Chapter 11 of 13

Section 10

Section 10

picture presented in Luke, fallen man's society is filled with demons and with the unclean bus­ iness of hog raising, and it is characterized by the leaking out of life, which brings people into death.

WHAT WE EXPERIENCE

IN OUR JOURNEY

WITH THE LORD

In order to understand the record of the Gospel of Luke, we need to see the significance of all the cases included in this Gospel. The man with the legion of demons signifies the situa­ tion of human society. Human society is filled with possessing demons. The business of hog raising signifies the unclean business among the fallen human race. Now we see that the woman with the flow of blood signifies that fallen peo­ ple in society are leaking out life, and the result of the loss of life is death.

On their journey the Lord Jesus and His dis­ ciples met a legion of demons, those working in the unclean business of hog raising, one with a flow of blood, and another one who had died. This indicates that in our journey to follow the Lord, we shall come in contact with four things: demons, the business of hog raising, the leaking

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