When we look at the scripture in Revelations 4, Revalations 5, Ezekiel 1, and other parts of the scripture where a prophet saw a vision of God or a vision of the throne of God, we will be shocked to see that throughout the scripture there was no sighting of a dove. Not even once!
We were made to see a lot of strange sights
A lamb, beings with eyes all over their bodies, beings with four different kinds of heads, beings with six wings, twenty-four elders with crowns, cherubs and seraphs, angels, a wheel within a wheel, a being with the form of a man that
A lamb, beings with eyes all over their bodies, beings with four different kinds of heads, beings with six wings, twenty-four elders with crowns, cherubs and seraphs, angels, a wheel within a wheel, a being with the form of a man that
looked like he is on fire, a throne made of lapis lazuli, a full rainbow (Rain circle) with beautiful colours surrounding a throne and so on
But never a dove
Not even a pigeon
The closest we got to any kind of bird in heaven was the description of the being with four different
But never a dove
Not even a pigeon
The closest we got to any kind of bird in heaven was the description of the being with four different
kinds of heads.
(One of the heads looked like the head of a flying Eagle)
apart from this the dove was conspicuously missing.
While I was growing up, we had a neighbour who does his things quite slowly
When he is walking, he walks very slowly & gingerly that those of us who were
(One of the heads looked like the head of a flying Eagle)
apart from this the dove was conspicuously missing.
While I was growing up, we had a neighbour who does his things quite slowly
When he is walking, he walks very slowly & gingerly that those of us who were
prone to talk without thinking earned a knock or two on the head for laughing at him
I don't know his story, I was 9 years old at the time but I do recall someone quite older than I describing the man's walk by saying the man walks like a chameleon.
That description was very apt
I don't know his story, I was 9 years old at the time but I do recall someone quite older than I describing the man's walk by saying the man walks like a chameleon.
That description was very apt
Does that description then give me the right to draw a chameleon whenever I want to talk about this man?
So that his permanent symbol is that of an animal whose only crime was that it walked slowly and was used to describe how one human being walked.
I think that will be unfair
So that his permanent symbol is that of an animal whose only crime was that it walked slowly and was used to describe how one human being walked.
I think that will be unfair
would probably not be a true representation of the man.
Walking like a chameleon and being a chameleon are two very different things.
We are all very aware of the expression, keeping his head in the sand like an ostrich
It means someone somewhere is not facing the reality
of the
Walking like a chameleon and being a chameleon are two very different things.
We are all very aware of the expression, keeping his head in the sand like an ostrich
It means someone somewhere is not facing the reality
of the
situation on ground
Would it be proper then to start calling such a person an Ostrich?
No.
The best I can do is say such a person is "playing the ostrich"
Dunsin Oyekan calls himself "Asa" (The Eagle) and you'd hear him scream it while ministering in some of his songs. Does that
Would it be proper then to start calling such a person an Ostrich?
No.
The best I can do is say such a person is "playing the ostrich"
Dunsin Oyekan calls himself "Asa" (The Eagle) and you'd hear him scream it while ministering in some of his songs. Does that
mean Minister Dunsin is a physical eagle?
Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo is the Pneuma, the wind. He calls himself that and he carries the name with signs and wonders in his wake.
Do we then substitute him for the image of a wind?
The Holy Spirit is not a dove
Luke 3: 21When all the people
Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo is the Pneuma, the wind. He calls himself that and he carries the name with signs and wonders in his wake.
Do we then substitute him for the image of a wind?
The Holy Spirit is not a dove
Luke 3: 21When all the people
were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
...LIKE A DOVE...
He is not a dove, He
...LIKE A DOVE...
He is not a dove, He
descended like a dove
This description was given to the Holy Spirit by John the Baptist
John 1: 32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. 33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me,
This description was given to the Holy Spirit by John the Baptist
John 1: 32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. 33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me,
‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
(John said... like a dove...)
The fact that you talk like a parrot does not make you a parrot
The fact that you run like a horse does not make you a horse
The fact that you work
(John said... like a dove...)
The fact that you talk like a parrot does not make you a parrot
The fact that you run like a horse does not make you a horse
The fact that you work
like a donkey does not make you a donkey
In literature, we call it a similie
simile /ˈsɪmɪli/ a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion)
In the book
In literature, we call it a similie
simile /ˈsɪmɪli/ a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion)
In the book
of acts chapter 2, the disciples experienced the same baptism Jesus had when he was baptised by John the Baptist in the Jordan river
The Bible did not saw many doves descended upon them, this time, they experienced it themselves and it was the sound like a mighty rushing wind...
The Bible did not saw many doves descended upon them, this time, they experienced it themselves and it was the sound like a mighty rushing wind...
Acts 2: 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them
and they saw "Tongues" like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them
This time what they saw was TONGUES like flames of fire!
Nothing like a dove...
As many of us who have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ can attest to the fact
This time what they saw was TONGUES like flames of fire!
Nothing like a dove...
As many of us who have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ can attest to the fact
that we dont feel like doves
I have asked many people
Did you feel like a dove in any way after the Holy Spirit came upon you?
Did it do you like clucking or flapping your wings and cooing?
People usually laugh and say no but when you ask them if they felt their hearts burning
I have asked many people
Did you feel like a dove in any way after the Holy Spirit came upon you?
Did it do you like clucking or flapping your wings and cooing?
People usually laugh and say no but when you ask them if they felt their hearts burning
within them, or their hands vibrating, or their bodies shaking or their spirits overflowing, they are quick to say yes and describe other similar experiences that testify that the Holy Spirit is nothing like a dove.
I know some ancient human spirit guided priests and prophets
I know some ancient human spirit guided priests and prophets
went to study the dove and came back saying the Holy Spirit is a gentle spirit because the dove is a gentle bird.
I know one that kept doves in a cage and would study them for two hours every morning as a form of learning the Holy Ghost.
We indulge in a lot of carnal methods in
I know one that kept doves in a cage and would study them for two hours every morning as a form of learning the Holy Ghost.
We indulge in a lot of carnal methods in
the name of knowing the things of the spirit
1 Corinthians 2:14, NIV: "The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit."
I know
1 Corinthians 2:14, NIV: "The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit."
I know
some will read and keep calling the Holy Spirit a dove
Later when they pray and they don't get any result they will run to those who know Him in Spirit and in truth.
When you are indulging in a practice that has been proven to be wrong, the wise thing to do is to change.
Later when they pray and they don't get any result they will run to those who know Him in Spirit and in truth.
When you are indulging in a practice that has been proven to be wrong, the wise thing to do is to change.
This was the thrust of the confrontations between Jesus and the Jews
They decided their traditions, and culture and customs are more important than any man and must be preserved at all cost even if it means killing the advocate of change.
In Acts 10, an angel of the Lord appeared
They decided their traditions, and culture and customs are more important than any man and must be preserved at all cost even if it means killing the advocate of change.
In Acts 10, an angel of the Lord appeared
to Cornelius while he was worshipping God the Jewish way and told him to sent for Peter who will show him the new way of worshipping God
That you had always believed an error does not mean it is must remain so
When the wise is shown the error of his ways with verifiable evidence
That you had always believed an error does not mean it is must remain so
When the wise is shown the error of his ways with verifiable evidence
he must adjust
No matter how many hymns or songs you know where the Holy Spirit was called a pigeon or a cat or a dove, the fact remains that the claim of such is in error
If you don't know him as you should, you cannot walk with him as you ought to
The person of the Holy Spirit
No matter how many hymns or songs you know where the Holy Spirit was called a pigeon or a cat or a dove, the fact remains that the claim of such is in error
If you don't know him as you should, you cannot walk with him as you ought to
The person of the Holy Spirit
is inviting you to Night of Glory
A fellowship of His kind on Friday 26th of February 2021
Theme of the fellowship is "Blazing but not Consumed"
Time is 6pm
The zoom link is on the flier
It shall also be aired on mixlr and all GSWMI platforms
Come and fellowship with the Pneuma!
A fellowship of His kind on Friday 26th of February 2021
Theme of the fellowship is "Blazing but not Consumed"
Time is 6pm
The zoom link is on the flier
It shall also be aired on mixlr and all GSWMI platforms
Come and fellowship with the Pneuma!
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