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Any of various large wading birds (family Ciconiidae) chiefly of Asia, Africa, and South America that have long stout bills and are related to the ibises and herons.

Listed as unclean. Leviticus 11:19 Deuteronomy 14:18

Psalm 104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

These animals obey the ways of God, but man chooses to go his own way, disregarding the work of God.
Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

A very interesting verse. Is this a description of some angels?
Zechariah 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

The Lord Jesus gives a glimpse into Heaven:
Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

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Swallows are small birds with dark, glossy-blue backs, red throats, pale underparts and long tail streamers.

Psalm 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Isaiah 38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

The animals follow what God created for them, But Israel, does not pay attention to His words.
Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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Any of several small, wild, African and Eurasian pigeons, noted for plaintive cooing.

Genesis 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Leviticus 12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

Psalm 74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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Although not named in scripture, Eusebius—a well-respected ancient biblical scholar and historian—identifies Semiramis as the wife of Nimrod.

Semiramis was instrumental in Nimrod’s plan to rebel against God

Nimrod and Semiramis created a polytheistic religious system focused on the stars to lure God’s chosen people away from true worship.

After the death of Nimrod, she claimed that Nimrod was a god and that her newborn son was Nimrod, reincarnate. “So began the worship of Semiramis and the child-god, and the whole paraphernalia of the Babylonian religious system.”

Devotion to Semiramis has been well documented throughout history.

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Referenced 3 times in Scripture:
Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
1 Chronicles 1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
According to History his wife was Semiramis.

A reference to his kingdom:
Micah 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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“Dragons are among the most popular and enduring of the world’s mythological creatures. Dragon tales are known in many cultures, from the Americas to Europe, and from India to China. They have a long and rich history in many forms and continue to populate our books, films and television shows. It’s not clear when or where stories of dragons first emerged, but the huge, flying serpents were described at least as early as the age of the ancient Greeks and Sumerians. For much of history dragons were thought of as being like any other mythical animal: sometimes useful and protective, other times harmful and dangerous.”
This is what the world believes and says. They acknowledge there are stories/drawings worldwide of dragons but calls them a myth. The Bible records Dragons in the Old Testament. Are these all wrong. What would they have called a dinosaur prior to the word being coined in 1842? (Over two hundred years before the Bible was printed). These same people say the Flood never happened or at least it was not worldwide.

Cassius Dio (c. 155 – c. 235) was a Roman statesman and historian of Greek and Roman origin. He published 80 volumes of history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy.
One of his writings records the encounter of the Roman General Marcus Atilius Regulus and his troops battling a Dragon. Other Roman writers recorded events involving Dragons. Of course, they are all denounced and called myths.

Remember, the Holy Scriptures are the Word of God.

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2 Samuel 15:12,31,34 16:15,20-21,23 17:1,6-7,14-15,21,23 23:34
1 Chronicles 27:33-34
To summarize his story:
Ahithophel was King David’s counsellor. While serving David, David sinned. A quick summary of his sin.
He should have gone off to war.
He should not have watched his neighbor’s wife bathe.
He should not have summoned her to his residence.
He should not have had an adulterous affair with her
When she was found with child David called her husband back from the war.
When David’s plan failed, He ordered him back to battle with instructions for him to be left at the front and killed. David brought Bathsheba to the castle to be one of his wives. A child was born but later died. David was called out by Nathan and repented. Meanwhile, Absalom, one of David’s sons, gathered together an army and chased David from the castle. Ahithophel became Absalom’s counsellor and wanted to take men and go kill David. When Absalom said no, Ahithophel returned to his home and hanged himself.

WHY?
David had destroyed his family. He was the grandfather of Bathsheba.

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Listed as unclean Leviticus 11:7, Deuteronomy 14:8

A comparison:
Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

The Lord talking about rebellious people:
Isaiah 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Isaiah 66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Isaiah 66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

Part of the sermon on the mount; this verse appears that the Lord Jesus is giving a lesson on how to witness, share God’s word. Not everyone will accept or receive it.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
How to witness.

This story is recorded by Matthew, Mark and Luke.
Matthew 8:30-32 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Mark 5:11-14 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Mark 5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

Luke 8:32-33 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

The Lord Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) and how far he had sunk into Sin.
Luke 15:15-16 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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Invertebrate animals commonly called “worms” include annelids (earthworms and marine polychaete or bristle worms), nematodes (roundworms), platyhelminthes (flatworms), marine nemertean worms (“bootlace worms”), marine Chaetognatha (arrow worms), priapulid worms, and insect larvae such as grubs and maggots.

Manna not properly used as Moses instructed:
Exodus 16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
Exodus 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

When Israel disobeys the Lord. (Deuteronomy 28:15 )
Deuteronomy 28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

Job laments on his troubles:
Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

Prophecies concerning the Lord Jesus:
Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Describing Lucifer
Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

See Job 25:6
Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

The Lord God comforts:
Isaiah 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

The Lord promise: (Isaiah 66:22)
Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

When Jonah had given up hope:
Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

The Lord Jesus describing Hell:
Mark 9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

When King Herod tried to present himself as God.
Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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