The Dove...

[awaken]

The scripture states the Holy Spirit decended like a dove. This does not necessarily mean the people saw an actual dove, but rather as a dove decends and lands upon something, so did the Holy Spirit. Did it look like a dove? Or did it decend as a dove decends? The Spirit manifested Himself as He decended upon Jesus, this may have simply looked like a ghost of sorts. Think this through though, if it was an actual dove, then what would be the big deal? People would have just thought a bird landed on Jesus, they wouldn't connect it with the Holy Spirit or anything miraculous.

I thought I posted that it was not an actual dove! But the Holy Spirit in the shape of a dove?

 

[Scarlett O.]

Thanks for the imput! I have not looked into a lot of that!
Interesting that we are both studing the dove..

I only did my study this morning because of your post. I learned a lot myself about what the bible says about doves. :flower:

 

[awaken]

Just as the dove was went from the hands of Noah to hover over the waters of a new creation, the Holy Spirit is the first person we encounter as we seek forgiveness of sins and request to enter into a covenant of eternal life with Christ.

"And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement: of sin, becasue they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged." John 16:8-11

I find it interesting that the dove brought back an olive branch! The dove represents the Holy Spirit, and the olive leaf the anointing flowing through the spoken word He gives.

 

[RLBosley]

Is Barney the Anti-Christ?

Given: Barney is a CUTE PURPLE DINOSAUR
Prove: Barney is satanic

The Romans had no letter 'U', and used 'V' instead for
printing, meaning the Roman representation would for
Barney would be: CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVR

CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVR

Extracting the Roman numerals, we have:
CV V L DI V

And their decimal equivalents are:
100 5 5 50 500 1 5

Adding those numbers produces: 666.

666 is the number of the Beast.

Proved: BARNEY IS SATAN!

:laugh:
With your permission I'd like to put that on my facebook!

 

[Yeshua1]

In Biblical theology there is a concept known as the law of first mention. Meaning that when a person, animal, color metal, or number is first mentioned in the Word, it often sets the theme of that particular item throughout Scripture...Serpent-satan, lamb-Christ etc.

The symbol that I would like to look at is the dove, the gentle creature that represents the Holy Spirit.

First mention of the dove is in the story of Noah. Notice that two birds are sent out of the ark: a raven and a dove. Two birds that are totally opposite in nature, color, and in their eating habits. Is there a prophetic insight incoded within the story?

there is another principle to apply here...

"Rightly dividing the Word of truth!"

 

[Revmitchell]

:laugh:
With your permission I'd like to put that on my facebook!

I am not the source. It is unknown use it however you would like.