Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Glorious Eagles


GLORIOUS EAGLES

Part six of fourteen in Commanded Holy Days Importance Today series

Exodus 19:4, Isaiah 66:7-8, Jeremiah 16:14-15, 31:10, Ezekiel 4:3-6, 34:13, 37:10-22
 

Exodus 19:4: “You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.”
 

            The opening Scripture must have puzzled many Hebrew Israelites who walked or rode donkeys toward Canaan.  The Promised Land God promised them after leaving Egypt certainly would have been easier to arrive riding on eagles’ wings! 

            We all can learn protective care from eagles.  All other birds carry their young in their claws.  They wouldn’t dare perch precious babies on their wings where high-flying predators could easily snatch them. 

            But no bird flies higher than eagles.  Eagles’ only threat comes from people, below.  So, eagles put the young on their wings, placing themselves between the vulnerable and danger.  Any predator from below must deal with the eagle first.

            Nothing is higher than God.  Like an eagle, His protective care of the vulnerable is secure.  A “pillar of cloud” miracle of God’s presence led the Israelites by day.  A “pillar of fire” gave them light at night (Exodus 13:21). 

            While airplanes return God’s people to their ancient homeland today, He continues this protective care.  Exchanging pillars of miracles for “on wings of eagles” miracles, compassion, provision, and love care for the vulnerable.  Needy and persecuted Jews around the world yearn to return home to Israel and begin a new life.

The Scripture references under the title outline specific wonders prophesied over Israel.  Isaiah 66:6-7 prophesied that Israel would be born in one day (See previous Important Intermission devotion). 

Jeremiah 16:14-1 predicted that the second Israel (born on May 14, 1948) would be more impressive than the first (when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt roughly 3,400 years ago).   Ezekiel 4:3-6 promised that Israel would be re-established!    

Note: 1945 marked the end of World War Two—six million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust. 

Whew!  

Ezekiel 37:10-19 foretold that Israel would come back to life.  Verses 21-22 say that she would be re-established as a united nation.  Ezekiel 34-13 promised that Jews would return to their “own land”!  Jews returned to Israel from the United States, China, Russia, and South Africa. 

            Jeremiah 31:10 broadcasts: “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations; proclaim it in the distant coastlands: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over His flock like a shepherd.’”

Take Home Nugget

            Important Intermission devotion and this one are included in Commanded Holy Days Importance Today series to show the readers God’s compassionate protective care.  Not only does Yahweh care for His Israelites, but also for ALL His kids worldwide.   

You’re too wonderful for me, LORD!

Adapted from “On Wings of Eagles” by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein.  February 15, 2017.  www.HolyLandMomentsDaily.com.

Adapted from a prophesy by Bible Scholar Grant Jeffrey.  Downloaded from Google February 10, 2017. 

J.D. Griffith

 


 



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