And perhaps that is about where allegory meets reality--pearls of wisdom like motifs in music. Those who might be caught up in a pre-kingdom, pre-endued-with-power, pre-resurrection mindset or time loop might still be waiting for the first opportunity they can find to point to the Kingdom's arrival (i.e. waiting to enter in) rather than experiencing the joy and splendor of proving it daily.
Consider the Lillies how they growe, they toile not; they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these.I must concur as to my observations.f one lives in love, then one loves the LORD thy God with all thine heart, mind, strength and soul. And of course one loves thy neighbor as thy self. Fear becomes a foreign state. Joy becomes the natural and original state.
The word "of" AFAIK can refer to association as well. Clearly, from Black's 5th the state officer has his meaning when he says "American". Of course in reality the United States != America.