ELTB BB 20-21
Great owl
Covering you in 'darkness' is a positive from God's view, or a negative from our view. God expresses love and mercy symbolized by darkness; if we are in sin, and haven't been destroyed, we are receiving his mercy. From our view, we say that being in darkness is being in sin and presuming upon God's mercy; to us it looks like evil.
The Great Owl which Adam watched hunt and live in the night represents those in the dark who should not be our teachers. [1] Those people who are like Great Owls act like God is not watching them do bad things. They pretend to themselves that God will never do anything about it. [2]
God always keeps his promises and he is watching everything. We don't want to lie to ourselves that there isn't a God or that he is asleep.
- darkness chasak חשך - covering, withholding
- 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.
Swan
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. [3].
Sometimes people like to break things just to break them. They are like the swans, and we should avoid them. Instead we should build things. The swan might represent those who do things to discourage you. Be encouraged by the love Christ has for you.
- swan tanshemeth תנשׁמת - from beginning to end תת it destroys נשׁמ
- ↑ ▸ ± 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:
- ↑ ▸ ± 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.
- ↑ ▸ ± 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.
