Wings Of Eagles and Hens (7 views) Subscribe   
   From:  Wings47   7/1/2003 2:58 pm  
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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." 
Both in the law (Deut 32:11) and in the Gospel (Matt 23:37), the Church is compared to fledgelings which the mother cherishes and protects under her wings: but in the law that mother is 'an eagle', in the Gospels 'a hen'; thus shadowing the diversity of administration under each covenant: the one of power, which God manifested when He brought His people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and led them into the promised land; the other of grace, when Christ came in humility and took the form of a servant and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. Also compare Rev 12:14. 

 
  
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