Soaring Alone on Eagle’s Wings

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I bore you on eagles wings and brought you to Me. Now then, if you will obey Me faithfully and keep my covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples. Exodus 19:4-5

Today’s thoughts and inspirations are drawn from my study of Exodus 18:1-20:23(26). Throughout all of the most wonderful and powerful ways in which God lovingly liberated the Nation of Israel during this portion of Scripture, it was the images of the wings of the eagle that illuminated my soul’s attention.

Glazing at the Flight of an Eagle

For some, there is spiritual significance associated with actual witnessing the majestic flight of an eagle. Doing further research, many people experience the following spiritual and or emotional experiences after glazing at the eagle in flight.

• Inspiration
• Release from bondage
• Victory
• Longevity
• Speed
• Pride
• Father
• Royalty

Exodus’s graphic depiction of describing God’s way “on eagle’s wings” of rescuing Israel is a much-needed post-2020 COVID-19 message today for both believers and non-believer worldwide.

The loving yet powerful means in which Israel achieved its freedom from slavery in Egypt to that of security in the land of promise; being made alive from death, and from a displaced people to that of a united covenant Nation of priest connect to God’s heart too, is a moving needed testimony of what I sense depicts the very plight that many of us face today.

As I reflected on what was true for Israel in the exodus story is in essence no different to non-Jewish believers in God’s Kingdom. True freedom, security, real-life, and love from God is and will never be granted by human efforts nor our political or social institutions.

None of our futile human effort or actions at all supernaturally frees or liberates us, it is only by the will, covenant, and power of almighty God that brings us to Him as His prized possession and peculiar people on the earth.

On eagle’s wings, God’s supernatural power and endless love are depicted as His support and sustaining His people who at many times, are weak or weary to carry on by themselves in this life.

Our Lives are Still Mired in Impurity

In a very interesting find, the Book of Levities 11:13 records that the eagle is an abomination and is not to be eaten.

“And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey.“

So why did the Almighty choose the imagery of an eagle to describe His love for and providence over us? After all, the eagle is not even a kosher bird.

First, “All other birds carry their young in their talons, out of fear of a larger predator attacking them from behind and above. The eagle, however, fears no other bird, only man. For this reason, it carries its young on its wings, reasoning that if it is attacked by arrows, it would suffer the injury, not it’s young.

When the Egyptians attacked the Hebrew Nation at the Red Sea, God sent divine beings to situate themselves between the camp of Israel and the Egyptian camp, and the Divine clouds absorbed the missiles and arrows.”

Next, according to the Jewish Kosher laws, the eagle possesses all four symbols of non-kosher animals. God, therefore, chose the eagle to express His unconditional love for us, which extends to us even if we are mired in the depths of impurity. For this reason, the verse ends, “And I have brought you to Me.” [The Biblical nesher (eagle)] (See Talmud: Chulin 61a)

Last, the other remarkable characteristic of the eagle is its tenderness toward its young. It builds its nest high up on a mountain crag. Both parents share in the feeding and education of the teaching the eaglets to fly.

As the small eaglets take off from the great heights while attempt to follow their parents in flight, the eagle swoops beneath it and bears the eaglets on its wings when exhausted.

Thus the eagle wings are depicted in the Holy Scripture as a symbol of God’s dealing with His people as He bears us all, on eagle wings of all deliverance that we will face in this life.

Closing Sentiments

May you soar on Eagles winds, high above this madness on this earth. When the storm comes, all other birds seek shelter. The Eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an Eagle’s and soar above.

Research materials used for this blog post: ETZ Hayim Torah and Commentary Exodus 18:1-20:23(26). On An Eagle’s Wings notes: Dr. J. Vernon McGee, Exodus 19:3-6, Chabab guest writer, Elly Krimsky, Exodus 19-4.

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