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[[Image:eagle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a pretty cool bird, but its not typed to prophets in the Bible.]] | |||
Are prophets actually compared to eagles in the Bible as William Branham claimed? What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"? | |||
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#Two (2) verses identify people of strength (Ezekiel 17:3, 17:7) | #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"), | 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"), '''there are ZERO prophets or seers that were likened to an eagle'''. | ||
==The eagle is an unclean bird== | |||
Leviticus 11:13 says | |||
:''These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are '''unclean: the eagle''', the vulture, the black vulture...<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Le 11:13–19.</ref> | |||
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:''Everyone knows that a prophet is called the eagle, in the Bible.<ref>WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-10 SUNDAY_ 65-0221E</ref> | :''Everyone knows that a prophet is called the eagle, in the Bible.<ref>WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-10 SUNDAY_ 65-0221E</ref> | ||
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