ELTB BB 18-19
Little owl
The Hebrew word for 'owl' means 'cup'. The cup symbolizes the will of God for the cross, which has great things and terrible things. It was a great day because God chose to forgive men and dwell with us. But it was a terrible day because Christ, God in flesh, suffered and died at the hands of the men he came to save. [1]
Perhaps Adam saw an owl nesting in hole in a tree and named him 'cup' since it looked like he was sitting in a cup.
The cup is a mixture of judgement and love; it is unclean as other mixtures. We are not to mix them.
If we see a brother do something wrong and not get punished, we don't think "Oh, what wonderful forgiveness." We think, "It's not fair that he got away with it." If we get caught and get punished, we don't think, "I sure deserved this!" we think, "I deserve to get forgiven!". We are just all mixed up.
Only Christ could holiness and love properly on the cross.
- little owl kowc כוס - cup
- cup כוס - Son of God כ made clear ו by his finished work ס
Cormorant
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, the same as the abominable lobster. They both snatch fish living in the word and devour them.
When the cormorant dives into the water it looks like it has been cast out of the heavens. Adam named the cormorant 'cast out'.
Those who have been cast out are not a good source for teaching. [2] The cormorant represents those under such judgement.
- cormorant shalak שלך - cast out
- ↑ ▸ ± 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.
- ↑ ▸ ± 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
