the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Raven (2)
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
or 1 Kings 17:4 (c) This is a type of any person on earth, but particularly an unsaved person, who naturally would not care for GOD nor for His people, but who is compelled to minister to GOD's servant against his own nature.
Isaiah 34:11 (c) This is a picture of the unsaved who dwell in desolate places and who have no interest or care for the things of GOD. The raven was an unclean bird.
Luke 12:24 (b) Here we see a symbol of GOD's kindness and care. The raven is a worthless bird. It has no particular value and is not cared for by human beings. Yet GOD meets its needs. So the Lord cares for His own who are certainly far better and more to be considered than this unclean bird. Note also that the raven is black. (Sinners are black in GOD's sight). Its legs conform in color to its surroundings. Those who live along the ocean have white legs; those around black soil have black legs, those in sandy regions have gray legs. So the sinner conforms his walk to the society in which he moves but he stays black all the time. The little young ravens are as black as their parents. Children are sinners just as their parents. Only GOD could change a raven and make it white and make it sing. (Only GOD can change a sinner into a singing saint).
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Raven (2)'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/r/raven-2.html. 1957.
