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| ==<strike>Eat</strike> Learn This Book==
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| God wants everyone to know him. He teaches about himself through all things that have been created. <ref>{{bgw|Ro 1:20 }} For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:</ref> Observing the things themselves does not teach us, but we learn from his word in what he has said about the things.
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| Looking at air does not teach us much because it is invisible. But the word ''ruwach'' רוח means both 'spirit' and 'wind'. Then God tells us that the Spirit is like the wind; though it is invisible, we see the work it does. <ref>{{bgw|Joh 3:8 }} The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. </ref>
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| Eating is a symbol for learning. The birds we are not supposed to eat represent things God doesn't want us to learn.
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| * 'eat' אכל ''akal'' also means 'true אכ teaching ל' and 'smite the אכ teaching ל'
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| '''Bad birds (''flying things'')'''
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| We are taught which behaviors to avoid by the list of flying things.
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| <ref>{{bgw| Le 11:13-19 }} And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; 15 Every raven after his kind; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, Le 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. </ref>
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| The behaviors that Adam observed when naming the birds may be still present in their behaviors today.
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| * fowls ''owph'' עוף - fly, 'the flesh ע explaining ו the finished prophecy ף'.}}
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| '''Eagle'''
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| The eagle represents those who forget God. <ref>{{bgw| Da 4:33 }} The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ [feathers], and his nails like birds’ [claws].</ref> Perhaps Adam saw the lone eagle on high, looking down on all and thought to himself, "That bird thinks he is a god". When we forget God, we sometimes think we can make our own rules.
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| * eagle ''nesher'' נשר - forget נש the revelation ר.
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| '''Ossifrage'''
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| The ossifrage eats almost only bones. Adam watching one tear his food apart and breaking the bones would have been quite a sight. He named the ossifrage 'divide'. We should avoid those things which simply cause division and with doctrines different from the Bible.<ref>{{bgw| Ro 16:17 }} Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.</ref>
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| * ossifrage ''perec'' פרס - divide
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| '''Osprey'''
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| The Hebrew word for 'osprey' has the word 'goat' within it. The goat just thinks of himself. He grabs food, cuts in line pushes and shoves to get his way. The goat, representing the flesh, is not of the spirit, and so should be avoided.
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| * osprey ''ozniyah'' עזניה - the goat עז hears זנ God's will י and doesn't understand ה. The goat represents the flesh. <ref>{{bgw| Mt 25:33 }} And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.</ref>
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| '''Vulture'''
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| Though the vulture is known for eating dead things; the Hebrew name for the vulture is 'cause to wander in ignorance'. Jesus confronted some religious leaders who would not accept his teaching, and they also would not allow others to learn from Jesus as they tried to disrupt him while teaching. They caused others to wander in ignorance. <ref>{{bgw| Mt 23:13 }} But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.</ref>
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| * vulture ''da’ah'' דאה - cause to wander דא in ignorance ה.
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| '''Kites'''
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| Kites have the ability to ride the wind in an almost endless search. Did it look to Adam as if they were futile in their search? "Where?" is a question of the heathen <ref>{{bgw| Ps 115:2}} Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?</ref> and the flesh <ref>{{bgw| Ps 42:3}} My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?</ref>. The kite represents the doubters. <ref>{{bgw| 2Pe 3:4 }} And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation. </ref>
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| * kite ''ayah'' איה - rhetorical 'Where?' One who doubts?
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| '''Raven'''
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| The word 'oreb' ערב means: blind, naked, mix.
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| Which meaning matches the raven behavior that Adam saw? We can only guess. When ravens are hatched "They are altricial; blind, featherless and helpless" . They also form loose flocks, only congregating to roost and they play with other animals. Perhaps this is the 'mixing' that Adam saw.
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| Blind is a metaphor for not understanding. Naked (featherless) is a symbol for the flesh or sin being exposed.
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| God is Holy <ref>{{bgw| 1Pe 1:16 }} Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.</ref> and he is Love <ref>{{bgw| 1Jo 4:8 }} He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.</ref>. Since no man has seen the Father except the Son <ref>{{bgw| Joh 1:18 }} No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].</ref>, no one can adequately explain God but the Son. The laws prohibiting mixing, are part of the play or parable of the law to teach that we cannot mix law and grace, holiness and love, but must wait until we see it properly mixed on the cross.
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| * raven ''oreb'' ערב - mix. Mixing is a metaphor for improperly representing holiness and love together. We confuse them. Only Christ on the cross perfectly represents the nature of the Father.
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| '''Owl'''
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| 'Owl' means 'why' and 'shovel. The shovel is an implement in the temple to move ashes from the altar. The burnt offering represents Christ's total devotion to his Father.
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| Christ laid down his own life. The scoffer does not understand 'Why'. <ref>{{bgw| 1Co 1:18 }} For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. </ref>
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| * owl bath ''ya‘anah'' בת יענה - daughter בת of why יענ .
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| '''Night hawk'''
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| Perhaps Adam saw the Night Hawk hunting when he gave him the name 'must do violence'. God hates those who love to do violence <ref>{{bgw| Ps 11:5 }} The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.</ref>. The night hawk is a symbol of those.
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| * night hawk ''tachmac'' תחמס - imperative ת of violence חמס
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| '''Cuckows'''
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| Some cuckows nest on the ground in shrubs so they represent some who are of the flesh. Their name can mean 'shrub death'. Adam may have named them because of that. But the word also means emaciated, or wasted away. By word play, the cuckow could be called 'emaciated'.
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| Those who are spiritually dying are not a good source for spiritual teaching. Jesus used the word 'dead' to refer to those who are spiritually dead <ref>{{bgw| Mt 8:22 }} But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.</ref>
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| * cuckow ''shachaph'' שחף - emaciate, waste away, shrub death
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| '''Hawk'''
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| There are many instances in the riddles where referring to the death of Christ is a 'bad' thing, where referring to his resurrection is the 'good' thing. An example is that of the 'shibboleth' <ref>{{bgw| Jud 12:6 }} Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.</ref> Those who referred to a single grain (the death of Christ), were put to death, but those who referred to a whole ear or stream (the resurrection and fruitfulness of Christ), lived. The word 'hawk' refers to his death.
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| * hawk ''nets'' נץ - the son of man נ killed on the cross ץ
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| * ''cibboleth'' סבלת - grain of wheat
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| * ''shibboleth'' שׁבלת - ear of wheat or flowing stream
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| '''Little owl'''
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| 'Owl' means 'cup'. The cup symbolizes the will of God for the cross which has great things and terrible things. <ref>{{bgw| Joe 2:31 }} The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.</ref>
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| Perhaps Adam saw an owl nesting in hole in a tree and named him 'cup' since it looked like he was siting in a cup.
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| Since the cup is a mixture of judgement and love, it is unclean as other mixtures. We are not to mix them. Only Christ could express them in unity.
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| * little owl ''kowc'' כוס - cup
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| * cup כוס - Son of God כ made clear ו by his finished work ס
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| '''Cormorant'''
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| The cormorant is an aquatic bird. It has webbed feet and swims under the water. It eats the fish which are swimming in the water. This is like the lobster that preys on the fish. When it dives into the water it looks as it been cast out of the heavens. Adam named the cormorant 'cast out'.
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| Those who have been cast out are not a good source for teaching. <ref>{{bgw| Ga 4:30 }} Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. Law vs. grace</ref> The cormorant represents those under such judgement.
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| * cormorant ''shalak'' שלך - cast out
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| '''Great owl'''
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| 'Darkness' is a positive from God's perspective, or a negative from our perspective. It expresses God's love and mercy from his; if we are in sin, and haven't been destroyed, we are receiving his mercy. We may also say that being in darkness is being in sin and presuming upon God's mercy.
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| The Great Owl represents those in the dark who should not be our teachers. <ref>{{bgw| 1Pe 2:9 }} But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:</ref>
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| * great owl ''yanshuwph'' ינשׁוף - I י in the dark נשׁוף. The one who is in the dark is sinning and presuming upon the grace of God.
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| '''Swan'''
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| The swan, as a large bird, is not subject to being killed in large numbers by natural predators. Their numbers can swell until they are destructive to an environment. Those who are destructive should not be a source for our learning <ref>{{bgw| Joh 10:10 }} The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.</ref>.
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| * swan ''tanshemeth'' תנשׁמת - from beginning to end תת it destroys נשׁמ
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| '''Pelican'''
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| Perhaps Adam watched a pelican scoop up his meal, and then vomit up the shell and rocks. He named it 'vomit after'
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| Vomit, like spit is a symbol of rejection. <ref>{{bgw| Job 20:15 }} He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.</ref> Those who reject the word should not be teachers of the word. <ref>{{bgw| Pr 26:11 }} As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.</ref>
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| * pelican ''qa’ath'' קאת - vomit קא after ת.
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| '''Gier eagle'''
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| The name contains the Hebrew root 'to love'. The birds are mated and seldom separated. This maybe part of what Adam saw, but if this was all, we would have difficulty understanding why it is an unclean bird. The gier eagle eats almost nothing but carrion.
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| The name actually means 'not understanding love'. Though they are together in the appearance of love, they eat nothing but dead things.
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| Paul teaches that if we don't have love, our faith, generosity, and sacrifices mean nothing. <ref>{{bgw|Co 13:2,3 }} And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.</ref>
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| * gier eagle ''haracham'' הרחם - not understanding ה love רחם.
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| '''Stork'''
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| Storks are primarily carnivorous eating reptiles, small mammals, insects, fish, amphibians and other small invertebrates. It is perhaps this devoring of living things that Adam observed when he named the stork "not understanding holiness and mercy". These are the attributes of God, so he named it "Not understanding God".
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| The main purpose of God is to teach us that He is Holy <ref>{{bgw| Le 11:45 }} For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy.</ref>; He alone is God. He also teaches that He is Love. <ref>{{bgw| 1Jo 4:8 }} He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.</ref> The Hebrew word for 'stork' means not understanding either 'holy' or 'mercy'.
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| * stork ''chaciydah'' החסידה - not understanding ה*ה holiness , mercy חסיד
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| '''Heron'''
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| When the heron hunts, it stand very still in the water looking for it's prey. When it sees something, it moves it's head back and forth to get the targeting range through the water. Perhaps Adam named it 'yearning undulation' for this behavior. Once it had that name, by word-play it became 'her anger'.
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| Jesus said that if we were angry, we were guilty of murder <ref>{{bgw| Mt 5:21,22 }} Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.</ref> . Perhaps the wild headdress of the heron made it look angry to Adam.
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| * heron ''anaphah'' אנפה - anger of her ה.
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| '''Lapwing'''
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| The lapwing is known for the irregular pattern of beating it's wings.
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| God commanded Moses to strike the rock for water the first time. The second time he told him to speak to it, but Moses struck it (an irregular beating?) and forfeited the privilege of entering into the promised land. <ref>{{bgw| Nu 20:12 }} And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.</ref>
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| * lapwing ''duwkiyphath'' דוכיפת - beat דוכ the mystery פ plan י which was finished ת.
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| '''Bat'''
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| As mentioned previously, the Bible does not say the bat is a bird. It says that it is a 'flying thing'. 'Bird' is a poor translation.
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| Bats are known for their irregular flight patterns. The name of the bat suggests one who wanders from the path or deviates from God's will. These should not be our teachers.
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| * bat ''atalleph'' עטלף - turn aside עטף from the teaching ל.
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| '''Summary'''
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| All of these birds were named by Adam because of the behaviors he observed. <ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:19 }} And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.</ref> By the riddle they become representative of behaviors we don't want for ourselves. When God looks at us, he does not see our behaviors. He sees the work of Christ and gives us a new name or reputation based on that of Jesus. <ref>{{bgw| Isa 62:2 }} And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.</ref> <ref>{{bgw| Re 2:17 }} He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].</ref>
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