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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. Love is a good thing to learn. But the gier eagle eats almost nothing but carrion or road kill. | 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. Love is a good thing to learn. But the gier eagle eats almost nothing but carrion or road kill. | ||
The name actually means 'not understanding love'. Though they are together in the appearance of love, they eat nothing but dead rotting things. Someone who loves you teaches you good things, not bad things. | The name actually means 'not understanding love'. Though they are together in the appearance of love, they eat nothing but dead rotting things. Someone who loves you teaches you good things, not bad things. If your friend wants you to do bad things, you know there is no love there. | ||
It is true that when we eat the bread of communion, we are learning from the death of Jesus, but it is followed by the wine or 'living water' as a symbol of the life he gives us through his resurrection. | It is true that when we eat the bread of communion, we are learning from the death of Jesus, but it is followed by the wine or 'living water' as a symbol of the life he gives us through his resurrection. | ||
