Posture of persons acting, determines, in some measure, the nature or kind of their actions.<\/p>\n
STANDING, signifies resisting, defending, struggling, and contending for victory; giving assistance to friends, and the like; as in Act 7:55, Christ is said to be standing, when he appeared to St. Stephen, as ready to assist him in his agony.<\/p>\n
To stand before another, is a posture of Service, Deu 10:3; 1Ki 10:8; 1Sa 16:22; 2Ch 18:18; Luk 1:19.<\/p>\n
WALKING among or in the midst, is a posture of dignity and authority, of one that is busy, and watching, and defending those whom he walks about or amongst.<\/p>\n
Thus God, to represent himself as protecting and governing the Israelites, saith, in Lev 26:12, “That he would walk amongst them.” And the protecting angel, in Dan 4:13; Dan 4:23, is called a watchman or patroller; one that goes about to defend from any surprise. Hence, in Rev 1:13, Christ is represented as walking in the midst of the seven candlesticks; i.e. the churches. And so Homer, in his Iliad, Lib. i. ver. 37, has used the symbol in relation to Apollo, of whom he says;-<\/p>\n
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where the scholiast explains by . For indeed , is but synonymous to it.<\/p>\n
SITTING, signifies ruling, reigning, judging, and enjoying peace. Thus in Jdg 5:10, “Ye that sit in judgment,” are the magistrates or judges. In 2Sa 19:8, ” The king sitteth in the gate;” i.e. he is ready to execute any duty of a king. And to sit on the throne, is alway synonymous to reigning, in the Scripture; as in Rev 4:2, ” Upon the throne one sitting.” ” Ipsum verbum sedere” (the word sitting), says Jerome, “shews the power and authority of God’s rule,” Eze 1:26. Hence “To sit with Christ in his throne,” is to reign with him, as in Rev 3:21. The phrase is so used by Virgil in his neid, Lib. vii. ver. 169; a seat or throne being the symbol of government.<\/p>\n
Sitting, with other adjuncts, has a different signification, as,<\/p>\n
To sit upon the earth,f1 or on a dunghill,f2 signifies to be in extreme misery.<\/p>\n
To sit in darknessf3 to be in prison and slavery.<\/p>\n
And to sit as a widow,f4 is to mourn as a widow.<\/p>\n
To fall down or prostrate before another, is the symbol of submission and homage. See Gen 37:7-8; Gen 27:29 Isa 45:14.<\/p>\n
F1 Isa 3:26 Isa 47:1. Lam 2:10. Eze 26:16.<\/p>\n
F2 Job 2:8.<\/p>\n
F3 Psa 107:10. Isa 42:7.<\/p>\n
F4 Isa 47:8.<\/p>\n
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