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What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"?
What the Bible says
The KJV Bible uses the world "Eagle" 34 times:
- 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).
- 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)
- Two (2) verses are metaphors for God (Exodus 19:4, Deut 32:11)
- Three (3) verses refer to angels (Ezek. 1:10, 10:14, Revelation 4:7)
- Two (2) verses identify people of strength (Ezekiel 17:3, 17:7)
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.
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Scripture References
Eagle
The word eagle is mentioned 34 times in the KJV:
- Exodus 19:4 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings...[1]
- Leviticus 11:13
- Leviticus 11:18
- Deuteronomy 14:12
- Deuteronomy 14:17
- Deuteronomy 28:49
- Deuteronomy 32:11
- 2 Samuel 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and ||pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were zswifter than eagles, they were astronger than lions.[2]
- Job 9:26
- Job 39:27
- Psalm 103:5
- Proverbs 23:5
- Proverbs 30:17
- Proverbs 30:19
- Isaiah 40:31
- Jeremiah 4:13
- Jeremiah 48:40
- Jeremiah 49:16
- Jeremiah 49:22
- Lamentations 4:19
- Ezekiel 1:10
- Ezekiel 10:14
- Ezekiel 17:3
- Ezekiel 17:7
- Daniel 4:33
- Daniel 7:4
- Hosea 8:1
- Obadiah 4
- Micah 1:16
- Habakkuk 1:8
- Matthew 24:28
- Luke 17:37
- Revelation 4:7
- 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...[3]
- 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...[4]
- There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture’s eye hath not seen...[5]
- 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.[6]
Quotes
References
- ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Ex 19:4 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
- ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., 2 Sa 1:23 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
- ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Le 11:13–14 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
- ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Dt 14:12–13 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
- ↑ The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Job 28:7 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
- ↑ 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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