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Fell
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27 (a) CHRIST is warning us in this passage that if we build in this life on any other foundation than Himself, we shall not be able to stand in the Judgment Day. He is the Rock of Ages, the Cornerstone, the rock foundation. Good works, religious observances, church activities, gifts of money, and all other such activities, if depended on for salvation, will be like the sinking sand, and the sinner will not be able to endure the storm of GOD's judgment if he depends upon these. (See Luke 6:49).
Matthew 13:4 (a) This parable represents the ministry of GOD's Word by the servant of GOD. The action of the seed falling represents the Word of GOD, coming upon the ears of listeners. The various attitudes of heart to those messages are represented by the various kinds of soil on which the seed is placed. (See Mark 4:4; Luke 8:5).
Luke 10:30 (b) This picture probably represents the treatment that the world gives to most of its own people. The world takes from its followers their money, their health, their time, and oftentimes their lives. The world gives nothing in exchange for this robbery, but leaves the victim half dead. The person is spiritually dead, but physically alive.
Acts 1:25 (a) Judas was in an exalted position, being called by CHRIST to be one of the twelve. When he turned against the Saviour, denied Him, and sold Him, then he lost that exalted place, and became the world's worst.
Revelation 6:13 (a) Stars in the book of Revelation represent great personalities. There comes a time when GOD cleans out the heavens of all these powerful, wicked ones and they are cast to the earth. Satan himself is one of the stars. Of his own free will he strikes down upon sinners from Heaven as lightning strikes suddenly and destructively. (See Luke 10:18). GOD permits the devil to exercise his power from heavenly places so that he strikes as lightning strikes, but no one can possibly say "I have him under control." In the passage under consideration, as also in Revelation 8:10, we are informed that these mighty and wicked angelic beings are permitted to come upon this earth from their position of power to injure and harm the inhabitants.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Fell'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/f/fell.html. 1957.
