not her
  Poking Nose
• (1 Pet 34 KJV)  But let it be the hidden man of
  the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even
  the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, (cf. I
  Thes. 411) which is in the sight of God of great
  price.
• (1 Pet 35 KJV)  For after this manner in the
  old time the holy women also, who trusted in God,
  adorned themselves, being in subjection unto
  their own husbands

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The Beauty of a Fair Woman is Enhanced.... Pro.
1122

• b) By her spiritual Submission and not her
  Ostentatious Ornamentation.
• For after this manner in the old time the
  holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned
  themselves... I Pet. 35, KJV
• For this is the way the holy women of the past
  who put their hope in God used to make themselves
  beautiful. They were submissive to their own
  husbands. I Pet. 35, NIV

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The Beauty of a Fair Woman is Enhanced.... Pro.
1122

• c) By her Modesty and Sobriety and not her
  Jewellery. 
• that women adorn themselves in modest apparel,
  with shamefacedness and sobriety not with
  broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly
  array But (which becometh women professing
  godliness) with good works.    I Tim. 29, 10

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Decorations (Adornments)
C.
of a PIG
A Ring In the Pigs Snout.
2 Ki 930 KJV  And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it and she painted her face,
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window. 2 Ki 930 NIV  Then Jehu went to
Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted
her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a
window.
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Decorations (Adornments)
C.
of a PIG
tongue
lip
navel
eyebrow
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Decorations (Adornments)
C.
of a PIG
2. Pearls Under the Pigs Hoofs. Mt. 76 (Cf.
II Pet. 222)
(Mat 76 KJV) Give not that which is holy unto
the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before
swine, lest they trample them under their feet,
and turn again and rend you. (2 Pet 222
KJV) But it is happened unto them according to
the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own
vomit again and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.
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The Degeneration Associated
D.
with the PIG
The Prodigal's Degeneration Lk. 1515-22. The
Demons' Destruction. Mt. 828-32 Mk. 511ff
Lk. 832ff The Worshipper's Delusion. Isa.
663 652-4
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The Desecration
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with the PIG
Historically
a) The Temptation to Iniquity in Old Testament
times b) The Test of Loyalty in inter-testament
times c) The Trend to Mediocrity in Christ's
time d) The Token of Orthodoxy in modern times
Eschatologically
a) The Appearance of the Man of Sin in the
Temple. b) The Abomination of the Man of Sin in
the Temple c) The Arrival of the Messenger and
Saviour to His Temple.
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YEAR OF THE PIG
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Chinese New Year
Mr Mrs KC Ung