Symbols of the shadows
From 2nd Book
Jump to navigationJump to search
Body
Animals
| clean animal | his meditation on the word produces a holy walk | |
| Camel | teaches to judge | |
| Coney | legalist who hides the love of the Word | |
| Hare | spiritual drunk who celebrates all religions | |
| Swine | Does not discern what he learns | |
| Fish | Lives by the Word and uses it as his defense | |
| no fins or scales | Compromised in the flesh and spirit | |
| Eagle | Those who forget the revelation | |
| Ossifrage | Tear apart the pure | |
| Osprey | Goat/flesh | |
| Kites | Doubter | |
| Raven | Improperly mixing Holiness and Love | |
| Owl | Questions God's purposes | |
| Night hawk | loves violence | |
| Cuckow | wastes away in fleshly pursuits | |
| Hawk | speaks only of Christ's death, not of his resurrection | |
| Little owl | angry | |
| Cormorant | Those who have been cast out (for cause) | |
| Great owl | Those presuming upon grace; continuing in sin | |
| Swan | Destroyer (not builder) | |
| Pelican | Rejects the word | |
| Stork | Doesn't understand holiness and mercy | |
| Heron | Anger within | |
| Lapwing | Irregular obedience | |
| Bat | Turned aside from the teaching | |
| Leaping bugs | Reverent and no guile | |
| Locust | Holiness within | |
| Bald locust | Speaks and lives according to the finished work of Christ | |
| Beetle | Ends fear by teaching | |
| Grasshopper | Preaches life through the cross | |
| Four feet | Improperly mix flesh with spirit and holiness with grace. | |
| Carries the carcasse | exalts the dead flesh |
