The Prophet and The Eagle

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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). See our article on Matthew 24:28.
  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 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings...[1]
  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...[2]
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...[3]
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture’s eye hath not seen...[4]
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.[5]

Quotes

References

  1. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Ex 19:4 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
  2. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Le 11:13–14 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
  3. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Dt 14:12–13 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
  4. The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Job 28:7 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
  5. 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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