What are eagles' wings representing?

[pajaro]

Exodus 19:4 says: "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself."

I don't see any place in the Bible where this physically happened or literally happened. I did see something similar in the end of Lord of the Rings movie with Sam and Frodo. However, since it didn't happen physically with real eagles, what does this represent or mean?

 

[RJ]

I don't see any place in the Bible where this physically happened or literally happened.

Don't be silly. This is symbolism or an allegory for how God will protect his chosen people then and now includes gentiles. As on "Eagles Wings", symbolically as an Eagle catching there falling young on their wings.

I did see something similar in the end of Lord of the Rings movie with Sam and Frodo

Please, don't even mention Hollywood or a man made movie with regards to holy scripture!

 

[Brad Huber]

Its simply an allegory showing the strength of God's will to be accomplished with His chosen people. The eagle is one of the most powerful creatures of the air, and can carry a lot of weight and defeat all avian's and many land creatures bigger than itself.

 

[tulsa 2011]

Daniel 7: 2-7 "Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.3. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4. The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
6. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns."

The lion empire is said to have eagle's wings, and then the eagle's wings were plucked off. One layer of the metaphoric meaning here is that the lion empire first had a colony which is called eagle's wings on the lion. That colony rebelled against the lion kingdom and won its independence. It began as a constitutional republic, but declined into the national security state. It is this colony first called the wings on the lion kingdom which is the fourth beast in Daniel's vision here. This fourth beast kingdom becomes a super beast by having the traits of the previous three beast empires (Revelation thirteen: two). Remember also that Daniel 7: says a man';s heart was given to the lion kingdom. This also cannot be literal. It means that the lion kingdom was given a man's heart in the sense that at times it had more heart or kindness than the other beast empires coming after the Cross.

But there can be another layer of metaphoric meaning of the eagle's wings. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;....." Isaiah forty: verse thirty-one. Its not necessary a military metaphor of mounting up like eagles to defeat a literal enemy force. Mounting up as eagles refers to spiritual life,. to soaring in the spirit by the Holy Spirit. England, the lion kingdom,once had a remnant in the early years of the Reformation period, who soared spiritually. William Tyndale was a part of this remnant in England.

But as the text says the eagle's wings were plucked off the lion kingdom. The spiritual life of the remnant in England was diminished in time.

Does the mounting up and soaring as eagles in the Spirit apply also to that colony of the lion kingdom which was pd off in about seventeen seventy-six? Yes, but again, only for a period of time. The national security state does not have much soaring of the Spirit to it.

 

[Chad]

Exodus 19:3-6
3 while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

RSB Notes

19:4 brought you to myself. God’s deliverance from slavery was not just liberation, but adoption. He brought them out and carried them through the wilderness to bring them to Himself, to make them His

19:3–6 God’s words begin (v. 3) and end (v. 6) with an instruction of God to Moses. What lies in between is a summary of God’s covenant faithfulness and Israel’s covenant responsibilities.

Dictionary of Bible Themes

4690 wings
Limbs which enable flight. In Scripture these are mainly used either of angelic beings or in various symbolic senses, especially of God’s protection.

Easton Bible Dictionary

God's care over his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 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 Isa. 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 (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.


This is nebuchadnezzar.
His wings where plucked off as king (Dan 2:1-4:31)
and he was made like an animal (Dan 4:32-33)
God raised him up (Dan 4:33-37) and give him the heart of a man

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.....



This is Media-Persia.... it is raised up on one side because Persia was the dominate empire.. they are the Ram (Dan 8:20) which is replaced by the goat greece (8:21)

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.



This is alexander the great whose empire was divided by 4 of his men.....(Dan 8:22)

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

An 7:7 is the antichrist kingdom to come... the 10 horns are the 10 horns of Revelation 17:12 which are 10 kings who give their power to the antichrist making him king(13)

Rev 17:10 there are 7 kings 5 are passed
1. Eygpt
2. Assyria
3. Babylon
4. Media persia
5. Greece

antichrist (one to come)which Dan 9:27 tells us he is a prince of the romans from 70ad.
Dan 7:6 is greece so 7:7 should be rome...well it is its just not 70ad rome but today's rome

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

Forgot the one that is of course is rome Rev 17:10

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

Exodus 19:4 says: "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself."

I don't see any place in the Bible where this physically happened or literally happened. I did see something similar in the end of Lord of the Rings movie with Sam and Frodo. However, since it didn't happen physically with real eagles, what does this represent or mean?

The eagles wings is what God did for them during the exodus
Pillar of fire at night smoke by day parting of the red sea manna etc.....

He brought the israelites to himself through the things he did and become their God....

The wings is the same idea in Rev 12:6 and 14... just supernatural actions and we even see the ground open to stop the antichrist15-16 armys going after the jews who flee the surrounded city.... and we know during the exodus the ground also opened...

 

[RJ]

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.


This is nebuchadnezzar.
His wings where plucked off as king (Dan 2:1-4:31)
and he was made like an animal (Dan 4:32-33)
God raised him up (Dan 4:33-37) and give him the heart of a man

Wrong

 

[RJ]

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.....

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

An 7:7 is the antichrist kingdom to come... the 10 horns are the 10 horns of Revelation 17:12 which are 10 kings who give their power to the antichrist making him king(13)

Forgot the one that is of course is rome Rev 17:10

Wrong, this has nothing to do with lifting Israel up as on Eagle's wings! You need to learn your Bible before quoting it!

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

Rj read its a reply to the above pereon and NOT YOU....

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

Rj you have no idea about anything.... you attack with foolish words BUT NEVER ANYTHING BUT YOUR WORDS....lol

 

[RJ]

Rj you have no idea about anything.... you attack with foolish words BUT NEVER ANYTHING BUT YOUR WORDS....lol

• Exodus 19:4
  
• I bare you on eagles’ wings.—Comp. Deuteronomy 32:11, “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them upon her wings.” When its young are first fledged, the eagle is said to assist them in their flight by flying beneath them, so that they may settle upon its wings or back, if necessary. God means that He has bestowed upon His people the same tender and powerful care, has borne them up mightily when they might have fallen, supported their first flight as fledglings, and so saved them from disaster.

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

The eagles wings is what God did for them during the exodus
Pillar of fire at night smoke by day parting of the red sea manna etc.....

He brought the israelites to himself through the things he did and become their God....

The wings is the same idea in Rev 12:6 and 14... just supernatural actions and we even see the ground open to stop the antichrist15-16 armys going after the jews who flee the surrounded city.... and we know during the exodus the ground also opened...

Rj here is what I said about eagles wings.... the other verses were to another person and had nothing to do with wings.... maybe if you would of took the time you would of saw there were 2 answers... one about wings and one not


Funny you only chose to pick the wrong one

 

[TRUTH BE TOLD]

You said nebuchadnezzer was wrong... who then is the wings plucked off of?

 

[RJ]

Rj here is what I said about eagles wings.... the other verses were to another person and had nothing to do with wings.... maybe if you would of took the time you would of saw there were 2 answers... one about wings and one not


Funny you only chose to pick the wrong one

Stay on subject and stop drifting around because you have been caught not knowing scripture again. The original thread by pajaro questions, what does "on Eagles wings" mean. Everyone has it right; you, on the other hand, refuse to admit you are in the minority!

 

[RJ]

You said nebuchadnezzer was wrong... who then is the wings plucked off of?

I never said anything about Nebuchadnezzar . I say , PLEASE, this has nothing to do with the phrase, "on Eagles wings"! Please stop changing the subject to support your false narrative.