Keepers of the Flame

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Keepers of the Flame
(The Power of a Prophetic Symbol)
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Zechariah 812-13 (NLT)

• 12) For I am planting seeds of peace and
  prosperity among you. The grapevines will be
  heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its
  crops, and the sky will release the dew. Once
  more I will make the remnant in Judah and Israel
  the heirs of these blessings.

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• 13) Among the nations, Judah and Israel had
  become symbols of what it means to be cursed. But
  no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you
  both a symbol and a source of blessing! So dont
  be afraid or discouraged, but instead get on with
  rebuilding the Temple!

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The point or origin of a stream or river a
fountainhead the point or origin of provision.
Source Defined
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Something that stands for or suggests something
else a visible sign of something invisible. (A
dove is a symbol of peace.)
Symbol Defined
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A Brief Biblical Sampling
Prophetic Symbols
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• 1. _______

Stones
A Symbol of _______
Legacy
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Joshua 419-24 (NLT)

• 19) The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth
  day of the first month. Then they camped at
  Gilgal, just east of Jericho.20) It was there at
  Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones
  taken from the Jordan River.

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• 21) Then Joshua said to the Israelites, In the
  future your children will ask, What do these
  stones mean?
• 22) Then you can tell them, This is where the
  Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

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• 23) For the Lord your God dried up the river
  right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until
  you were all across, just as he did at the Red
  Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed
  over. 24) He did this so all the nations of the
  earth might know that the Lords hand is
  powerful, and so you might fear the Lord your God
  forever.

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• 2. _______

Manna
A Symbol of __________
Sufficiency
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Psalm 7823-25 (NIV)

•  23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
         and opened the doors of the heavens
•  24 he rained down manna for the people to eat,
         he gave them the grain of heaven.
•  25 Men ate the bread of angels        he sent
  them all the food they could eat.

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• 3. _______

Mantle
A Symbol of ________
Authority
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2 Kings 213-14 (NKJV)

• 13) He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had
  fallen from him, and went back and stood by the
  bank of the Jordan.14) Then he took the mantle
  of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck
  the water, and said, Where is the LORD God of
  Elijah? And when he also had struck the water,
  it was divided this way and that and Elisha
  crossed over.

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• 4. ___

Oil
A Symbol of ________
Harmony
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Psalm 1331-3 (NKJV)

• 1) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
  brethren to dwell together in unity!2) It is
  like the precious oil upon the head, running down
  on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on
  the edge of his garments.3) It is like the dew
  of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion
  for there the LORD commanded the blessinglife
  forevermore.

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• 5. _____

Fire
A Symbol of _________
Constancy
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Leviticus 612-13 (NIV)

• 12) The fire on the altar must be kept burning
  it must not go out. Every morning the priest is
  to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on
  the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship
  offerings on it.
• 13) The fire must be kept burning on the altar
  continuously it must not go out.

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• Fire is the motivating power in prayer. We need
  to have the live coal from Gods altar in our
  hearts. This flame is not mental power or fleshly
  energy. It is the very being of the Spirit of
  God. Prayer ascends by fire. There is no incense
  without fire no prayer without flame.
• --E. M. Bounds

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(A Source and a Symbol)
Walls of Prayer
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A Symbol of Continuous_______
Prayer
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Isaiah 626-7 (NLT)

• 6) O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your
  walls they will pray day and night, continually.
  Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.7)
  Give the Lord no rest until he completes his
  work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the
  earth.

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A Source of Continuous______
Power
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Jeremiah 110 18-19 (NKJV)

• 10) See, I have this day set you over the nations
  and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull
  down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and
  to plant

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• 18) For behold, I have made you this day    A
  fortified city and an iron pillar,    And bronze
  walls against the whole land    Against the
  kings of Judah,    Against its princes,
     Against its priests,    And against the
  people of the land.  

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•  19) They will fight against you,       But
  they shall not prevail against you.       For I
  am with you, says the LORD, to
  deliver you.

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