- Exodus 19:4 says: "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
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I don't see any record in the Bible of this happening with real physical birds. What does it mean then? I do remember seeing something similar in the Lord of the Rings movie when eagles pick up Sam and Frodo, but that is not the Bible.
What are eagles' wings supposed to mean?
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Article by John Gill
(excerpt)
and [how] I bare you on eagles' wings;
that is, as on eagles' wings, the note of similitude being wanting, but to be supplied; for it cannot be thought that they were literally bore on eagles' wings; but as that creature is reported to be very affectionate to its young, and careful of it,
(found here)
[h=3]Exodus 19:4 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition...[/h]
(excerpt)
and [how] I bare you on eagles' wings;
that is, as on eagles' wings, the note of similitude being wanting, but to be supplied; for it cannot be thought that they were literally bore on eagles' wings; but as that creature is reported to be very affectionate to its young, and careful of it,
(found here)
[h=3]Exodus 19:4 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition...[/h]
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The English word "eagle" is an arbitrary word choice seeing as the Hebrew
word indicates a nondescript bird of prey instead of a specific species.
Apparently Ex 19:4 is a companion to the passage below.
†. Deut 32:10-11 . . He shielded him and cared for him; He guarded him as
the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its
young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.
The dictionary defines "pinions" as the outer part of a bird’s wing, including
the flight feathers.
The picture is that of an adult bird assisting fledglings in learning to fly. The
adult positions itself just below the youngsters so they'll fall on the adult's
wings instead of falling all the way to the ground.
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The English word "eagle" is an arbitrary word choice seeing as the Hebrew
word indicates a nondescript bird of prey instead of a specific species.
Apparently Ex 19:4 is a companion to the passage below.
†. Deut 32:10-11 . . He shielded him and cared for him; He guarded him as
the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its
young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.
The dictionary defines "pinions" as the outer part of a bird’s wing, including
the flight feathers.
The picture is that of an adult bird assisting fledglings in learning to fly. The
adult positions itself just below the youngsters so they'll fall on the adult's
wings instead of falling all the way to the ground.
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The Lord often speaks his words in a mystery, similitudes, proverbs, parables, etc.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
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Eagle -- strongest flying bird alive.
Flies -- soars above the fray.
Eagles nest -- safest place to raise babies, since no predator can snatch the babies that high up. The only way the babies are fed is by the parent. The only thing the babies have to do is avoid stepping out of the nest until they grow the same strength in their own wings.
God's the eagle wings. He's our strength. He pulls us from the junk surrounding us and takes care of us by feeding us his good wisdom and love. He is our strength and our escape from danger. He gives us his strength to soar.
Flies -- soars above the fray.
Eagles nest -- safest place to raise babies, since no predator can snatch the babies that high up. The only way the babies are fed is by the parent. The only thing the babies have to do is avoid stepping out of the nest until they grow the same strength in their own wings.
God's the eagle wings. He's our strength. He pulls us from the junk surrounding us and takes care of us by feeding us his good wisdom and love. He is our strength and our escape from danger. He gives us his strength to soar.
There are a lot of associations made in the O.T. which are tied to wings and or the eagle's wings....such as....
1. Woe to the land which is beyond Ethiopia which is SHADOWING WITH WINGS.......
2. He shall stretch out his wings over MOAB......
Many interesting scriptures in the O.T. that deals with a bunch of things that seem to point to modern flight...weapons...war etc.......
1. Woe to the land which is beyond Ethiopia which is SHADOWING WITH WINGS.......
2. He shall stretch out his wings over MOAB......
Many interesting scriptures in the O.T. that deals with a bunch of things that seem to point to modern flight...weapons...war etc.......
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This is to say how GOD had taken the Jews out of Egypt. How HE Revealed HIMSELF to them and took them from the hand of the enemy, who had them as slaves.
eagles move swiftly they can see from miles away, they swoop very quickly to gather what they want. Their wings spread out wide.
GOD is speaking to them for them to have an understanding of how HE rescued the Jews.
Blessings!!!!!!!
eagles move swiftly they can see from miles away, they swoop very quickly to gather what they want. Their wings spread out wide.
GOD is speaking to them for them to have an understanding of how HE rescued the Jews.
Blessings!!!!!!!
[ Understanding who the Eagles are is very important. When we read the Olivet Discourse concerning Christ's Second Coming, Jesus is not so much saving the elect from the events at Armageddon, but He is instead gathering them to be a part of the battle in some way there. Which means the saints taken up at Christ's Second Coming will be partaking in executing or supporting Christ's Judgment upon the Earth. How so?
- • Luke 17:34-37
"I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
And they answered and said unto him,
"Where, Lord?"
And he said unto them,
"Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together."
• Matthew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
• Revelation 19:17-18 and Revelation 19:14
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying
"To all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
• Jude 1:14
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
In other words, at the Second Coming of Christ, the elect (or the fowls or the eagles) will be gathered to battle those who remain on the Earth or gather to support Christ defeating others at the supper of the Great God to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of captains. This of course is speaking metaphorically. The saints are not going to really eat people, but they are going to defeat the wicked people of this world in the final battle with Christ.
For believers are referred to as Eagles in Isaiah,
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Also, Job speaks of Eagles and in Job 39:27-30, we see that it loosely mirrors or paralles both Ezekiel 39:18 and Revelation 19:18.
Here is a song titled "Hem of your Garment" by Mary Jo Joyce that talks a little about Eagles (that folks might like).
Hem of Your Garment | Mary-Jo Joyce
Hem of Your Garment | Mary-Jo Joyce
I disagree with your interpretations of the scriptures here. In Luke, Christ is giving a parable to the people, and at the beginning of vs 18, it states how he tells them to not grow weary or faint (restating Isaiah 40:31) I don't believe he is saying people are eagles, infact in other versions other than the KJV it says "vultures", not eagles-- here I think he is meaning that the people who are left will be left to die (hence scavenged on)
In Revelation, again I believe that God is not calling us, but fowl (or Birds) that he is inviting to literally scavenge on the flesh of the great people of earth (who think they are are so great).
I do believe that the saints will gather with Christ in the final battle-- I just do not believe we are referred to as "eagles", in these two scriptures, anyway. I believe in Isaiah it is a similie (a comparison using like or as, not literal).
In Revelation, again I believe that God is not calling us, but fowl (or Birds) that he is inviting to literally scavenge on the flesh of the great people of earth (who think they are are so great).
I do believe that the saints will gather with Christ in the final battle-- I just do not believe we are referred to as "eagles", in these two scriptures, anyway. I believe in Isaiah it is a similie (a comparison using like or as, not literal).
Oh, and by the way, owls have been in reference to demons or bad spirits in the Bible. Not that the word "owl" used in the Bible is always in reference to demons (mind you). Anyways, the owl that has the black almond shaped eyes has been associated with the grey aliens even amongst people in the occult or those who seek out alien encounters.
While the part where Sam and Frodo and Company were picked up by the eagles and taken to safety is not in the Bible, Tolkien was a Christian and hung out with people like CS Lewis, another Christian who wrote fantasy and embedded the Bible in the stories. (Narnia stories!)
Eagles are seen as strong birds. Maybe among the mightest of the birds. So it is a metaphor for strength and might. God is strong and mighty, and this metaphor makes it easy to understand.
Very simple really.
Eagles are seen as strong birds. Maybe among the mightest of the birds. So it is a metaphor for strength and might. God is strong and mighty, and this metaphor makes it easy to understand.
Very simple really.
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Hey Jason, Yeah seems as if they represent the things unclean in places where unclean or hateful is mentioned in prophecy in respects to bird, even though it might not necessarily name them, certain were to be an abomication to them.
Speaks of fowls after their kind
And in revelation it speaks of themselves becoming a cage of such
A cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and is become
the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Even as a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
They become that habitation, oe similarly it says here...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;
And....
As a cage is full of birds,
so are their housesfull of deceit
Seems comparable to what actually becomes a house of such
in the laying up (in oneself) the same to that effect
and is become
the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;
So Again..
As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit
I repeat alot but Im always thinking, catch that? See that there?
I think it depends on what you are comparing I guess.
Here also with Abraham (after taking the heiffer) and dividing what the
Lord told him (but divided not the birds) it says...
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Whereas in Jeremiah...
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Or here..
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
I think these things are so cool, to look at ever which way, but that cage of hateful birds also reminds me of that unclean spirit that has departed from a particular house and returns with worse then itself (to the householder) who becomes a holding cell (of sorts) to all these unclean birds (described as hateful birds) or foul spirits.
I gotta look at it some more though,
God bless you
Speaks of fowls after their kind
And in revelation it speaks of themselves becoming a cage of such
A cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and is become
the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Even as a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
They become that habitation, oe similarly it says here...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;
And....
As a cage is full of birds,
so are their housesfull of deceit
Seems comparable to what actually becomes a house of such
in the laying up (in oneself) the same to that effect
and is become
the habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;
So Again..
As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit
I repeat alot but Im always thinking, catch that? See that there?
I think it depends on what you are comparing I guess.
Here also with Abraham (after taking the heiffer) and dividing what the
Lord told him (but divided not the birds) it says...
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Whereas in Jeremiah...
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Or here..
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
I think these things are so cool, to look at ever which way, but that cage of hateful birds also reminds me of that unclean spirit that has departed from a particular house and returns with worse then itself (to the householder) who becomes a holding cell (of sorts) to all these unclean birds (described as hateful birds) or foul spirits.
I gotta look at it some more though,
God bless you