The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

to convey some potent truths about how God’s public ministry to the needs and gifts of the church are to be carried out. During Paul and Christ’s time, the leitourgos servants were the ones who performed ordinary and extraordinary service to the public on behalf of the god of the land. Their duties were, without fail, state imposed and only the wealthy of society could afford to be chosen to do them. This group of public ministers financed the annual drama and celebration of the deity; they sponsored the athletes and professionals’ training and their sporting contests as well. The leitourgos paid for and supervised the care and upkeep of the holy places in the land and covered all the expenses related to its sacred embassies. As temple and state servants they financed the country’s wars to the point of even building their war machines, outfitting their military forces, and providing their troops with armaments. Being chosen by the state to do these things, they were recognized by being rewarded with prestige, stature, and powerful influence for doing so. The senators of the land, its nobility, and heirs or heiresses were the ones elected to perform the duty. In the war provisions, the leitourgos cooperated with the strategic generals and provincial governors. This class of prosperous and prestigious ministers worked with the choregus of the day who were specifically charged with this duty. The apostle Paul’s use of the term in the Bible applied to a distinct type of intercessory minister and was to enlarge the church’s view on the scope and nature of divine service some of them were to minister. 760. Leopard—A) A symbol of the cruel, ruthless, and powerful in exploits and conquests. B) Indicative of vicious pride in the guise of human courage. C) A sign of swiftness and stealth mobilized for assault. The leopard was an ancient symbol of shamanism and the sacred animal of Set, the Egyptian deity. Its character was also linked to the attributes of Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of revelry, brutality, sexual perversion, and drunkenness. Leopard spots were also identified with the many-eyed god Argus. It is also called Puma. For this reason, the black leopard was thought to be born from a crossbreed of the lion and the panther. 761. Lesbian—The name for sex between two women. History shows that lesbianism got its perverse reverence from the ancient Greek isle of Lesbos. There a female poet named Sappho wrote of her sexual exploits with the goddess Aphrodite, which popularized the practice. She saw herself as a mentor of developing young women called to awaken and heighten their sexuality through this means. Her belief was that she was assigned the duty of preparing them for