7 Principles Of An Eagle Dr.

Myles Monroe
By Kwee Lain

PRINCIPLE 1
Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird can got
to the height of the eagle. Stay away from sparrows and ravens.
Eagles fly with Eagles

PRINCIPLE 2
Eagles have strong vision. They have the ability to focus on something up to five kilometers
away. When an eagle sites his prey, he narrows his focus on it and set out to get it. No matter
the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.
Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.

PRINCIPLE 3
Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead animals, but
eagles will not.
Be careful with what you feed your eyes and ears with, especially in movies and on TV. Steer
clear of outdated and old information. Always do your research well.

PRINCIPLE 4
Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storms
wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles uses the raging storm to lift
him

above

the

clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the
other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.
We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers relish challenges and use them
profitably.

PRINCIPLE 5

The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she
flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air
with

the

male

pursuing

her.

Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and
watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases it.
He

has

to

catch

it

before

it

falls to the ground. He then brings it back to the female eagle.

The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a higher altitude and then drops the twig for the
male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is
assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of catching the twig which shows commitment.
Then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her.
Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for
partnership.

PRINCIPLE 6
When ready to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no
predators can reach. The male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the
cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He flies back to
earth and picks thorns laying them on top of the twigs. He flies back to earth and picks soft grass
to cover the thorns. When this first layering is complete the male eagle runs back to earth and
picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; runs back to get grass it on top of the thorns, then
plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from
possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. She lays
the eggs and protects them; he builds the nest and hunts. During the time of training the young
ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because they are scared, they
jump into the nest again.
Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the thorns bare
When the scared eaglets again jump into the nest, they are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and
bleeding they jump out again this time wondering why the mother and father who love them so
much are torturing them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air. As they shriek
in fear, father eagle flies out and catches them up on his back before they fall and brings them
back to the cliff. This goes on for sometime until they start flapping their wings. They get excited
at this newfound knowledge that they can fly.

The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; The preparation for the family
teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success; The being pricked by the
thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are may result into our not
experiencing life, not progressing and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that
we need to grow, get out of the nest and live on. We may not know it but the seemingly
comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.
The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard to grow and prosper.
Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good intentions for us.

PRINCIPLE 7
When an Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as fast as he should.
When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he
plucks out every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place
until he has grown new feathers, then he can come out.
We occasionally need to shed off old habits & items that burden us without adding to our lives.

Eagle christian

To be an Eagle Christian means to be a partaker of the divine nature of God. Throughout the Bible, God likens
Himself and His children to an eagle, and He protects, feeds and teaches His children as an eagle protects, feeds
and teaches the eaglets. This is why we should seek to know and understand the life of an eagle and the following
scriptures
which
reveals
this
truth.
Ex 19:4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to
Myself.
Ps 91:4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and
buckler.
The word eagle is mentioned about 32 times in the Bible. The number 32 in God's arithmetic means covenant.
God desires to reproduce Himself in us while showing us His covenant through the hidden life of the eagle. God
uses such metaphors and analogies to give us a better understanding of spiritual things.
Rm 1:20 Ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature, namely, His eternal power and deity, has been
clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
In other words, spiritual truths can be understood by studying natural things. Similarly, we can gain knowledge
about the overcoming' Christian life by looking at some of the characteristics of an eagle. Jesus always took
something in the natural to explain a spiritual truth, as can be seen in the following parable while teaching about
the
sower.
Mk 4:3-8 "Listen! A sower went out to sow, and as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came
and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it
had no depth of soil; and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away. Other seed
fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil
and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty fold and sixty fold and a hundred fold."
Mk 4:14-20 The sower sows the Word. And these are the ones along the path, where the Word is sown; when they
hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the Word which is sown in them. And these in like manner are the
ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the Word, immediately receive it with joy; and they have no
root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the Word,
immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the Word, but
the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the Word, and it
proves unfruitful. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the Word and accept it and
bear fruit, thirty fold and sixty fold and a hundredfold."
Prov 30:18-19 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the
way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
These are things too wonderful or too great to understand. They are so glorious and mysterious that the world, and
even Christians do not fully understand them. These four mysteries are symbolic to different aspects of the Church
today. The way of a man with a maid, represents the relationship of Jesus Christ with His bride, the Church. The
way of a ship on the high seas portrays the Church surviving in the midst of sin and the sea of wicked humanity.
The way of a serpent on a rock speaks of the way Satan, ie the serpent, is trying to overthrow and destroy the
kingdom of Jesus Christ , the Rock. Finally, the way of an eagle in the sky represents the mystery of the
Christian who has learned to soar in the heavenlies, far above the winds of adversity and storms of life
without any visible human means of aid or support. He has learned to partake of the divine nature, acting
and
talking
like
a
child
of
God.
When a person becomes an Eagle Saint, it is one of the great mysteries of faith. He is no longer content to live
with mediocrity, but begins to act like Jesus and live a dynamic, victorious and overcoming life. He becomes like an
eagle who mounts up and rides on the air currents with hardly any effort. You are called to be an eagle, not a crow

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sparrow.
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story

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of

are
an

eagle

made
that

for
had

the
lost

heavens.
his

identity.

An eaglet once fell from his nest and a farmer found him and took him home. He put him together with the
chickens. The eaglet began clucking and pecking at some grains on the ground as the chickens did, since he
thought he was a chicken, as he was growing along with them. Once the farmer's friend visited the farm and when
he saw the eagle amongst the chickens, he said to the eagle, You are an eagle, you are meant for the heavens,
what are you doing here with the chickens? Hence he picked the eaglet and threw him in the air. The eaglet
flapped his wings, but fell to the ground and went back with the chickens. The next time, the friend visited the farm,
he saw the same eaglet with the chickens again. He now took the eaglet to the top of the barnyard and threw him
in the air, the eaglet again flapped his wings and fell to the ground and again went back with the chickens. The
farmer's friend was sad. When the farmer's friend visited the farm for the third time and saw the eaglet still with the
chickens, he felt really sad and this time he took the eaglet to the top of a mountain and threw him high in the air.
The eaglet, very frightened, flapped his wings and fell downwards. As he was falling down, he flapped his wings
harder and harder until suddenly he soared up into the sky and disappeared. He had learnt to fly.
You are not called to be with the chickens in the barnyard, but you are called to fly like an eagle in the heavens.
When you are with the chickens, you may begin to think like the chickens. Your place is not with the chickens, you
are made for the heavens.

The Hebrew word for eagle: Nesher , which means "to tear with
the beak."
The eagle is the "King of birds". They are an international
symbol of strength, beauty, authority and freedom. The eagle's
wings are 71/2 ft. in width. Their talons are four times greater in
strength than of a human hand. An adult eagle can weigh 10 11 kgs. The female eagle is usually larger than the male.
They have a lifespan of 15-20 years. Eagles are vulnerable to toxic chemicals in the environment. There are many
species of eagles in the world, but their nature, their rearing of the young and skills of hunting are the same, they
don't differ.
Eagles from birth have very unique innate and physical characteristics. They are born with their mouths open and
their eyes looking into the sun. They have a tremendous hunger and constantly cry for food. The eaglets are fed
sufficiently, not too much or too little. Both the male and the female eagles are involved in feeding their eaglets.
They tear the food apart into small bits and put it into the eaglet's mouth, feeding them carefully and with great
love. As the eaglets grow, they begin to eat on their own, but their food is brought by the eagles. The eaglets are
well fed at regular intervals and they grow stronger. In the same manner, when we Christians are born again, we
have a tremendous hunger for God's Word. The babes in the Lord need to be constantly and sufficiently fed with
the Word of God with great love in their respective Churches otherwise there is a great danger of them going in
search of food (Word of God) to other churches.
Eagles are the only creatures that can look directly into the sun. They have two sets of eyelids. One is used for
hunting while the other is used while flying directly towards the sun.
When we, as eagle Christians fall into trials and temptations, we too must fly directly to the Son, Jesus Christ, who
is the Father of light and His light blinds the enemy! Another important aspect is the eagle's eyes. They are always
wet.
As
an
eagle
Christian,
we
know
that
the
Word
of
God
ensures
us
joy.
Ps 126:5-6 May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for

sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
An eagle Christian is one who is burdened and bearing.

In order to fly, one must be strong. The eagle's strength is

known to be in its diet. Eagles feed on freshly killed prey and
don't eat anything that is dead, as long as they are not caged,
they. An eagle can consume half a kilogram of fish in about four
minutes, so voracious is their appetite. They are very wise as to
see what they consume. Eagles cannot digest everything they
eat, like bones and hair. These items accumulate in the craw
(crop of a bird where food is stored), impairing their ability of
free

flight. Eventually that hindrance must be expelled. It is said that the eagle hits his beak against a rock, till the
hindrance comes out. Hyenas and vultures feed on dead carcasses, they eat what others have left and tend to
overeat. Due to this they get intoxicated, such that they can neither move nor fly and thus become prey to other
animals. They never seem to get along well with one another. If you take in dead stuff, you too will be intoxicated,
unstable and become prey to Satan.
Can you see a parallel? To be an eagle Christian we must check what goes in. Don't feed on things like
pornography, slander, smutty jokes via mail or SMS, dirty scenes in movies and on TV. When you engage in such
things, you are eating dead stuff. Make a decision never to get involved in any of this. Take refuge under God's
wings. What enters in you determines your strength. You are what you eat. There are three gates from which you
can take things in, the eye gate, the ear gate and the mouth gate. Be careful what you take in through your eyes,
ears and mouth. If you want to know a person's character, listen to what he speaks, for example, slander, gossip,
complaints, evil and negative talk.
Man has a substance in him that hinders his spiritual ability to fly. It must be knocked out, before he can dwell in
spiritual high places with the Creator. Self-will must be surrendered to God, subordinated to His will, before we can
soar to the heights He has planned for us.
If only Eagle Christians would do the same, what great deliverance it would bring to the church.
Ps 34:8 "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good."
The word "taste" here means "to eat, discern, perceive and evaluate it is more than just eating food, it is to have
the capacity to choose and delight in good things." We need to taste and see that the Lord is good. Feast on His
Word, meditate and delight yourself in His ways.
Jesus said in Jn 6:57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will
live
because
of
Me."
Eph 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in
the
seat
of
scoffers.
You are warned not to sit with sinners, if you sit with such people, even if you are not saying a word, as you listen
to their talk you will take in the evil that is said and you will never fly. Be on guard.

Prov 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.Be careful that no
evil
talk
comes
out
of
your
mouth.
Rm 8:6-8 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that
is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot; and those who are in the
flesh
cannot
please
God.
The flesh and the spirit cannot go together.
There is nothing dead about Jesus, there is only life in Him. Take what He offers and have life.
Jn
1:4 In
Him
was
life,
and
the
life
was
the
light
of
men.
Jn 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
Jn 6:35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in
Me
shall
never
thirst.
Jn 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he
live,
Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me.
Rm 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

An eagle has a strong vision up to 3 kilometers while flying in

the sky. He has two foveae, or centers of focus, that allows the
bird to look in the front and the side at the same time. An eagle's
eye is almost as large as a human's, but its sharpness is at
least four times more than that of a person with perfect vision.
The eagle can probably identify a rabbit moving almost a mile
away. That means, an eagle flying at an altitude of 1000 feet
over open
space could spot his prey over an area of almost 1.5 sq kms. from a fixed position. When an eagle sights his prey,
which may even be a rodent from this distance, he narrows his focus on it and sets out to get it. No matter what the
obstacle, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it. An eagle's weight lifting power is about 2
kgs. In the same manner, you have to narrow your vision, like a full grown eagle. You have to grasp the revelations
that come from the Word of God for your life and your ministry. You have to fine tune your ears to hear the voice of
God and be positive and obey it. Have a vision and remain focused, no matter what the obstacle and you will
succeed.
The male eagle takes interest in the female eagle when he is around three years old. A game of tag between the
male and female eagle begins. This could last for days. The eagle tests, before it trusts. The female eagle takes a
stick up in the air, approximately 8 to 10 thousand feet high in a three dimensional figure eight pattern and drops
the stick from this height, and the male eagle has to catch the stick before it touches the ground. The male eagle
has to then return the stick back to the female eagle. The female eagle, each time, flies a little lower and faster with
a larger stick. The game climaxes when the female eagle is less than 500 ft. from the ground and she drops the
stick. At this point, the male eagle has to catch the stick before it touches the ground. If not, the female eagle will
chase the male eagle off. If the male eagle catches the stick, the female eagle is satisfied that he will be able to
catch the falling eaglets, while teaching them to fly, thus assuring her that he will make a fit husband, which shows
commitment. Only then, will she allow him to mate with her! Whether in private life or in business, one should test
the commitment of people intended for partnership
The marriage vows of the eagles are made 10 to 15 thousand
feet in the air. This ceremony is done by locking talons together
and turning head over heels with both eagles screaming with
joy. Eagles are totally committed to their mates. They will remain

together for life, "In good times or bad, in sickness and in health,
till death does them part!" What a difference this would make if
the Church, the Bride of Christ, could make such a commitment
as this to God and to their families! As eagle Christians, we
should do the same. Once paired, eagles remain together until
one dies; the survivor will not hesitate to accept a new mate
who
is
not
attached
to
any
other
eagle.
After marriage, the eagles begin to build their home.

The first step is to seek a proper location. They look for a high inaccessible location with their backs turned to a
rock wall where no predators can reach . A typical nest is around 5ft.-9ft. in diameter, weighing about 2 tons.
A comparison to this in the Bible is in Job 39:27- 29 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his
nest on high? On the rock he dwells and makes his home in the fastness of the rocky crag. Thence he spies out
the
prey;
his
eyes
behold
it
afar
off.
The building of the nest is begun with the male. He collects thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then
flies back to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He then picks thorns and lays them on top of the twigs
and then covers the thorns with soft grass. He then flies back to pick rugs to put on the grass. When this first
layering is complete, the male eagle again picks more thorns, lays them on the nest and then covers the thorns
with grass and rugs, after which he plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The thorns on the outside of the nest
protect it from possible intruders. Eagles work together to build their nest and to raise their young.

The nest is deep with a shallow 18 inch brooding area on top.

The mother eagle will lay one to three eggs in the brooding
area. While preparing for birth, the mother eagle will pull from
her breast, downy feathers that make soft and warm bedding for
the eaglets. While in the nest, eagles move about with their
talons balled into fists to avoid accidentally breaking of the eggs
or skewering their offspring. Once the eaglets are born, they
have a constant craving for food.
They are very unattractive with raccoon like eyes; however, they will grow into a beautiful species. The eagle
brings threads, shiny metal, pieces of wool as toys for the eaglets. A good spiritual parallel to this is that we as
eagle Christians should never judge eaglet Christians by their outward appearance and behavior.
Is 33:22 says, "The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King: He will save us."
The eaglets grow stronger and bigger and soon begin flapping their wings, but they do not take off. They just flap
them and roam around in the nest. Once the eaglets reach a certain age, the mother eagle knows that it is time for
the eaglets to learn to fly. This process begins with the mother eagle flapping her wings and sweeping out of the
nest all the soft things and toys the eaglets have grown accustomed to. The mother eagle begins pulling out the
feathers and wool from the nest, and what remains there are bare thorns. She stops bringing the daily food for her
young. She does not cover and protect them from the storms. Suddenly, everything is no longer provided as
before. In the same manner, God causes His children to grow up by allowing adversity and problems to develop in
their
lives.
Ps 34:19 assures us, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivered him out of them all,"
I Pet 4:12 confirms, "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some
strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings' that, when His

glory

shall

be

revealed,

ye

may

be

glad

also

with

exceeding

joy."

The mother eagle throws the eaglet out of the nest, who is scared, and jumps back into the nest which has bare
thorns. When the scared eaglet jumps into the nest, he is pricked by the thorns. Shrieking and bleeding, he is
wondering why the mother and father who love him so much, are torturing him. Next, the mother eagle pushes him
off the cliff into the air. As he falls from a great height he shrieks in fear, but the father eagle flies and picks him up
before he hits the ground, and brings him back to the cliff. This happens about 7-8 times, until they start flapping
their wings. They are excited at this newfound knowledge that they can fly and not fall at such a high speed. The
father and mother eagle support them with their wings. The changes in the nest teach us to prepare for changes in
our life. The preparation for the family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success. Being
pricked by thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are, may result in our not experiencing
life, not progressing and not learning to fly at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, get out
of the nest and live. We may not know it, but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.
In Deut 32:11 it says, Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings,
catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no foreign god with him.
The mother eagle then throws the brooding nest from the cliff and takes the eaglet for a wild ride on her back.
While in the air, she flips over, and the eaglet tries to fly. All this while the papa eagle is overseeing the whole
process. If he sees that the eaglet cannot fly, he flies down at a speed upto 100kmph to catch the eaglet, before it
hits the ground. God will also do the same for us as He begins to stir our spiritual nest and remove us from our
comfort zones. As you begin to fly spiritually, you need not fear because God is always near! In Deut 33:26 it says,
"He descends from the heavens in majestic splendor to help you." Deut 33:26 There is none like God, O
Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, and in His majesty through the skies.
When persecutions come our way, remember it is God teaching us to fly. He will come to our rescue and not allow
us to get crushed. We must not grumble during trials and persecutions, for we are learning to fly. Its not in the first
attempt, but only after being thrown down 7-8 times, the eaglet starts fluttering its wings and then suddenly realizes
that he can fly and thus he learns to fly. Strive in being obedient to God's Word and through every trial and
temptation, God will teach you to fly.
As the eaglet struggles and flutters, learning to use his wings, he finally discovers that he can fly and overcome the
wind currents just like his parents. In the same way, God teaches us to become over comers through the
increasingly difficult trials and tests of our faith. Rm 8:37 assures us, that "in all these things we are more than
conquerors
through
Him
that
loved
us."
Most eaglets do not learn to fly the first time they try; however, they continue the flight lessons until they have
accomplished the goal of flying. Once the eaglet learns to fly, the papa and mama eagle fly in a circle to celebrate.
As with all eagles, the time will come for us to grow up and fly out from the nest. The eagle reaches his full
potential when he learns to handle his adversary, with absolutely no fear at all. He is destined to be an over comer
and not just a survivor. We must become full grown eagles, over comers who know how to attack the enemy,
Satan.
God wants us to become eagle Christians who dwell in the high places. He wants us to develop our wings of
prayer and praise, and to sharpen our vision and understanding, to grasp the revelations of His Word and destroy
evil strongholds with our fierce weapons. He wants our ears to be fine-tuned to hear and obey His voice.
Whenever an eagle finds that he cannot fly higher, he pulls out loose feathers from his body. In the same way, we
must
flee
from
sin
and
anything
that
weighs
us
down
in
order
to
fly
higher.
Heb 12:1-2 Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus

He wants us to spend time with Him so He can renew our strength and fill us with Himself. God's cry is, "Eagle
Saints Arise!!"
In Ex 19:4 we read, "You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagle's wings and brought
you to myself." God says He rescued us out of Satan's bondage and bore us on eagle's wings when He first
brought us out of worldliness as baby Christians. We were His little ones, His eaglets. The word "bore" means to lift
by divine form or power to the point of drawing to one's self. The adult eagle has five primary feathers on each
wing. This is because the eagle can adjust his wings during long training flights to keep the eaglet from falling to
the ground while teaching him to fly. The eaglet is always under the power of his father during training. eagle
Christians should always trust that they too are always under their Father God's power when they are learning to
fly spiritually. There is no situation that our Father God can't bring us out of!!
The eagle is the only creature whounderstands wind currents,
he stands on the rock and waits for the right wind to take off. He
has cylindrical bones and therefore, just glides and the wind
takes him forward. The eagle Christian is one who has learnt to
stand on the promises of God and who waits for the right
anointing of the Holy Spirit to take off. The Spirit leads and
guides him and the supernatural follows him. He has not limited
God to a set of rules and formulas.
He has not grieved nor quenched the Spirit of God by determining when and how the Spirit would be allowed to
manifest. In short, he acknowledges God in all his ways. He is led by the promptings of the Holy Spirit. You should
discern to know that the Spirit of God alone is leading, if you are unsure, pray with other Christians to confirm the
same.
Eph 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
I Thess 5:19-20 Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying.
Prov 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
We need to do three things
1.

Trust God with all your heart

2.

Not rely on your own understanding

3.

Acknowledge God in everything

And, He will direct your paths.

Be led by the Spirit, do not grieve the Spirit by sin nor quench the Spirit by despising His promptings, but follow the
promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Unlike any other bird, the eagle loves the storm; he can sense a storm before he sees one. While other birds run
and hide from it, the eagle flies right into the storm using its currents to rise and fly higher. When clouds gather, the
eagles get excited. They use the storm to reach higher places. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagle stops
flapping and uses the pressure of the raging storm to soar into the clouds and glide. This gives the eagle an
opportunity to rest his wings. The eagle Christian must love the storm and not fight the storm as some Christians

do. We have to fight the enemy and not the storm, the storm is not our enemy. Don't bother to find out from where
the storm has come. God has allowed it and He may use anyone to bring the storm in our life. An eagle Christian
knows his authority in the Word of God and when the storms come, he faces them boldly in prayer. His life is
balanced. He spends time in studying the Word, in prayer, and in fellowship with God and with other Christians.
Complacent Christians are like chickens who accept problems, as if they are powerless to overcome them. Like
the chicken, their wings are underdeveloped and they cannot fly. They may know the Word in their minds, but they
do not have a heart to heart relationship with God, to walk in His power and to apply spiritual principles in their
lives. They have fed not on Scriptures, but on worldly scraps that have made them fat and lazy. They do not know
how to use the Word to fight effectively and win their spiritual battles.

Eagles can fly to an altitude of 10,000 feet. During level flight, a

bald
eagle
can
achieve
speed
of
about
15 - 20 kmph. Eagles fly alone at a high altitude and do not mix
with other smaller birds. No other bird can fly to the height of the
eagle.
The eagle goes through a molting process which brings great
depression. Calcium deposits accumulate on the eagle's talons
and beak.

This is a painful phase that all eagles face. During this time, the eagle begins to walk like a turkey. He has no
strength to fly and recedes into the valley. Other eagles, who have already gone through this molting process and
survived, will fly above the valley in which the eagle is, and drop fresh food to help strengthen him. Unfortunately,
some eagles do not receive the help of other eagles and will die in the valley, while others will, and regain their
strength. Once they regain their strength, they climb the mountain in which they were raised. The eagle will then fly
on the rock and beat the calcium deposits off his beak and talons. This is a very painful experience; however, it
must be done. After this experience, the eagle will soar again with greater strength than ever before! As eagle
Christians we too will definitely go through the valley, and without the help from the "Rock of our Salvation" Jesus
Christ we will also spiritually die! Receiving help from our "Rock" is the only way that we will regain our strength,
leaving behind those things that so easily beset us, making us stronger than ever before in the Lord!
Eagles also have preening glands. This is especially important in preparing for the day. Due to the previous day's
flight, the eagle's feathers are beaten and ruffled by the wind. The eagle runs the feathers through his mouth
breathing out to steam them. This process is done in order to reshape and strengthen the feathers. Eagles have oil
secreted by the preening glands. This is used to coat the feathers and make them moisture resistant. All this is
especially helpful, considering fish as a primary source of food for most eagles. The preening process of the eagle
is a great lesson in Holiness for the eagle Christian. As an eagle starts his day with cleaning and preparing himself
for what is ahead, the eagle Christian must also prepare himself spiritually, removing all sin, getting ready to face
the daily battles which they will encounter, often causing their spiritual feathers to get ruffled. When this happens,
they
definitely
need
a
fresh
anointing
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
to
renew
them.
The eagle's deadly enemy is the serpent who robs the eggs from the nest. A serpent will never attack a full grown
eagle for he knows the consequences. A full grown eagle is not afraid of the storm or the serpent. As eagle
Christians, we know that we will always have to deal with the enemy, who is Satan. The eagle deals with the
serpent in two ways: first by laying hold of him with his talons which are sharp like needles, and using his beak to
peck the serpent's head till he dies or removing his head off totally, secondly an eagle will carry the serpent high up
and drop him on a jagged rock a couple of times, causing him to die. The eagle Christian must use the spiritual
gifts given by God to defeat the enemy and use the Word of God as a rock, to crush and defeat him.
In Lk 10:19 it says, "Behold, I have given authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the
enemy;
and
nothing
shall
hurt
you."

Christians are given authority over Satan with a promise that no harm will come upon them.
Scripture describes God as an eagle who does not tire and He gives strength to the weak. Even athletic young
men shall faint and grow weary, people depending on their own might and wisdom will ultimately run out of
strength.
Is 40:28-30 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends
of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and
to him who has no might, he increases strength. Even youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall
exhausted.
It is totally against our nature to stand still and do nothing when we are facing perplexing trials. In fact, waiting
patiently for God to act is one of the most difficult things to do in the Christian walk. Devoted Christians have a
tendency to panic when the Lord does not move according to their time table; however, the waiting time is never a
wasted time with God! During these times, God is putting the eagle nature within the Christian. 22 different Hebrew
or Aramaic words were translated to wait," but all of them don't mean the same thing. The word that was
translated to wait," in Is 40:31 and
Lam 3:25 -26 was Qavah pronounced Kaw-vaw which means, "to wait upon but it also means, "To bind together
by twisting". The meaning of the word wait, as it is used here, has less to do with our awaiting God's delivery of
something we need, even when He has promised it, and more to do with Him awaiting our decision to continue
serving Him regardless of what happens next.

Is 40:31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they
shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
and in Lam 3:25 -26 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one
should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
From the word "wait", we get our modern word braid. Braid means to "interweave," just as the Holy Spirit and the
Word of God binds together with our spirit Ecc 4:12 A threefold cord is not easily broken.
The eagle Christian waits on God, trusts in God's sustaining resources, and finds victory in acknowledging Jesus
in every circumstance. Instead of burning out, he overcomes.
Those who wait on Him, rather than rushing off on their own, will receive whatever strength they require to be over
comers, which is a reward for waiting.
Those who "wait upon" the Lord, as Isaiah pictured it, would on their own free will, bind themselves to God's will,
confidently expecting His plan to produce the best possible results.
The real point, of course, encourages us to bind ourselves to God's will, to be willing to accept His plan for our
lives and eager to do whatever He commands us, regardless of circumstances.
Another scriptural example that indicates waiting" on the Lord as "being bound to His will," is found in
Ps
37:9-11
Where
"Qavah"
is
translated
to
"wait"
in
this
passage.
Ps 37:9-11 For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the LORD shall possess the land. Yet a little
while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there. But the meek shall
possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

Num 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth.
Mt 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Mt11:29-30 Take My yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
You can be like an eagle when you wait on God, but you might have to wait with a servant attitude. You are a
servant of God and to His people who need to hear and see your witness for Him. Wait on Him. Bind your will to
His. Let Him determine your destiny. He knows the way because He is the way
Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me.
When the eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and his wings cannot take him as fast as they should. When
he feels weak and feels he is about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he plucks out
every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers,
then he comes out and takes off with greater strength. We continuously need to shed off our old habits and sin that
burden us and add no value to our lives.
When the eagle becomes sick, he stretches himself on the rock and lies in the sun. The sun rays absorb the
poison from the sick eagle and he becomes strong again. Christians must come to the Rock of all ages and
prostrate before Him and His rays of love will remove all the effects of sin in our lives. Come into His presence
every day and receive a fresh anointing and a fresh vision. Finally, when the eagle approaches the last moment of
his life, he lies on the rock, looks into the sun and gives up his life.
As God's people are filled with and led by the Holy Spirit and are soaring as eagles in a victorious and fruitful
Christian life, we must always beware of the enemy's attempts to clip our wings or suck our blood, and destroy
our effectiveness. Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
The

story

is

told

of

man

out

hiking

in

the

country.

While walking, he happened to see a magnificent golden eagle flying upward into the sky. He watched it with
delight and admiration as it soared higher and higher. But suddenly, something went wrong! The eagle seemed
incapable of going any higher. As a matter of fact, it began to fall, and before too long lay at his feet as a lifeless
mass.
What possibly could have happened? No human hand had harmed it. No sportsman's shot had reached it. Filled
with bewilderment, the man went over and examined the bird, only to discover an astounding sight. Still curled up
in the talons of the great bird was a little weasel, no doubt the prey of the bird that had been carried off up into the
sky. As the weasel had been drawn in close to the big bird's body for flight, it had managed to worm itself partly out
of that grip and had bit into the breast of its enemy and proceeded to suck out the lifeblood of that great eagle.
Unless we are on guard and walk in trust and obedience, the enemy can work like that weasel, weaken or destroy
our witness and rob our joy and victory. The Word of God tells us in Eph 6:12-13 For we are not contending against
flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness,
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God that you
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
In Christ Jesus, we have been called to be eagle Christians. To share in God's Majesty, not robbing Him of His
Glory, but to reveal, as eagles, the glory of God to men. Let us always give glory and honor to the Master Eagle

Himself who has mothered and fathered us, fed us, thrown us out of the nest, borne us on His wings and taught us
how to fly. Let us give glory to the Author and Finisher of our flight lessons, Jesus Christ.
Amen

The Eagle Christian

by Cary Broughton
God has placed in creation everything necessary for men to know that there is a God, and
that He is a God of love and perfection while leaving no reason for men to ignore or deny
him.
Jesus always took something in the natural to explain a Spiritual truth as in Mark 4 when
teaching about the Parable of the Sower. Throughout the Bible, God likens Himself and His
children to an Eagle. God never likened Himself or His Children to a turkey, and this is
why we should seek to know and understand the life of the Eagle. Exodus 19:4, Ezekiel 1:10
and Psalms 91:4 reveals this truth. The word Eagle is mentioned some 32 times in the Bible.
The number 32 in God's arithmetic means Covenant. God desires to reproduce Himself in
us while showing us His Covenant through the hidden life of the Eagle.
Eagles are the "King of Birds". They are ageless and an International symbol of strength,
beauty, authority and freedom. TheEagle's wings are seven and a half feet in width. Their
talons are four times greater in strength than a human hand. In adult stage, an Eagle can
weigh 20 to 22 pounds while the female eagle is usually larger than the male. Eagles, from
the time of their birth, have very unique innate and physical characteristics. They are born
with their mouths open and eyes looking into the sun. They have two sets of eyelids. One is
used for hunting while the other is used for flying directly into the sun. Eagles have the
ability to see a distance of seven miles. They are born meat eaters as well. It is obvious to
see why God likens Himself and His children to the Eagle. For instance, Eagles can fly
directly into the sun. When we as Eagle Christian begin to fall into trials and temptations,
we too can fly directly into the Son, Jesus Christ, who is the Father of light and His light
blinds the enemy! Another important characteristics is the Eagle's eyes. They are always
wet. As an Eagle Christian, we know that the word of God ensures us in Psalms 126:5-6
that, "Those who sow in tears shall reap with songs of Joy." (Disciple's Study Bible) Eagles
also have a preening gland. This is especially important in preparing for the day. From the
previous day, the Eagle's feathers have been beaten from the wind. The preening gland is
used in an hour process in which the feathers are ran through the mouth of the Eagle while
breathing out to steam clean the feathers. This process is done in order to reshape and
strengthen the feathers. Eagles have an oil secreted in a separate gland as well. This is used
to coat the feathers and make them moisture resistant. All of this is especially helpful,

considering fish are a primary source of food for most Eagles. The preening process of the
Eagle is a great lesson in Holiness to the Eagle Christian. In the same way that the Eagle
starts his day with cleaning and preparing himself for what is ahead, the Eagle Christian
must also prepare themselves spiritually, removing all sin, being ready to face the daily
battles in which they too will encounter often causing their spiritual feathers to get ruffled.
When this occurs, they definitely need the fresh Anointing of the Holy Spirit to renew them
as well.
When an Eagle is around the age of a year old, he begins to care for himself. This is a good
lesson for the Eagle Christian. Just as Paul said in First Corinthians 13:11, " When I was a
child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish
things." (Disciple's Study Bible) The male Eagle takes interest in the female Eagle around
the age of three years old. When this occurs, we know that spring fever has arrived! A game
of tag between the male and female Eagle begins. This could last for days. The female Eagle
takes a stick up in the air, approximately 8 to 10 thousand feet in a three dimensional figure
eight pattern, and she then requires the male Eagle to catch the stick before it touches the
ground. The male Eagle has to then return the stick back to the female Eagle. Then the
female Eagle, each time, flies a little lower and faster with a larger stick. The game climaxes
when the female Eagle is less than five hundred feet from the ground and she releases the
stick. At this point, the male Eagle has to catch the stick before it touches the ground or the
female Eagle will chase the male Eagle off. If the male Eagle catches the stick, he satisfies
the female Eagle in knowing that when they have baby Eaglets he will be able to catch the
Eaglets when teaching them how to fly thus assuring her that he will make a fit husband.
The marriage vows of the Eagles are made while being suspended 10 to 15 thousand feet in
the air. This ceremony is done by locking talons together and turning head over heels with
both Eagles screaming in joy. Eagles are totally committed to their mates. They will remain
together for life, "In Richer or Poorer, In Sickness and in Health to Death do They Part!"
What a difference this would make if the Church, the Bride Of Christ, could make such a
commitment as this to God and their families! With Eagles, if a mate happens to die, they
choose another mate not attached to another Eagle. As Eagle Christians, we should do the
same.
After marriage, the Eagles begin to build their home. The first step to the building process
is to seek a proper location. In doing so they look for a high in accessible location with their
backs turned to a rock wall. A comparison to this in the Bible is in Job 39:27-29, "Does the
Eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on a high inaccessible place. On a cliff
he dwells and remains securely upon the point of the rock and the stronghold. From there
he spies out the prey and his eyes see it afar off. " (Amp. Version) Eagles work together to
build their nest and to raise their youth. Eagle Christians are to do the same as well with
their Natural and Spiritual families. The Eagle's nest weighs one to two tons. The nest is

deep with a shallow 18 inch brooding area on top. The mother Eagle will lay one to three
eggs in the brooding area. When preparing for birth, the mother Eagle will pull from her
breast a downy fur that makes a soft and warm bedding for the Eaglets. Once the Eaglets
are born, they have a constant cry for food. They are very unattractive with raccoon
looking eyes; however, they will grow into a beautiful species. A good Spiritual parallel to
this, is that we as Eagle Christians should never judge baby Eaglet Christians by their
outward appearance and behavior. Isaiah 33:22 says, "The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is
our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King: He will save us." (Amp. Version)
Once the Eaglets reach a certain age, the mother Eagle knows when it is time for the
Eaglets to learn to fly. This process begins with the mother Eagle taking her wing as a
broom and sweeping out of the nest all of the soft things the Eaglets have grown
accustomed to. In Deut. 32:11 it says, " As an Eagle stirs up it's nest, Hoovers over it's
young, Spreading out it's wings, Taking them up, carrying them on it's wings." The mother
Eagle then throws the brooding nest down the cliff and takes the Eaglet for a wild ride on
her back. While being airborne, she flips over, and the Eaglet begins to try to fly. All awhile
the papa Eagle is overseeing the whole operation. If he sees the Eaglet cannot fly, he'll fly
down at speeds up to 200mph to catch the Eaglet before it hits the ground. God will also do
the same for us as He begins to stir our Spiritual nest and remove us from our padded
pews. As you begin to fly spiritually, you need not fear because God is always near! In Deut.
33:26 it says, "He (GOD) descends from the heavens in majestic splendor to help you."
(K.J.Version)
Most Eaglets do not learn how to fly the first time they try; however, they continue the
flight process until they have accomplished the goal of flying. Once the Eaglet learns to fly,
the papa and mama Eagle flies in a circle in celebration. In Exodus 19:4 we read, "You
have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on Eagle's wings and brought
you to myself." (K.J.Version) The word "bore" means to lift by Divine form or power to
the point of drawing one's self. The adult Eagle has five primary feathers on each wing.
This is so the Eagle can adjust his wings during long training fights to keep the Eaglet from
falling to the ground while teaching him to fly. The Eaglet is always under the power of his
father during training. Eagle Christians should always trust that they too are always under
their Father's (God) power when they are learning to fly Spiritually. There is no situation
that our Father (God) can't bring us out of !!
Partiality through the Eagle's life, he will go through a molting process that will bring great
depression. Calcium deposits will appear on the Eagle's talons and beak. This is a
wilderness time that all Eagles will face. During this time, the Eagle begins to walk like a
Turkey. He has no strength to fly. Other Eagles who have already gone through this molting
process and survived, will fly above the valley in which the Eagle is in, and drop fresh food
to help strengthen him. Unfortunately, some Eagles will not receive the help of other

Eagle's and will die in the valley while others will, and regain their strength. Once they
regain their strength, they will climb the mountain in which they were raised on. The Eagle
will then fly into the rock and beat the calcium deposits off their beaks and talons. This is a
very painful experience; however, it must be done. After this experience, the Eagle will Soar
again with greater strength than ever before! As Eagle Christians we too will definitely go
through the valley, and without the help from the "Rock of our Salvation" (Jesus Christ)
we also will Spiritually die! Receiving help from our "Rock" is the only way that we will
regain our strength, leaving behind those things that so easily beset us, making us stronger
than ever before in the Lord!
Eagles do not eat road kill (poodles and noodles). They are very wise as to what enters there
bodies. If only Eagle Christians would do the same, what great deliverance it would bring
to the church. Jesus told us in Matt. 24:28: "For wherever the carcass (or body) is, there
the Eagles will be gathered together." (K.J. Version) If you are searching for meaning in
your life, then look to the Eagle Christian who Jesus dwells in. The carcass in Matt. 24:28 is
Jesus, and we must feed on him Spiritually! In Psalms 43:8 it says, "Oh, taste and see that
the Lord is good." (K.J. Version) The word "taste" here means "to eat, discern, perceive
and evaluate more than eating food, to have capacity to choose and delight in good things."
Jesus told us in John 6:57, "As the living father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so
he who feeds on me will live because of me." (K.J. Version) Jesus also told Pilot that he
could not take His life unless He laid it down. Jesus was Eagle killed so that he could
become the Crucified Carcass for the Body of Christ. As the woman was taken from the
side of the first Adam, everything needed to build the Church came out of the side of the
last Adam, Jesus Christ! You see, the first Adam in his weakness, died with his Bride, but
the last Adam, Jesus Christ, in His strength, died for His Bride. AMEN!
As Eagle Christians, we know that we will always have to deal with the enemy, who is the
Serpent. The Eagle's deal with the Serpent by laying hold of him with their talons,
removing his head and using their bill to peck the Serpent (snake) to death. Eagle's will also
pick the serpent up and drop him on a jagged rock causing him to die. The Eagle Christian,
using the Word of God as a Rock, can crush and destroy the devil as well. In Luke 10:19 it
says, "Behold, I give thee authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the
power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." (New K.J. Version)
In closing, it is totally against our nature to stand still and do nothing when we are facing
perplexing trials. In fact, waiting patiently for God to act is one of the most difficult things
to do within the Christian walk. Devoted Christians have a tendency to panic when the
Lord does not move according to their time table; however, waiting time is never wasted
time with God! During these times, God is putting the Eagle nature within the Christian.
Isa. 40:31 says, "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall
mount up with wings as Eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not

faint." (New K.J. Version) The word Wait in the original Greek means, "to bind together
by twisting". From the word "wait", we get our modern word braid. Braid means to
"interweave," just as the Holy Spirit and the Word of God binds together with our spirit,
and " a threefold cord is not easily broken. "
In Christ Jesus, we have been called to be Eagle Christians. To share in God's Majesty, not
robbing Him of His Glory, but to reveal, as Eagles, the Glory of God to men. Let us always
give Glory and Honor to the Master Eagle Himself who has mothered over us, feed us,
threw us out of the nest, borne us on His wings and taught us how to fly. Let us give Glory
to the Author and Finisher of our Flight lessons, Jesus Christ!
Cary Broughton - Healing Wings Ministries For further study on the Eagle Christian, we
would like to refer you to Ken Price and the work he has done at www.eaglechristian.net

Does the eagle have special meaning in the Bible and if so, what does it represent?

The Eagle Bears us Up

The image of God as an eagle is found throughout the Bible but primarily in the Old
Testament. It is a sign of strength and able to bear much weight, as Moses wrote, You
yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles wings
and brought you to myself (Ex 19:4). This is further symbolized when Moses said of
God Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its
wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions (Duet 32:11). The eagle can bear up
the young eaglets on its pinions, which are the outer wings. This is basically what God
did when He brought Israel out of captivity from Egypt and continued to bear her up in
her wanderings in the wilderness.

The Eagle as a sign of Strength

The psalmist often referred to God in the imagery or as having the attributes of an eagle
and especially when he wrote that it was God who satisfies you with good so that your
youth is renewed like the eagles (Psalm 103:5). Isaiah also saw the symbolic strength of
God as depicted in an eagle when he wrote but they who wait for the Lord shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be
weary; they shall walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

The Eagle as Gods Rod against Israel and Judah

God also uses the eagle in the Bible to describe different powers which will come down
swiftly upon Israel if she refuses to live in obedience to Him. God spoke through
Jeremiah in warning Judah about a coming threat from the north by stating Behold, he
comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles
woe to us, for we are ruined (Jer 4:13). If the nation continues in idolatry and refused to
repent even after being warned, God thunders The Lord will bring a nation against you
from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose
language you do not understand (Duet 28:49). These pursuers were swifter than the
eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the
wilderness (Lam 4:19). Further, Habakkuk says much the same thing if Israel refuses to
repent, writing about the coming enemy Their horses are swifter than leopards, more
fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Their horsemen come
from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour (1:8).

The Eagles as Gods Rod against the Nations

God also uses the language of a swooping eagle even against the nations surrounding
Israel Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings
against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart
of a woman in her birth pains (Jer 49:22). Whichever nation exalts itself against the
Most High, God says Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set
among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord (Obadiah 1:4).

The Eagle as Gods Protection

God refers to Himself as an eagle for several different reasons and one example is of His
protective nature as in Psalm 91:1-4 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will
abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust. For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from
the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will
find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. Eagles represent sovereignty and
supremacy and how fitting since God is the real ruler of kings and presidents (Dan.
2:20-21/5:18-21, Prov. 8:15-16, Rom. 13:1-2) but also, when the storms hit, eagles can fly
far above the storms, indicating that God is never affected by conditions for He is also
sovereign over nature.

Conclusion
If you have ever watched an eagle soar, it is nearly motionless and stationary. This
absolute lack of movement makes it naked to the eyes of its prey. This majestic bird may
have a wing span over eight feet and weigh up to 15 pounds and live up to 40 years.
Eagles are indigenous to North America but they used to be predominant in Palestine at
one time. They are also the most attentive parents of all the bird species and perhaps the
greatest teachers of their young, and like doves, they will remain monogamous until
death. God is like an eagle, He covers us and He shadows us (Psalm 36:7, 63:7, 91:1-4,
1st King 8:7), covers us (Psalm 91:1-4), hides us (Psalm 17:8) and is even under us
(Psalm 36:7).
Article by Jack Wellman
Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also
the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip,

encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believers daily
walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book
Blind Chance or Intelligent Design available on Amazon.

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Eagle [N] [S]

(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey
with its beak), referred to for its swiftness of flight ( Deuteronomy 28:49 ; 2 Sam 1:23 ), its
mounting high in the air ( Job 39:27 ), its strength ( Psalms 103:5 ), its setting its nest in high
places ( Jeremiah 49:16 ), and its power of vision ( Job 39:27-30 ).
This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God employs and sends forth to do a
work of destruction, sweeping away whatever is decaying and putrescent ( Matthew
24:28 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Ezekiel 39:4 ; Deuteronomy 28:49 ; Jeremiah 4:13 ; 48:40 ). It is said that
the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring, and with fresh plumage assumes the
appearance of youth. To this, allusion is made in Psalms 103:5 and Isaiah 40:31 . God's care over
his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young to fly (Exodus 19:4 ; Deuteronomy
32:11 Deuteronomy 32:12 ). An interesting illustration is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:,
"I once saw a very interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent eagles were

teaching their offspring, two young birds, the maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the
top of the mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright for the climate. They
at first made small circles, and the young birds imitated them. They paused on their wings,
waiting till they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger gyration, always rising
toward the sun, and enlarging their circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral.
The young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better as they mounted; and they
continued this sublime exercise, always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the
young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." (See Isaiah 40:31 .)
There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of eagles, (1) the golden eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the imperial
eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus, which preys on reptiles. The eagle was
unclean by the Levitical law ( Leviticus 11:13 ; Deuteronomy 14:12 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Eagle". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Eagle

Eagle [N] [E]
(Heb. nesher , i.e. a tearer with the beak ). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observed in
Palestine, viz., the golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos , the spotted eagle, Aquila naevia , the imperial
eagle, Aquila heliaca , and the very common Circaetos gallicus . The Hebrew nesher may stand for any of
these different species, though perhaps more particular reference to the golden and imperial eagles and
the griffon vulture may be intended. The passage in Micah, ( Micah 1:16 ) "enlarge thy baldness as the
eagle," may refer to the griffon vulture, Vultur fulvus , in which case the simile is peculiarly appropriate, for
the whole head and neck of this bird are destitute of true feathers. The "eagles" of ( Matthew 24:28 ; Luke
17:37 ) may include the Vultur fulvus and Neophron percnopterus ; though, as eagles frequently prey
upon dead bodies, there is no necessity to restrict the Greek word to the Vulturidae . The figure of an
eagle is now and has long been a favorite military ensign. The Persians so employed it; a fact which
illustrates the passage in ( Isaiah 46:11 ) The same bird was similarly employed by the Assyrians and the
Romans.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Eagle'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eagle

EAGLE
e'-g'-l (nesher; aetos; Latin aquila):
A bird of the genus aquila of the family falconidae.
The Hebrew nesher, meaning "to tear with the beak," is almost invariably translated "eagle,"
throughout the Bible; yet many of the most important references compel the admission that
the bird to which they applied was a vulture.
There were many large birds and carrion eaters flocking over Palestine, attracted by the
offal from animals slaughtered for tribal feasts and continuous sacrifice. The eagle family
could not be separated from the vultures by their habit of feeding, for they ate the offal from
slaughter as well as the vultures. One distinction always holds good. Eagles never flock.
They select the tallest trees of the forest, the topmost crag of the mountain, and pairs live in
solitude, hunting and feeding singly, whenever possible carrying their prey to the nest so
that the young may gain strength and experience by tearing at it and feeding themselves.
The vultures are friendly, and collect and feed in flocks. So wherever it is recorded that a
"flock came down on a carcass," there may have been an eagle or two in it, but the body of
it were vultures. Because they came in such close contact with birds of prey, the natives
came nearer dividing them into families than any birds. Of perhaps a half-dozen, they
recognized three eagles, they knew three vultures, four or five falcons, and several kites; but
almost every Biblical reference is translated "eagle," no matter how evident the text makes it
that the bird was a vulture.
For example, Micah 1:16:
"Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as
the eagle (m "vulture"); for they are gone into captivity from thee." This is a reference to the

custom of shaving the head when in mourning, but as Palestine knew no bald eagle, the text
could refer only to the bare head and neck of the griffon vulture. The eagles were, when
hunger-driven, birds of prey; the vultures, carrion feeders only. There was a golden eagle
(the osprey of the King James Version), not very common, distinguished by its tan-colored
head; the imperial eagle, more numerous and easily identified by a dark head and white
shoulders; a spotted eagle; a tawny eagle, much more common and readily distinguished by
its plumage; and the short-toed eagle, most common of all and especially a bird of prey, as
also a small hooded eagle so similar to a vulture that it was easily mistaken for one, save
that it was very bold about taking its own food.
The first Biblical reference to the eagle referred to the right bird. Exodus 19:4:
"Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and
brought you unto myself." This "bare you on eagles' wings" must not be interpreted to mean
that an eagle ever carried anything on its back. It merely means that by strength of powerful
wing it could carry quite a load with its feet and frequently was seen doing this. Vultures
never carried anything; they feasted and regurgitated what they had eaten to their young.
The second reference is found in Leviticus 11:13 and repeated in Deuteronomy 14:12, the
lists of abominations. It would seem peculiar that Moses would find it necessary to include
eagles in thislist until it is known that Arab mountaineers were eating these birds at that
time. The next falls in Deuteronomy 28:49:
"Yahweh will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle
flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand." This also refers to the true eagle
and points out that its power of sustained flight, and the speed it could attain when
hastening to its hunger- clamoring young, had been observed. The next reference is
in Deuteronomy 32:11: "As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young,
He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions."
This is good natural history at last. Former versions made these lines read as if the eagle
carried its young on its wings, a thing wholly incompatible with flight in any bird. Samuel's
record of the lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan is a wonderful poetic outburst
and contains reference to this homing flight of the eagle (2 Samuel 1:23). In Job 9:26 the
arrow-like downward plunge of the hunger-driven eagle is used in comparison with the flight
of time. In Job 39, which contains more good natural history than any other chapter of the
Bible, will be found everything concerning the eagle anyone need know:
"Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? On the cliff
she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. From

thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. Her young ones also suck up
blood:
And where the slain are, there is she" (Job 39:27-30). Psalms 103:5 is a reference to the
long life of the eagle. The bird has been known to live to an astonishing age in captivity;
under natural conditions, the age it attains can only be guessed.
"Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the
eagle." Proverbs 23:5 compares the flight of wealth with that of an eagle; Proverbs
30:17 touches on the fact that the eye of prey is the first place attacked in eating, probably
because it is the most vulnerable point and so is frequently fed to the young. Proverbs
30:19:
"The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock: The way of a ship in the
midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden."
This reference to the eagle is to that wonderful power of flight that enables a bird to hang as
if frozen in the sky, for long periods appearing to our sight immovable, or to sail and soar
directly into the eye of the sun, seeming to rejoice in its strength of flight and to exult in the
security and freedom of the upper air. The word "way" is here improperly translated. To the
average mind it always means a road, a path. In this instance it should be translated:
The characteristics of an eagle in the air; The habit of a serpent upon the rock; The path of
a ship in the midst of the sea; And the manner of a man with a maid. Each of these lines
stood a separate marvel to Agur, and had no connection with the others (but compare The
Wisdom of Solomon Song of Solomon 5:10,11, and see WAY).
Isaiah 40:31 is another flight reference. Jeremiah 49:16 refers to the inaccessible heights at
which the eagle loves to build and rear its young. Jeremiah 49:22 refers to the eagle's power
of flight. Ezekiel 1:10 recounts a vision of the prophet in which strange living creatures had
faces resembling eagles. The same book (17:3) contains the parable of the eagle:
"Thus saith the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of
feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the
cedar." Hosea 8:1 is another flight reference. Obad 1:4 is almost identical with Jeremiah
49:16. The next reference is that of Micah, and really refers to the griffon vulture (Micah
1:16). In Habakkuk 1:8 the reference is to swift flight.Matthew 24:28 undoubtedly refers to
vultures. In Revelation 4:7 the eagle is used as a symbol of strength. In Revelation 8:13 the
bird is represented as speaking:

"And I saw, and I heard an eagle (the King James Version "angel"), flying in mid heaven,
saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the
other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound." The eagle makes its
last appearance in the vision of the woman and the dragon (Revelation 12:14).
Gene Stratton-Porter

Birds of the Bible Eagles Renewal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 BY LEE

105
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your
iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who
crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with
good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagles. (Psalms 103:2-5 NKJV)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by AestheticPhotos

The Eagle is an interesting bird and I have written about them before. In the King James
Version of the Bible, an eagle is mentioned in 34 verses. So, there will be future articles
about the eagle also.
The interest of this article is the renewing of the eagle. In Psalms 103:5 (quoted above),
your youth is renewed like the eagles. What exactly does that mean? Also, in Isaiah
40:31, strength is renewed and shall mount up with wings as eagles.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall
walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 KJV)

Many articles can be found on the internet about an eagle going off and plucking its
feathers and not being able to fly for about five months. The image has even been
added that the beak and claws are knocked off and then grow back during that time,
giving them another 10 or so more years to their life. I have been trying to find proof of
that, and am not finding it. Most Eagle authorities state that that would not happen,
because the bird would die during that time with no flight feathers or beak or claws.

Golden or Juvenile Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by PastorBBC in NC

If those facts are true, then what is meant by Gods Word about the eagle? I believe
Gods Word is true, so there has to be an explanation of it. From theSouthwestern Bald
Eagle Management I found an interesting chart that shows the different stages of
plumage (feathers) as an eagle ages. They said, In their five year development to
adulthood, bald eagles go through one of the most varied plumage changes of
any North American bird. During its first four weeks of life, an eaglets fluffy white
down changes to a gray wooly down. At about five weeks, brown and black
feathers begin to grow. It becomes fully feathered at 10 weeks of age. In its first
year, the mostly dark-colored juvenile can often be mistaken as a golden eagle.
However, the bald eagle progressively changes until it reaches adult plumage
at five years. Notice in the pictures how its dark eye lightensthroughout its first four
years of life until it becomes yellow. Also, see how its beak changes form grayblack to a vibrant yellow.

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by AestheticPhotos

It is believed that the darker, more mottled plumage of a young eagle serves as
camouflage, while the white head and tail announce that it is of breeding age.
That to me sounds a lot like, So that your youth is renewed like the eagles. As
the eagle goes through the different stages of its life, the new feathers are graciously
provided by a Creator that sees to the needs of His creation by having designed those
features to renew as it matures.
The Lord provides for renewal for His children as they mature. The following verses tell
of a renewed right spirit, mind, spirit of your mind, and knowledge:
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalms 51:10
KJV)
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
(Romans 12:2 KJV)
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; (Ephesians 4:23 KJV)
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of
him that created him: (Colossians 3:10 KJV)
(Update 11/2/11) Here is another possible explaination about this topic. It might be a
vulture instead of an eagle. See: http://www.thewonderofbirds.com/griffon-

vulture/bible.htm)
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Life of an Eagle
Question
There is a story about eagles ("Life of an Eagle") which I included in my e-mail. While it is
informative, it included no explanation with it. Please explain how it relates to Christianity.
Answer
The emailed story below is not factual!!! Please be sure to read the entire answer - the second part
of the answer tells the "rest of the story"
First, IIIM did not send the email entitled, "Life of an Eagle" as it is pure fiction.
Second, we can learn many wonderful things both about God and ourselves from God's creation
(general revelation). This includes the animal kingdom.
Isaiah 40:28-31 includes a reference concerning eagles.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of
the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives
strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and
young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will
soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Eagles are magnificent birds. They are beautiful. They are powerful. They may fly high and see
untold sights of God's creation. However, being the person I am, the phrase, "but those who hope in
the Lord will renew their strength" that appears just before "they will soar on wings like eagles"
catches my heart time and again. I am one who needs God's renewing strength and uplifting
constantly in my life.
When one begins to research the life of an eagle they can end up with all sorts of fascinating
thoughts. Consider the "Life of an Eagle" story that you inquired about (copied from your e-mail):
The eagle has the longest life-span of its species. It can live up to 70 years. But to reach this age,
the eagle must make a hard decision. In its 40s its long and flexible talons can no lo>nger grab prey
which serves as food. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent. Its old-aged and heavy wings, due to
their thick feathers, become stuck to its chest and make it difficult to fly. Then, the eagle is left with
only two options: die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days. The process
requires that the eagle fly to a mountaintop and sit on its nest. There the eagle knocks its beak
against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow

back and then it will pluck out its talons. When its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its
old-aged feathers. And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30
more years.
What an inspiring story (if it were true). What could be our application of this? Renewing one's
strength on the mountaintop may be rather painful, but needful. As we grow closer to God, we see
that much of our lives are like an eagles. We discover we are weak in eating and applying God's
spiritual food. We observe that our sharp beaks often speak things they should not; and that our
aged lives are more weighed down with sin than we ever imagined.
However, God in his loving grace places us in his nest of maturity. Abundant grace resides there for
us (Rom. 5:8). At times we soar and at other times we nest and grow. It is God's cycle of maturity.
Christians are magnificent new creations. They are beautiful. They are powerful. They fly high and
see untold sights of the glory of God.
While I'm sure other applications could be made from the above story, I see no need to recount them
as the story above in red is fictional; not based upon fact.

Now, for the rest of the story ...

Isn't this a great story and application? While the application may be helpful, it might be better if the
above story itself were factual! The story above is not in any scientific journal I have
researched. While, we can make a somewhat positive application of it, I believe God would have us
look at the real life of an eagle.
The following is from the Southwestern Bald Eagle Management Committee, in conjunction with
Arizona Bald Eagle Management Program. They state:
In their five-year development to adulthood, bald eagles go through one of the most varied plumage
changes of any North American bird. During its first four weeks of life, an eaglet's fluffy white down
changes to a gray wooly down. At about five weeks, brown and black feathers begin to grow. It
becomes fully feathered at 10 weeks of age. In its first year, the mostly dark-colored juvenile can
often be mistaken as a golden eagle. However, the bald eagle progressively changes until it reaches
adult plumage at five years. ... see how its beak changes form gray-black to a vibrant yellow. It is
believed that the darker, more mottled plumage of a young eagle serves as camouflage, while the
white head and tail announce that it is of breeding age.
This is a brief version of how an eagle matures according to at least three other journals as well.
We can make some biblical applications here. As an eagle goes through the different life stages, new
feathers have already been planned for and are graciously provided by their Father who sees to the
needs of his creation in advance. This is similar to how our youth is "renewed like the eagles." 1 John
reveals we grow from children to young men to fathers (1 John 2:12-14). God provides for renewal (a

plumage of change per se) of his children as they mature. We are reminded of this is several
passages of Scripture. God reminds us that our new plumage (new feathers of maturity) is part and
parcel of our natural growth cycle "in him"; that he indeed is the one doing the work within us:
Exodus 19:3-4 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said,
"This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel:
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles wings and brought
you to myself."
Ezra 1:5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites - everyone
whose heart God had moved - prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of
God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of
God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
While God tells us that we already have feathers, and that we will put on newer ones as we mature in
Christ, he also tells us that we should desire new feathers. Part and parcel of the evidence of our
salvation is that we have new desires - new desires to grow and be more like God (Rom. 8:5-8; 1
Cor. 2:14; Eph. 5:1):
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your
bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and proper worship. Do not
conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will
be able to test and approve what Gods will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Ephesians 4:23 ...to be made new in the attitude of your minds.
Colossians 3:10 ...and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image
of its Creator.
So, true Christians will mount up with wings of eagles as they grow in Christ; they will soar to new
heights, be conformed into the image of God's Son, be resurrected up in the last day with Christ.
Desiring to grow and change is evidence of our past salvation, present sanctification, and the future
glorified state as opposed to our depravity (Rom. 8:5-8; 1 Cor. 2:14). Paul wrote in Romans 8:29-30:
"For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might
be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those
he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified." He then explains in Philippians 1:6

that we can be "confident of this, that he who began a good work in [us] will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus". Also, John wrote: "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what
we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like
him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is
pure" (1 John 3:2-3).
The life of an eagle can have some application for the Christian. We are saved, are being saved, and
will be saved - our plumage is in a constant state of renewal and change. But one thing that does not
change is that we are already eagles in that "if God be for us, who can be against us" (Rom. 8:3539).
THE NAME OF JESUS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
JESUS GAVE TO THE CHURCH the power of attorney to use His Name. In the Gospel of John we
have the record of this legal act on the part of the Master. John 15:16, Ye did not choose me, but I
chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide; that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. The disciples are
commissioned to go and bear fruit; and they are given a legal right to use the Name of Jesus and to
have the' same authority that Jesus exercised in His earth walk.
John 16:23, 24 (American Standard Version), And in that day ye shall ask me nothing (or ye shall
not pray to me). Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, He will give it you
in my name. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may
be made full. And in the twenty-sixth verse, In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto
you, that I will pray the Father for you; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me,
and have believed that I came forth from the Father. First, the Master says that we are not to pray to
Him. He is the Mediator between us and the Father. He is our Advocate and our Intercessor; but
whatsoever we ask of the Father in His Name, the Father will give to us.
Jesus says that up to this time we have never asked anything in His Name, but that now He is giving
His disciples the right to use His Name. He uses this strange expression, that your joy may be made
full. Happiness comes from circumstances. Joy alone comes from the Lord. There is to come to us a
joy through the miraculous use of the Name of Jesus. He told us that in that day it would not be
necessary for Him to pray to the Father for us; for the Father himself loveth you. We have access
into His Presence. Now we can come boldly into His Presence any time. As Jesus' representatives
we are doing business for the Father in Jesus' Name. In John 14:13-15 we see the Name introduced.
This is not prayer; it is something different. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
This is not prayer. That word ask here can be translated demand. And whatsoever ye shall
demand in my name that will I do. Jesus says that He will make that good. What does He mean? In
Acts 16:18 we read the story of Paul casting the demon out of a girl that had a spirit of divination:
But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the Name of Jesus
Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour. Paul is casting a demon out of a girl in the
Name of Jesus. Acts 3:1-16 tells us the story of Peter and John healing the man at the Beautiful
Gate. The fourth verse, And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look on us. And he

gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, Silver and gold
have I none; but what I have that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.
The man was instantly healed. Ankle bones that had never sustained his body were suddenly made
normal. When the people gathered around them, Peter said, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this
man? Or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him
to walk? The God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye
delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. But ye
denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, and killed the
Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses; and now on the ground of
faith in His Name hath His Name made this man strong, whom ye behold and know; yea, the faith
which is through him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Peter is using his legal right to use the Name of Jesus. In John 14:14 we read, If ye shall ask
anything in my name that will I do. In the previous verse we see, That the Father may be glorified in
the Son. The Father is going to get glory from our use of the Name of Jesus to heal the sick and
cast out demons, and in the working of miracles.
Mark 16:17-20, And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out
demons; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. So then
the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the
right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word by the signs that followed.
Here is the place of the Name of Jesus in the daily ministry of the Church. You see, it has the same
authority treasured up in it that Jesus has. Matthew 28:18-19, And Jesus came to them and spake
unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye, therefore,
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the age. Jesus is going to accompany the Church in its earth
walk in the power and might of His Name. You mark that Jesus has all authority given to Him in
heaven and on earth. That authority is in His Name.
Philippians 2:5-11. (Read this carefully.) We will use the ninth to the eleventh verses, Wherefore
also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; that in the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings in heaven and beings on earth and beings under
the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father. Jesus is given the highest position in the universe. He has the name which is above every
name, with all the authority of God in it. That name has been given to the Church, to us common
folks, to use. In that name we are masters of demons and of their works. Ephesians 1:19-23. Here is
Paul's prayer for us that the eyes of our hearts may be opened that we may know the exceeding
greatness of His ability on our behalf; it is to us who believe.
That ability is according to the strength of His might which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead and made Him to sit in the heavenlies far above every power or might or dominion,
and above every name not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. And He put all things in

subjection under His feet and made Him to be Head of all things to the Church which is His body, the
fullness of Him that filleth all in all. This translation is almost literal, but I like it because it unveils to
us the very heart of this revelation. Now notice that God has lifted Jesus above every name and
every authority in the universe; He has put all things in subjection under His feet. The Church is His
feet. And He gave Him to be the Head over all things to the benefit of the Church which is His body;
and His body is the fullness of Him that filleth all things in all.
We have never recognized what we are in Christ in the mind of the Father. We are the absolute
masters of demons and their forces in the earth. Now let us turn to the Book of Acts. The first
reference is Acts 2:38. On the Day of Pentecost, when the mighty outpouring of the Spirit was in the
room, and the disciples received Eternal Life, Peter began to preach; and the men cried out
afterward and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men, what must we do? And Peter said,
Repent ye, and be baptized everyone of you for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
They were Jews that knew nothing of what He is doing now at the Right Hand of the Father on High.
Peter told them to be baptized in that Name. Three thousand Jews responded that day to that call he
gave. And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered
together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and
Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. This was the same crowd that had
murdered Jesus.
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye
done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this
man is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this
man stand here before you whole.
Then here Peter's voice rings out, He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders,
which was made the head of the corner. And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any
other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved. Now when they
beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant
men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And seeing
the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. They marvelled.
They had to admit that a notable miracle had been wrought through them. But notice this, But that it
spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in
this name. And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of
Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to
hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye; for we cannot but speak the things which we saw
and heard.
The Name of Jesus had created greater consternation in the city than Jesus had in His earth walk.
The disciples went to their room where they were gathered and had a prayer meeting; and in their
prayer they said this (Acts 4:29-31), And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy
servants to speak thy word with all boldness, while thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that

signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had
prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together. The thirty-third verse tells us,
And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great
grace was upon them all. You must read this book with great care. Begin with the first chapter and
read it through, marking every place where the Name is used; and mark how it was used and the
circumstances surrounding it.
Notice Acts 5:27, 28. Fear had fallen upon the leaders of Israel. They were combating a force that
they had never met before. Jesus they had crucified, but His Name was more powerful than the Man
Himself. And to him they agreed; and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them
and charged them not to speak in the Name of Jesus, and let them go. Acts 5:40, They therefore
departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor
for the Name.
The Church has never been persecuted since then for the Name of Jesus. You will find that as we go
through the Book of Acts, that the Name of Jesus was their method of advertising; they had miracles
everywhere. Acts 8:12-16. But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the
kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
You notice that Philip not only preached Jesus as a Saviour, but he also preached about the Name.
The sixteenth verse tells how they were baptized into the Name of the Lord Jesus. Read that chapter
carefully, note the miracles that followed the use of that Name. Acts 9:14-16 gives us the conversion
of Paul. Read this section very carefully and notice the place of the Name. The sixteenth verse, For I
will show him how many things he must suffer for my Name's sake. Jesus is talking to Ananias. Paul
is to suffer for the Name. About the only suffering we have today in the Church is that for our
eccentricities and our Sense Knowledge teaching. Paul begins to preach at once. In the twenty-first
verse we read, And all that heard him were amazed, and said, is not this he that in Jerusalem made
havoc of them that called on this Name?
Then Barnabas takes Paul back to Jerusalem; and in the twenty-seventh verse, And declared unto
them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to Him, and how at Damascus
he had preached boldly in the Name of Jesus. I wonder if you are grasping the significance of the
Name. We have preached everything but the Name. Acts 10:43-48. (Read this whole chapter over
carefully.) To Him bear all the prophets witness, that through His Name every one that believeth on
him shall receive remission of sins. Read and study carefully the following: Acts 15:25, 26; 16:18;
19:5, 17; 21:13; 22:16; 26:9. We have seen the authority of the Name of Jesus and the results that
followed its use in the Book of Acts.
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