We cannot agree with those who identify this eagle as "a symbol of Roman legions, some exceptional prophet, Gregory the Great, or even Christ himself." Rist even thought that this eagle might be the living creature with the eagle's head." Is it any wonder that people get mixed up and confused in their studies of this prophecy? The use of this bird, described by Caird as "a vulture, means that there is a theological reason why the woes are to be worse" than the misfortunes caused by the four first trumpets. The communication with God through nature is quite limited. God used John the apostle to send this message. The rather fanciful notion that, "God uses nature to send his messages to men," is not likely to be the meaning. This is intended as an ominous sign, the eagle being chosen perhaps because it is a bird of prey. And I saw, and I heard an eagle, 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.Īn eagle.
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