Hi guys,
What it reiterates to me is that God is extremely loving. His mercy and His grace are limitless. Our Eternal Shepherd never stops caring for His sheep.
Amen Nicole!
Matt,
perhaps the scripture you are thinking of is this?:
Psalms 17:8-9
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.and there's also this in Exodus:
Exodus 19:4
4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
Darren,
yes, thank you for adding those scriptures! Satan does his job well in keeping us in darkness until the time is right for us to begin to see...
2 Corinthians 4:4
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.But it seems to me, that even in the darkness, God gives us "some" light:
Genesis 1:14-18
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
To begin to know Christ, to be called to Him, is the beginning of our spiritual life. I see this as "the lesser light" because while in the church/Babylon we are given some truth (light) and are learning something of Christ, but we are still in the season of the night, as far as our spiritual life goes. There is a "greater light", and I see this as coming out of Babylon, when the true "light of the glorious gospel" begins to shine and God begins to open our eyes to the false doctrines and lies....we are given eyes to see that we have been worshiping "another Jesus", but now the the "morning star", the "day star" is being revealed to us...the true Jesus:
2 Peter 1:19
19 We also have a more sure Word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Daystar arises in your heartsThe many called, the church remain under the "lesser light" but the chosen are given the "greater light", and so for the chosen the day begins to dawn....
I'm also noticing this: I believe that fowls can represent evil spirits:
Genesis 1:22
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas and let the fowl multiply in the earth.So it looks like here we may have another indication that evil spirits are present in the church/earth, spreading their false doctrines and lies.
But on the sixth day, when God is creating man in his own image, we see he is granted "dominion" over the fowls of the air:
Genesis 1:26
26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.So I'm thinking the sixth day may represent the chosen entering into that part of their spiritual walk when God grants them "dominion" over their sin:
Romans 6:13-14
13 Do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God, as one alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under Law, but under grace.I've heard Ray speak about this, when you finally get to a point where Jesus is on the throne...sin is still present, but it no longer has dominion over you, and so you no longer struggle like before...God finally gives you the power to obey. (I can't wait for this phase of our walk, by the way!
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More thoughts and comments welcomed!
Peace and may God bless all of us in our studies,
Diana