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"Then soars to the heights the bird of mighty Jupiter as though, winging its way with wonted effort, it were carrying thunderbolts; it is<br />
a bird worthy of Jupiter and the sky, which it furnishes with awful armaments." 74<br />
The Eagle<br />
John tells us that the woman, Israel, was given two wings of the great eagle so that she could be nourished.<br />
Revelation 12:14 “But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly<br />
into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the<br />
presence of the serpent.” 75<br />
Let us take a look at Jamieson’s Bible commentary on the meaning of an Eagle.<br />
“Eagle”: the symbol of judgment descending fatally from on high; the king of birds pouncing on the prey. Compare this fourth<br />
trumpet and the flying eagle with the fourth seal introduced by the fourth living creature, “like a flying eagle,” Rev 4:7: the aspect of<br />
Jesus as presented by the fourth Evangelist. John is compared in the cherubim (according to the primitive interpretation) to a flying<br />
eagle: Christ’s divine majesty in this similitude is set forth in the Gospel according to John, His judicial visitations in the Revelation<br />
of John. Contrast “another angel,” or messenger, with “the everlasting Gospel,” Rev 14:6. 76<br />
A Great Eagle - Aquila is said to have wonderful eyesight to capture prey (GNU)<br />
It is astonishing to see an eagle used in the following verse of Revelation 8:13 after the fourth judgment is given<br />
by an angel in the previous verse of Revelation 8:12. The next event is three woes to those dwelling on the earth.<br />
In the next chapter, we will understand the importance of the woe. The Constellation of Aquila represents an<br />
“Eagle” found in the skies above the earth at nighttime. It must be a sign of the three woes and God’s judgment.<br />
74 Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century A.D, p.31<br />
75 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 12:14). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.<br />
76 Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., Fausset, A. R., Brown, D., & Brown, D. (1997). A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and<br />
New Testaments (Re 8:13). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.