This simile alludes to the legal type of the High-Priest, who might marry none but a Virgin.
The six-day creation story as found in Genesis (along with the seventh day of rest) provides a perfect picture of the seven dispensations as generally taught by dispensationalists. Match each day of creation with the corresponding dispensation and you see some very interesting parallels.
God is a God of order. He is also a God who divides. Even on the first day of creation, He divided the light from the darkness. And, He expects His servants to rightly divide His word (2Timothy 2:15).
There is no higher name or title to set forth dignity amongst men, than kings or mighty potentates.
We are not commanded to totally remove ourselves from society, however, we are warned against loving the world or conforming ourselves to it.
Bible Dictionary entry. The word, abase, came from Latin though the French to the English. To abase literally means to bring to the base (the base being the lowest part of a column); to bring down low.
