The following article came from a Christian friend of mine who from time to time gets up "stuff" to preach in his area. He sent this to my husband and me and I think it is pretty neat. :
Job 12:7- But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the fowls of the air and they shall tell thee.
Prov.6:5- Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of a hunter, and as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Psa.18:10- And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly upon the wings of the wind.
What can birds tell us? They were created before man, and have been flying over heads for thousands of years. Birds mirror mankind, and they let us know that they can think. For example, on a university campus in Japan
God can use birds to give us direction. For example, the Bible tells us that Moses brought the Jews out of Egypt
Quail are toxic during their southern autumn migration, but not on their return flight in spring. Also, quail are more abundant on the Red Sea coast in spring than in fall. Birds that fly north in spring are hungry and exhausted and stop in Israel before flying to Europe or Asia . If they fly to Europe they’ll fly over Turkey Jordan Red Sea in spring where the Jews could have fed on birds-Exodus16; 34:18. During the fall migration they are relatively fresh and don’t need to stop over at the Red Sea .
Each year hundreds of millions of birds cross over Israel , migrating between their breeding grounds in Europe and Asia and their wintering quarters in the heart of Africa . That is 60 to 75% of all the migrating birds fly via Israel Asia . 500 million to 1.5 billion birds fly north each spring from Africa to Asia by way of the Jewish salt flats. They stop over at the feeding grounds near Eliat at the northern tip of the Red Sea .
When God told Moses to take the Jews out of Egypt , Egypt Egypt Africa where notorious Scribes, such as Origen, Marcion, Augustine, the Popes, etc. all showed their penmanship in corrupting the manuscripts. Afterwards, in the early 20th century two devious scholars named Westcott and Hort came out with the ASV and adopted these changes telling you that they were from the Original Greek. There is no original Greek, in fact, there are 27 Greek texts and they all differ. All they had to do was mess up 5% of the words. A little leaven leaveneth the lump.
The Bible comes from the majority text with the manuscripts from Antioch , Syria not Alexandria , Egypt
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe (1Thessalonians 2:13.)
After the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the gentiles were divided into saints and gentiles. God took out a part for himself called the Church.
Romans 1:16- For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
The Bible says that the oracles of God were given to the Jews. God chose the Jews as his people because he had made a covenant with Abraham. Israel Israel
1 Peter 1:23-Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth forever.
Acts 13:23- Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel
John 6:32- Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that true bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:35-And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Luke 8:11-Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Luke 4:4- It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
What are those high flying shorebirds telling us, like the geese who migrate by flying in V-formation. Seems like the Lord wants us on his wings. He wants to be near us. He wants us praying to him. And after a restful night, If I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Don’t worry what a day may bring forth.) Geese fly on the wings of the wind to remind us that we have victory in Jesus. The wind can be a manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13-He will guide you in all truth reviving the heart of man toward God.
You see how graceful birds fly in the wind. In this V(wing)-formation it has been calculated that they can fly 70% further than a single bird. They fly in the draft of the flapping bird in front. Also, these geese expect the others to share the work. After the leading bird has done her part, she drops to the back and the bird that was closest to her then leads. This reminds me of Prov.6:19-The Lord hates people that sow discord among brethren like false doctrine that leads to heresy.
Also, you choose to react the way you do to what you see, hear, or feel. Yet, your attitude may well determine how much grace you’ll get from the Lord. Your attitude effects just about everything in your life. Each morning you choose to be in a good mood, or you can choose to be in a bad mood. Yeah, I know, even with no sleep. You have two choices. You can choose to react, or you can choose to submit. Each time something bad happens I can choose to be a victim or, I can choose to learn from it. You know how people affect your mood. It’s your choice how you handle your life. Sometimes it’s not that easy, and maybe even, you would rather die than live another day. Life is all about choice. Try out the positive side of life. You know God is watching (Luke 12:6,7.)
Are not five sparrows sold for a two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Attitude is in your heart.? (Jeremiah17:9) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it. When people have heart transplants many times they take on the personalities and attitudes of the donors. Even characteristics like beer drinking. I remember the story of one woman that never drank beer until after heart surgery. She had such a strong urge to drink beer that she just gave in and really liked it. But she had a suspicion that the heart donor was a heavy beer drinker. She contacted the donor’s wife and she told him that he was.
Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.
The Bible says, “Where there is no vision the people perish” Often times altitude will change our attitude. The Bible says in John 3:8-The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou heareth the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whiter it goeth so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
The powerful operations of God’s Spirit, reviving the heart toward God are compared to the blowing of the wind. You may need to get back on the Lord’s wing. Birds that flap their wings are low flying birds. Eagles drop their young ones to teach them to rely on the wind to fly. Eagles fly high for a better vision. They eat only live food, live prey. God’s words are alive. When you’re flying high, above the clouds you have more light. You can see that those bright clouds beneath you are rain clouds. They’re bright not dark, as the Bible says in Job 37:11. Up here you’re seeing more, you’re flying higher and seeing that all your worries were petty. God is holding you up. Your vision is clearer. God gave us a Bible to read and study. And to give you strength for another day. We can reach a world that’s never been touched from the heart by having the right attitude and with patience lead them to the Lord.
Birds show the two nature of man. The seed can be the seed of David (Romans 3:3), or the seed of the serpent (Genesis 3:15; through Judas, John 6:70,17:12). Birds tell you to fear God because of God’s vision. Proverbs15:3-The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
You can be like Christ, or you can be like the wicked. Eagles can be nasty creatures, preying, devouring, envious, proud, and lofty, and harassing other birds. History has shown that the Roman eagle has killed millions. The Bible says, In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth (Revelation 18:24.) Many persecutors have destroyed the godly. “Come “ saith Pharoah, “let us deal wisely with them.” Many Papists have accused Christians so they could take away their lives. Birds of prey are unclean birds and would not be offered up in sacrifice. Wicked men are unclean and their prayers and sacrifices are an abomination in the sight of God (Proverbs 15:8.) The Eagle is no well coming and friendly bird, but ill favored in God’s sight. Neither is their shrieks sweet in his ears.
God wants to see, and hear his people.
Birds have a syrinx which is the sound producing organ. Our soundbox is located at the top of the trachea. The birds syrinx is set much lower down, at the junction of the two air tubes leading to the lungs. This means that the syrinx has two potential sound sources, one in each bronchus. This means that separate sounds which are then mixed when fed into the higher vocal tract . This complex design means that birds can produce a far greater variety of sounds.
A British musician and avid bird watcher David Hindley slowed these bird songs down and discovered parallels between the skylark’s vast number of notes and Beethovan’s fifth symphony and Bach’s 48 Preludes and fugues (whatever that is I don’t know.)
The love for Christ Jesus comes with birds singing (Song of Solomon 2:12) just before the rapture.
And if birds can parallel some music of Bach and Beethovan with sounds mixed and going out in two pipes how much more can the Devil do with his built in pipes and tabrets?
God created music for worship. 1 Chronicles 15:16-Man praised God with appointed singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up their voice with joy. 1 Chronicles 15:28-And when the ark of the covenant was brought up the people shouted and made a great voice with the sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and cymbals, and making noise with psalteries and harps.
Satan is the most subtle of creatures.
He wants to be like God and counterfeit Him
He has been going up and down in this world for 6,000 years and he is now out in full force with all his demonic spirits. He was a murderer from the beginning. He’s just as cunning now as he was in the beginning. He was God’s music leader and wants worship. It’s no surprise to Paul who says to us in these latter days “Who hath bewitched you" (Gal.3:1.)
We have seen the decadence of music from Bach, Handle, and Beethoven to Rock n’Roll with its sexual immorality agenda. Punk and Acid Rock shadowed the chaos in the world, and we now see the arise of Satanic worship in the music lyrics. The Rolling Stones have called themselves “The Devil's Disciples.” The anti-Christ will come out of Europe and he is preparing his mix of music there. Coming out of Germany
Satan was made the most beautiful of creatures. Every precious stone was his covering (Ezekiel 28:13), and all the trees in the garden envied him (Ezekiel 31:9) These stones are all listed in (Ezekiel 28:13), but in (Revelation 21:20) the only precious stone that is left out is the diamond. Maybe because diamonds come from carbon and all dead things(bones) turn to carbon. Isn’t he the god of death? Also, carbon has an atomic number of 12, and this means it has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. His number 666 is in diamonds, and you men are even wearing it in your ears. Hopefully it will not be on your forehead! The Devil does not care for you. Diamonds are made under pressure just like he wants you under pressure too.
Paul says “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." The Devil can sift us all as wheat if we don’t know how to resist him. We resist Satan with the words of God. But Satan has taken your sword away, the King James Bible, and given you a modern paper thin plastic knife version!
Where the word of a king is there is power: (Ecclesiastes 8:9)
Adam had to wait 130 years to get another son to replace Abel whom he named Seth. God allowed Cains line to flourish for 130 years because God had to keep his promise. That is 10 X 13. Ten is the number that represents the Gentiles, and 13 is the devil’s number like Judas Iscariot, 13 letters. God waited for 130 years to see whether Cain’s line would glorify God and they did not so God destroyed them all in Noah’s flood.
Eve was not prepared to deal with Satan. She lived in the dispensation of innocence and did not know whom she was facing. After her fall, she went back to the garden probably because she was lonely, and Adam was in no talking mood for she had tricked him. Passing the blame is just one of those hitches in life and many times depends on which way the wind blows. So we do well to confess it and put it under the Blood. Eve wanted company and maybe the only one who would talk to her was Satan.. They had both fallen and now had something in common against God.
Ecclessiastes 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 shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell of the matter.
The devil had lost his beautiful covering and she her snow white body.( Before the fall, Adam and Eve had water instead of blood in their circulatory system. They were the only true “bluebloods” for they had dominion over the whole world until Satan took over.) Eve yearned for that close contact with Adam who didn’t want anything to do with her. But the devil knew that he could comfort her through song. She may have had made many visits to the garden to see him. She had been touched before so she thought that he was harmless. And the Devil had his day to take advantage of her. He sweet talked her to get closer while the birds were watching. He sung songs, and maybe then rock n’ roll to get her body moving. We’re prisoners of sin, but God wants to set us free. The Lord Jesus Christ led captivity captive. He arose from the grave. Birds have that freedom of flight. We too have that glorious liberty in Jesus, so why are so many of us still serving idols? Are we still held captive in these late modern days by T.V. ? God instructed us to set no wicked thing before our eyes (Psa.101:3) so who has bewitched us? People are now relying on TV for guidance and instruction on how to live their lives. We are attacked everyday with all sorts of demoniac spirits that we really need to exercise out.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hands of the fowler.
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Yes, we live in this world where birds are telling us that we gotta be free, or we gotta be divine. Our gods are sex, money, and education. We glorify man instead of God. And it’s only by God’s grace that enables you, or I, to give glory to God.
God’s bird is the dove. Doves are meek, harmless, and chaste. They make their nests in the rock. They feed on grain, not carrion. They are often molested by birds of prey and were appointed under the law for sacrifice. They are very fruitful and have a lovely eye on their mate, and have no defence, but by flight. A fowler can catch them and put them easily in bondage. Paul writes, Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. (Galatians 4:3)
Can you glorify God? Birds teach you how to sing to the Lord. The best time is dawn. Sound travels best in the early morning with little wind and less noise. I use to walk my dog at 5:00 in the morning, and was amazed by the loud and very large vocabulary of the mocking bird on the campus. The Bible says:
O God , You are my God, early will I seek you.
But I will sing of your power, Yes, I will sing aloud of mercy in the morning.
What does God say to us about our service? The Bible says:
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
The Lord tells us to be faithful, grow in faith, and put out his word. Get that spiritual vision. And that we better know the King James Bible, because we will be judged by it. And women if you can find a man that’s trying to serve the Lord stand by your man because at the Judgment seat of Christ you’ll get an equal portion of his rewards, (Psalms 68:12, Romans 5:17, Ephesians 5:33.)
He that rejected me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:48)
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 215.)
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich;and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (Revelation 3:18)
Brian Oshana
Interesting. Food for thought.
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