The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
CO1 14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not
edified.
CO1 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
CO1 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my
understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten
thousand words in an unknown tongue.
CO1 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice
be ye children, but in understanding be men.
CO1 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and my God.
PSA 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
PSA 43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me
off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
PSA 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
PSA 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding
joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
PSA 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: JOH 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee.
JOH 5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which
had made him whole.
JOH 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay
him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
JOH 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work.
JOH 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
LUK 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in
the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the
sea and the waves roaring;
LUK 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.
LUK 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory.
LUK 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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