G-d created every winged fowl after its kind, G-d saw that it was good.
G-d assigned mankind to have dominion, a `rule` over the animal kingdom.
G-d ordained the protection of a bird's nest, with the mother sitting on her eggs. Proving His love of His creation, and His demand to protect it.
G-d defeated the enemy of Israel and gave their flesh for meat to the fowl of the air.
Job tells us clearly, that we cannot learn any greater lessons of teaching and wisdom, than from the animals and fowls of G-d.
Solomon tells us, that the bird will carry our voices . . .
G-d will use the fowl, to punish the wicked.
G-d sent the raven to feed Elijah, during the 3 1/2 years drought ( July 9th, 883 B.C., the rains came ) . . .
Jeremiah 8:7, confirms that the fowl (bird) kingdom knows more about G-d and His judgment than Israel.
G-d selected a fowl (bird) to represent the HOLY GHOST, landing on Christ, the voice of G-d enforcing the appearance (manifestation) of the Spirit of G-d, as a dove.
Jesus Christ compared Himself, to a hen gathering chicks, as He lamented over Jerusalem.
Mat 3:16 And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
Mat 23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Mar 1:10 And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him.
Luk 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
Luk 13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.
Jhn 1:32 And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
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Additional Scriptural References :
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Gen 1:21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
Deu 4:17 the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
Deu 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree, or upon the ground, with young or with eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
1Sa 17:46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;
Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
Job 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
Ecc 10:20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.
Jer 8:7 Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
Jer 15:3 For I will visit them with four kinds [of punishments], saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and dogs to tear, and the fowl of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
Eze 31:6 All the fowl of the heavens made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
Hsa 2:18 And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely.
Hsa 11:11 they shall hasten as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will cause them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.
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Summary :
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In all the scriptures related to animals and every species of fowl within the Word of G-d, no seer, Prophet, or man of G-d ever called upon animals.
G-d Himself, sent them, provided them and G-d held the decision about how the animal/fowl would interact with the person.
That is the difference in divination, the abomination of calling/conjuring up by method of familiar spirits, versus G-d bringing the animal/fowl to our assistance.
Many reading this, have never thought of this. And many never experiencing the Biblical assistance we receive from G-d by His animal/fowl creation, are confused about the idolatry of shamanism (calling/conjuring) versus the miracles, manifestation of the Holy Ghost in His divine decisions to assist us, as Christians, through the service of animal/fowl kingdom.
Blessings,
Betty C. Clark
And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 1:24-25 NRSV
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