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    #Five (5) verses refer to vultures, not eagles (Job 39:27, Prov 30:17, Micah 1:16, Matt 24:28 and Luke 17:37).  For a detailed discussion, see our article on [[Matthew 24:28]].
    #Five (5) verses refer to vultures, not eagles (Job 39:27, Prov 30:17, Micah 1:16, Matt 24:28 and Luke 17:37).  For a detailed discussion, see our article on [[Matthew 24:28]].
    #Four (4) verses refer to the 'unclean' animals that were not kosher to eat (Lev 11:13 & 18 and Deut 14:12 & 17).
    #Four (4) verses refer to the 'unclean' animals that were not kosher to eat (Lev 11:13 & 18 and Deut 14:12 & 17).
    #Five (5) verses refer to 'bad eagles' (, Ezek 17, Hos 8:1, Obadiah 1:4).
    #Eighteen (18) refer to characteristics of eagles and are used as illustrations, descriptions or metaphors.  None of these illustrations relate to prophets. (Deut 28:49, 2 Sam 1:23, Job 9:26, Psalms 103:5, Prov 23:5, Prov 30:19, Isaiah 40:31, Jer 4:13, Jeremiah 48:40, Jeremiah 49:16, Jeremiah 49:22, Lam 4:19, Daniel 4:33, Daniel 7:4, Hos 8:1, Obadiah 4, Habakkuk 1:8, Revelation 12:14)
    # refer to characteristics of eagles and are used as illustrations or metaphors.  None of these illustrations relate to prophets. (Deut 28:49, 2 Sam 1:23, Job 9:26, Psalms 103:5, Prov 23:5, Prov 30:19, Isaiah 40:31, Jer 4:13, Jeremiah 48:40, Jeremiah 49:16, Jeremiah 49:22, Lam 4:19
    #Two (2) verses are metaphors for God (Exodus 19:4, Deut 32:11)
    # refer to metaphors for God (Exodus 19:4, Deut 32:11,
    #Three (3) verses refer to angels (Ezek. 1:10, 10:14, Revelation 4:7)
    #Five (5) verses refer to angels (Ezek. 1:10, 10:14,
    #Two (2) verses identify people of strength (Ezekiel 17:3, 17:7)
    #and identifying people of strength  


    So it appears that an eagle is a type of fierce swiftness and strength, not of prophetic wisdom or vision. Other than King Saul, we could not find a prophet or seer that was likened to an Eagle.  
    The primary reference to an eagle is as a descriptor or an illustration of such things as fierce swiftness and strength.  It is NEVER used as a reference to prophetic wisdom or vision. Other than King Saul (2 Sam 1:23 where Saul and Jonathan are referred to as "swifter than eagles"), that are no prophets or seers that were likened to an eagle.
     
    #Ezekiel 17:3
    #Ezekiel 17:7
    #Daniel 4:33
    #Daniel 7:4
    #Hosea 8:1
    #Obadiah 4
     
    #Habakkuk 1:8
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    #Revelation 4:7
    #Revelation 12:14


    =What William Branham said=
    =What William Branham said=
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