Metaphysical Bible Dictionary - Unity of Citrus County

GUR-BAAL 244
assemble; suckling; whelp; cub.
MD 244/1.1 A place near Ibleam, where Ahaziah, king of Judah, was smitten by the men of
Jehu (II Kings 9:27).
MD 244/1.2 Meta. "The ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam," signifies a going up to victory
(Ibleam means victory of the people). It was here that Ahaziah the wicked king of Judah was
slain by Jehu's men. Jehu means Jehovah is He. The consciousness that I AM, Jehovah,
eternally exists in us as our foundation Truth and overcoming power puts to naught the error
rulings of the will guided by sense desires and by selfish, material thoughts, such as King
Ahaziah suggests.
MD 244/1.3 Gur represents a sojourning, or dwelling, abiding, in the truth that Jehovah is the
one omnipresent king and ruling power. This is the place of overcoming realization, and it
leads up to victory.
MD 244/2.1 Gur-baal, gûr-ba'-al (Heb.)--sojourn of Baal; dwelling of Baal; abode of Baal.
MD 244/2.2 A dwelling place of the Arabians who came under subjection to Uzziah, king of
Judah (II Chron. 26:7).
MD 244/2.3 Meta. A place in consciousness, or a state of consciousness, that had been given
over to Baal, to material beliefs and worship. But the substance of these material beliefs and
thoughts is now being used to uphold and sustain that in consciousness for which Uzziah
stands, Jehovah is my strength. The Arabians that dwelt at Gur-baal were subject to Uzziah;
"God helped him against" them.
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MD 244/1.4 Haahashtari, ha-a-hash'-ta-rl (Heb. fr. Pers.)--the muleteer; the mule driver; the
courier; the messenger; the runner.
MD 244/1.5 Son of "Ashhur the father of Tekoa," by his wife Naarah (I Chron. 4:6).
MD 244/1.6 Meta. That in us which bears our high ideals and revelations of Truth quickly to
any of the various centers or parts of the organism to which the I AM wishes to transmit them-a
swift messenger of the king.
MD 244/1.7 Habakkuk, ha-bak'-kuk (Heb.)--embracing; infolding, i.e., with the hands or arms;
a favorite; a lover; a wrestler; a struggler; an idler.
MD 244/1.8 One of the minor prophets. Little or nothing authentic is known of his life, though
from the nature of his prophecies he must have lived in Jeremiah's time, during the reign of
Jehoiakim, king of Judah. He must have written his prophecies just before the conquest of
Judea by Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans (Hab. 1:1).
MD 244/1.9 Meta. The clearness of vision in us that, looking into the working of the thoughts
of our consciousness, foresees their fruition and holds tightly to (embraces) that which is good
and true, while it wrestles, or struggles, with the error in an attempt to purge it out.
HABOR
MD 244/2.4 Most of the old Jewish prophets emphasized the error side of things more than
they did the good side. We find that our intellectual ideas of religion and Truth are prone to
dwell on and magnify the results of evil, while the true Christ Spirit reveals and builds up the
good, which alone can overcome seeming evil and injustice.
MD 244/2.5 Habazziniah (A.V., Habaziniah), habaz-zl-nl'-ah (Heb.)--brightness of Jah; lamp of
Jehovah; Jehovah's brilliance; light of Jehovah; whiteness, purity, shining, of Jehovah; glory of
the Lord.
MD 244/2.6 A Rechabite (Jer. 35:3).
MD 244/2.7 Meta. True, spiritual understanding. The Rechabites stand in consciousness for
logical reasoning, level-headedness, good judgment, and the faithfulness of the intellect to that