The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Eagle - Fountatins
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Emblem of strength, safety, tenderness, and care
Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11
Sure and thorough judgment
Luke 17:37; Job 39:29, 30
King of Babylon; King of Egypt
Matthew 13; Revelation 2:11
Prophetically, the Roman Empire
Prophetically, the convulsion of a settled order of things
Isaiah 29:6; Revelation 6:12; 16:18
Personal appropriation of Christ; entering by faith into the reality of His death
Communion and fellowship generally
1 Corinthians 10:16; 5:11; Acts 11:3-9; Song of Solomon 5:1; Matthew 26:26
The priests’ eating of the sin and other offerings expressed their thorough identification with what those sacrifices respectively set forth
Divine perception and intelligence
2 Chronicles 16:9; Revelation 4:8
Numbers 10:31; Psalms 123:2
Fruitfulness, abundance, excellence
Psalms 63:5; 92:14; Numbers 13:20; Ezekiel 34:20
Utter insensibility of heart and conscience towards God
Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 119:70; Deuteronomy 32:15
The fat of the sacrifices set forth the holy energy and devotedness of will which led the Blessed One to death
Revelation 4:7; Ezekiel 1:10
Ephesians 6:15; John 13:1-10
Under the feet; thorough subjection
1 Corinthians 15:27; Ephesians 1:22; Romans 16:3
Luke 21:29; 13:6, 7; Hosea 9:10
Security, prosperity, peace
Zechariah 3:10; Mic. 4:4; 1 Kings 4:25
Action of the Word of God
Dignity; not necessarily an expression denoting birth
Psalms 89:27; Colossians 1:15
The nature of man as such, or that principle of life and action in man, which in its very nature, is opposed to God
Genesis 6:3; Romans 7:5; Galatians 5:16-19; Ephesians 2:3
Mere human life, without reference to its moral character
Luke 3:6; Philippians 1:22; Matthew 24:22
Ezekiel 9:4; Revelation 14:9; 13:16
Ezekiel 20:46; Jeremiah 21:14; Isaiah 10:18, 19
Illicit intercourse with the world
Revelation 2:20, 21; 17:2; Ezekiel 16:15
2 Timothy 2:19; Isaiah 28:16
Psalms 36:9; Revelation 8:10; 7:17; Isaiah 41:13