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    What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"? You will probably still find a reference to Prophets being represented by Eagles on believethesign somewhere, but here's some correction to that:

    The KJV Bible uses the world "Eagle" 34 times.

    1. Some of these verses refer to vultures, not eagles (Prov 30:17, Micah 1:16, and Luke 17:37). One example is, "Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather." (Matt 24:28, ESV)
    2. Some of these refer to the 'unclean' animals that were not kosher to eat (Lev 11:13 & 18 and Deut 14:12 & 17).
    3. Some of these refer to 'bad eagles' (Jer 4:13, Lam 4:19, Ezek 17, Hos 8:1, Obadiah 1:4).
    4. The rest refer to angels, and identifying people of strength (like Jonathan and Saul).

    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.

    Scripture References

    Eagle

    The word eagle is mentioned 34 times in the KJV:

    1. Exodus 19:4
    2. Leviticus 11:13
    3. Leviticus 11:18
    4. Deuteronomy 14:12
    5. Deuteronomy 14:17
    6. Deuteronomy 28:49
    7. Deuteronomy 32:11
    8. 2 Samuel 1:23
    9. Job 9:26
    10. Job 39:27
    11. Psalm 103:5
    12. Proverbs 23:5
    13. Proverbs 30:17
    14. Proverbs 30:19
    15. Isaiah 40:31
    16. Jeremiah 4:13
    17. Jeremiah 48:40
    18. Jeremiah 49:16
    19. Jeremiah 49:22
    20. Lamentations 4:19
    21. Ezekiel 1:10
    22. Ezekiel 10:14
    23. Ezekiel 17:3
    24. Ezekiel 17:7
    25. Daniel 4:33
    26. Daniel 7:4
    27. Hosea 8:1
    28. Obadiah 4
    29. Micah 1:16
    30. Habakkuk 1:8
    31. Matthew 24:28
    32. Luke 17:37
    33. Revelation 4:7
    34. Revelation 12:14

    Vulture

    The word "vulture" is mentioned 4 times in the KJV:

    And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an cabomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind...[1]
    But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 And kthe glede, and the kite, and lthe vulture after his kind...[2]
    There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture’s eye hath not seen...[3]
    There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.[4]

    Quotes

    References

    1. ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Le 11:13–14 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
    2. ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Dt 14:12–13 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
    3. ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Job 28:7 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
    4. ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Is 34:15 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
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