Metaphysical Bible Dictionary - Unity of Citrus County

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in consciousness, since the name Jehoiakim means whom Jehovah hath set up, Jah
establishes, and the will in man has the power to accept or to reject Truth. Jehoiakim,
however, represents a ruling state of mind that does not reverence or obey the higher law and
is not receptive to new ideas; therefore Abdeel signifies a thought of service to God that is in
bondage to old established religious ideas that persecute man's inner spiritual faith and
discernment (the prophet Jeremiah). Jeremiah also signifies the exalted state of thought that
connects us with Divine Mind and demands that all our religious thoughts (Israelites) be faithful
in observance of divine law.
MD 11/1.1 Abdi, ab'-dl (Heb.)--my servant; servant of Jah.
MD 11/1.2 a Son of Malluch (I Chron. 6:44) and father of Kish, of the Levites (II Chron.
29:12). b A son of Elam (Ezra 10:26).
MD 11/1.3 Meta. Thoughts that serve Jehovah or are subject to Jehovah (my servant, servant
of Jah). The first mentioned Abdi signifies a thought that springs from counseling with Spirit
and meditating on divine law. The father of this Abdi was named Malluch, which means
counselor.
MD 11/1.4 Abdi, the son of Elam, represents a thought of service to God that is established in
an idea of youth and strength (Elam means fully developed, a young man) but is united to a
physical or carnal soul quality (he was married to a foreign wife). This carnal idea has to be
given up. The Israelites had to separate themselves from their foreign wives and from the
children (mixed thoughts) that had come of union with them.
MD 11/1.5 Abdiel, ab'-d1-el (Heb.)--servant of God.
MD 11/1.6 A Gadite, who lived in Gilead in Bashan (I Chron. 5:15, 16).
MD 11/1.7 Meta. Gad means fortune, or fortunate; also, a troop, and refers to the power
faculty in individual consciousness. (See GAD.) Gilead means enduring rock, and Bashan
means smooth, fertile soil, fruitful. So it is quite evident that the thought of service that Abdiel
(servant
ABED-NEGO
of God) typifies has reference to the expression of power and strength in relation to bountiful
supply and increase of good.
MD 11/2.1 Abdon, ab'-don (Heb.)--servile; service; a servant.
MD 11/2.2 a A judge of Israel. He had "forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on
threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years" (Judg. 12:1315). b The name
of a city in Asher that was given to "the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites"
(Josh. 21:30).
MD 11/2.3 Meta. A phase of the judging, discerning faculty in man. Abdon served Israel as
judge. The forty sons imply a thought of completeness, and the seventy ass colts refer to the
animal part of man as expressed through the seven senses, seventy being a multiple of seven
and showing a tenfold increase of the expression of this animal phase of consciousness,
which was held in dominion by the thoughts for which Abdon's sons and sons' sons stand. The
riding of Abdon's sons and sons' sons on seventy asses shows that in thought the animal
phase of man symbolized by the ass (meekness, stubbornness, persistency, and endurance)
is in subjection. (One meaning of servile is held in subjection.)
MD 11/2.4 "And Abdon. . . . died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the
hill-country of the Amalekites" (Judg. 12:15). This means that, as the thought of good
judgment, service, and dominion over the animal phase of man (symbolized by Abdon and by
the riding of his sons and sons' sons on the asses) sinks deeper into the consciousness, a
fuller uplifting of the animal forces, appetites, and passions (Amalekites) may be
accomplished.