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OF BLUE
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“And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.” (Numbers 4:6)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) ©Smediacache
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Tag Archives: Tabernacle
Lee’s Seven Word Sunday – 1/29/17
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AS IF IT WERE OF A GARDEN
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“And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; He hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. (Lamentations 2:6)
Cypress Gardens by Lee
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Birds of the Bible – Details
Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) by Dan
Currently, I am reading through Leviticus. When I cam to the Tabernacle, my first thoughts were, “Here we go again” with all the details about how to make it. The LORD gave Moses the details and then he shared those details with all the workers and skilled craftsmen as to how it was supposed to be prepared. It includes down to the number of rings to hold the curtains, like 50 on this side and 50 on that side, etc. The colors Gold, Blue, Purple and Scarlet are constantly mentioned.
Details, details, details. I stopped grumbling when I thought about how the LORD in His creative acts was so, “detailed.” Much of the Bible gives us details about God, the Lord, and the Holy Spirit.It is one of God’s attributes that He is so omnipotent, omniscient, understanding, etc. because He does know all the “details.”
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, (Romans 1:20 NKJV)
We are told to look around us to observe creation and we can see His attributes. Think of just the birds. Are they not each different and made with so much detail. So, here is my attempt to share with you some of the neatly “detailed” birds in a slideshow. My first thoughts were of the Mandarin Duck with its lines and marks. Looks like a paintbrush was used by the Hand of our Creator. I have been trying to think of a bird that is gold, blue, purple and scarlet, but so far, it allude me. (The Mandarin Duck is close)
This slideshow is only featuring the colors and feather designs, but how about all the bills, feet, and other aspects of the birds? Enjoy these beautiful birds. (Thanks to all those who took the photos also.)
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(I hardly got to the Passerines. Sorry)
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The Hummingbird – The believing believer..
The Hummingbird – The believing believer.. – by a j mithra
Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) by Ian
Number 1500 is ‘PHOS’ which means LIGHT in Greek.. Number 1500 is YHVH (10x5x6x5), which means GOD in Hebrew…
Maybe the Hummingbird knew this, that’s why it visits about 1500 flowers everyday for nectar…..
What about us? Do we seek THE LIGHT at least once a day?
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
The size of one of the curtains of the Tabernacle is 1260 square cubits…
The heartbeat of the Hummingbird is 1260 per minute..
This identical number of 1260 which is the area of one of the curtain of the Tabernacle and the heart beat of the hummingbird seems to convey a divine message.. Maybe the Hummingbird’s heart beats for the Lord?
For whom does our heart beat?
It has to feed every ten minutes, and would die if it starves for a few hours. But still, the Hummingbird has the energy to fly 500 miles nonstop to cross the Gulf of Mexico during migration….
If GOD can provide so much energy for a tiny little bird, will HE not strengthen us to cross every gulf in our lives?
After all, HE has created us in HIS own image…
With GOD our limited energy turns unlimited…
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness…….. (Psalm 2Corithians 12:9)
The more sugar we take, the more the chances of turning into a Diabetic… The Hummingbird feeds every ten minutes on nectar and drinks almost double its weight of nectar in a day.. Yet, it isn’t a Diabetic! Its cos, it burns its energy through its 53 per minute wing beat…
The word of the LORD is sweeter than honey… THE WORD is our LORD… Well, are we a Spiritual Diabetic? So much of GOD’S WORD enters our system but, we don’t seem to exercise… Do we?
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Psalm 119:103)
The Hummingbird gets attracted towards RED color.. Maybe it knows that its creator, the Rose of Sharon is RED….
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) Reinier Munguia
We all know that RED in a traffic signal means, Stop right away… RED color can also mean Danger..
For years together, we have been seeing Bloody RED on the cross. But, the question is, have we stopped sinning yet?
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14)
Moses used Hyssop’s stem for purification of sacrifices in the Tabernacle… David prayed to GOD to cleanse all his sins with Hyssop..
Did the Hummingbird choose Hyssop’s nectar to live holy? Cos, it gets its favorite nectar from the flowers of Hyssop.
What do we choose to live holy?
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7)
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (Psalm 119:10)
GreenVioletear (Colibri thalassinus) Reinier Munguia
The tree of Life has twelve fruits in store for us. Hyssop-the Hummingbird’s favorite is a twelve inch spiked flower for which, the Hummingbird migrates 500 miles… The Bird seems to ask, “How far do you people run for those twelve wonderful fruits of the Tree of Life?”…
It made me think hard about it… What about you?
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:2)
When it faces danger or if its frightened or if its confused, the Hummingbird immediately flies upward…..
In our dark times or in times of trouble, whom and where do we look for help? Do we look up to GOD instantly or do we look up to HIM when we find no other way?
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. (Psalm 5:3)
The eyes of Hummingbirds are attuned to wave lengths of light which is outside the visible range of human…
Tuning our spiritual eyes to the wave length of THE LIGHT unseen is FAITH…
Well, it is time for us to go for an eye check-up to check if we can see the unseen..
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. (Romans14:23)
Your’s in YESHUA,
a j mithra
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Lee’s Addition:
Hummingbirds are in the Trochilidae Family of the Apodiformes Order. There are 338 members of the family and not all are called hummingbirds.
Green-and-white Hummingbird (Leucippus viridicauda) by Keith
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