Abide in Me - Episode 22

Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people. And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits. He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money. He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes. “Wherever you go,” he said, “stay in the same house until you leave town. But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.” So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God. And they cast out many demons and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil. Mark 6:6-13Anyone can see here that a shoe would not detract from the holiness in any way, provided the individual were intrinsically holy. The order is given because the shoe was representing the earthly, bodily periphery, which needs to be shed…. Something similar is involved in the command to the disciples: If anyone does not welcome you or listen to your words, coming out of that house or city shake off the dust of your feet. (Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5) The dust of the feet symbolizes the same thing as a shoe—namely, something made unclean by evil and falsity—because the bottom of the foot means the outer limit of the earthly level. In those days people were engrossed in representation and believed that representation alone, rather than the naked truth, held secrets of heaven within it. That is why they were commanded to shake the dust off. Secrets of Heaven §1748CREDITSDr. Sue Johnson, “Love Sense” https://www.youtube.com/@DrSueJohnsonEmanuel Swedenborg, http://www.swedenborg.comJohn Clark Echols, http://www.clarkechols.comSolomon Keal “Affection for Truth” http://www.solomonkeal.netPodcast Host: John Clark EcholsMusic Credit: Solomon KealShow Your Support: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/X2NREDETDV6WC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abide_in_meSubstack: ⁠⁠@clarkechols⁠⁠I invite you to continue to listen to the next episode. Be well.