Monthly Archives: June 2014
Today we leave the Old Testament and address a use of eagles as symbols in the teaching of Jesus.
Jesus told two parables involving eagles, one in Matthew 24:26-28, and another in Luke 17:30-37. The key portions of the two parables compare as follows:
“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together” (Matt. 24:28 KJV).
“Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together” (Luke 17:37).
The parable in Matthew discusses eagles being gathered…..
Last week we looked at how eagles are used in the Bible as symbols of power and speed, as well as being emblems of intimacy with God
This week we want to look at some of these same attributes, but in a way that relates them to God’s judgment.
Because of how eagles soar, they are capable of reaching great heights, often rising to ten thousand feet or more above sea level. At the same time, eagles often visit rivers,…..
Last week we discussed eagles in the first five books of the bible. This week we discuss their use in the prophets and the poetic books.
Eagles provide beautiful analogies of power, strength, loftiness and fierceness. Therefore God Himself employs them as poetic images when He speaks through His chosen human authors.
In the Second Book of Samuel, the author tells us of the mighty Israelite warriors Saul and Jonathan, “They were swifter than eagles” (2 Sam. 1:23 NIV). A…..
The use of the eagle as a symbol in the Bible begins with Moses, who would have had an acquaintance with a great many eagles, ranging from Africa, where he fought battles as an Egyptian general, to the vicinity of modern day Jordan and Saudi Arabia, where he ended his time on earth.
While in Egypt and during the wilderness journey of forty years, Moses would have been around the steppe eagle, the African black eagle, the imperial eagle and…..
Let’s put aside the blogging on eagles as a type of the Holy Spirit and discuss some prophetic words that are for this very hour. In our church in Pittsburgh, the Holy Spirit is bringing forth one word after another telling us to “Stand!”
The Lord is saying,
“Stand fast in what I have called you to do! Don’t look at circumstances, but be obedient to me! Moses began standing in a rocky gorge (see Exodus 14:1-4, where Pi Hahiroth…..