The Eagles
There are two kinds of eagles in the East: one is a "holy" eagle and the other is a "dirty" eagle. The Eagles Several verses in the Old Testament make reference to eagles, and I want to tell of their significance in Oriental thinking. Isaiah 40:29-31: He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they all mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Psalm 103:5: Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. Micah 1:16: Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle;… There are two kinds of eagles in the East: one is a "holy" eagle and the other is a "dirty" eagle. The dirty eagles are those that gather around any dead carcass; they gather to eat of it, and are the wild vultures. Jesus said: Matthew 24:28: For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. In this passage, Jesus referred to the dirty eagles or vultures, because where the dead body is, the vultures are there picking at it. When a fasting Hindu breaks his fast, the first thing he wants to look at is a holy eagle. If he sees a dirty eagle instead, he goes back and fasts again. To the Hindu, it is an evil omen to break a fast without seeing a holy eagle. These dirty eagles are like carnal Christians; they are always looking to material things; their vision is not high enough because their faith is not high enough. They are looking for the husks that the swine did eat, having pleasure in things, things, things, instead of looking to the Spirit. We who are Christians must not walk according to the flesh, but we must walk according to the Spirit. There are many saved Christians who have walked according to the flesh from the time they were saved; they were saved by
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After we have thrown away all the old feathers that have been holding us from blessings, THEN WE WAIT ON GOD! We can't wait on God and ask for new feathers, when we still have all our old dirty ones! That is why the eagles have better sense than we do. The eagles don't pray, "Lord, these four feathers are getting old. I want to lose only these four feathers, Lord, because the others still look good to me. So please let me lose four old ones and you give me new ones." But that is what we Christians do, isn't it? www.kcpillai.org 3 The eagle says, "Why don't I make a clean breast of the whole thing and become a new creation?" So you should say, "I am going to give up all my old feathers." If you lose only four feathers, you will fly a little better, but not as well as you should, because the old ones are still hanging on. That is why Christian people are gloomy and defeated. They get tired