Animals of the Bible
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I have summarized part of the dietary law which speaks of good and bad teachers. Eating is a metaphor for learning. {{th}} {{3c| Good | clean animal = his meditation on the word produces a holy walkcBad | Camel - teaches to judge }} {{3c| Bad | Coney - legalist who hides the love of the Word }} {{3c| Bad | Hare - spiritual drunk who celebrates all religions }} {{3c| Bad | Swine - Does not discern what he learns }} {{3c| Good | Fish - Lives by the Word and uses it as his defense }} {{3c| Bad | no fins or scales. Compromised in the flesh and spirit }} {{3c| Bad | Eagle | Those who forget the revelation }} {{3c| Bad | Ossifrage | Tear apart the pure }} {{3c| Bad | Osprey - Doesn't understand the word }} {{3c| Bad | Kites - Doubter }} {{3c| Bad | Raven - Improperly mixing Holiness and Love }} {{3c| Bad | Owl - Questions God's purposes }} {{3c| Bad | Night hawk - loves violence }} {{3c| Bad | Cuckow - wastes away in fleshly pursuits }} {{3c| Bad | Hawk - speaks only of Christ's death, not of his resurrection }} {{3c| Bad | Little owl - angryBad }} {{3c| Bad | Cormorant - Those who have been cast out (for cause) }} {{3c| Bad | Great owl - Those presuming upon grace; continuing in sin }} {{3c| Bad | Swan - Destroyer (not builder) }} {{3c| Bad | Pelican - Rejects the word }} {{3c| Bad | Stork - Doesn't understand holiness and mercy }} {{3c| Bad | Heron - Anger within }} {{3c| Bad | Lapwing - Irregular obedience }} {{3c| Bad | Bat - Turned aside from the teaching }} {{3c| Good | Leaping bugs - Reverent and no guile }} {{3c| Good | Locust - Holiness within }} {{3c| Good | Bald locust - Speaks and lives according to the finished work of Christ }} {{3c| Good | Beetle - Ends fear by teaching }} {{3c| Good | Grasshopper - Preaches life through the cross }} {{3c| Bad | Four feet - Improperly mix flesh with spirit and holiness with grace. }} {{3c| Bad | Carries the carcasse - exalts the dead flesh }}