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EVEN GOD MIGHT LIKE THESE BUMPER STICKERS

“The best vitamin for a Christian is B1”.

“Under same management for over 2000 years”.

“Soul food served here”.

“Tithe if you love Jesus! Anyone can honk!”

“Beat the Christmas rush, come to church this Sunday!”

“Don’t wait for the hearse to take you to church”.

“Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case!”

“Come early for a good Back-seat”.

“Life has many choices, Eternity has two. What’s yours?”

“Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due”.

“Wal-Mart isn’t the only saving place!”

“Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary”.

“Delay is preferable to error”.

“Prevent truth decay. Brush up on your Bible”.

“It’s hard to stumble when you’re down on your knees”.

“What part of “THOU SHALT NOT” don’t you understand?”

“A clear conscience makes a soft pillow”.

“The wages of sin is death. Repent before payday”.

“Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive”.

“Can’t sleep? Try counting your blessings”.

“Forbidden fruit creates many jams”.

“Christians, keep the faith… But not from others!”

“Satan subtracts and divides. God multiplies and multiplies”.

“If you don’t want to reap the fruits of sin stay out of the devil’s orchard”.

“May is God’s apology for February”.

“To belittle is to be little”.

“God answers knee mail”.

“Don’t let the littleness in others bring out the littleness in you”.

“Try Jesus. If you don’t like Him, the devil will always take you back”.

“Do you follow the Lord this close?”

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a slow-moving reptile, enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs. A land animal.

Listed among the unclean animals.

Leviticus 11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

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a large marine reptile with a bony or leathery shell and flippers, coming ashore annually on sandy beaches to lay eggs.

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

These animals obey the ways of God, but man choses to go his own way, disregarding the word 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.

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Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing.

Listed in the unclean animals.

Leviticus 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
Deuteronomy 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

Used as an illustration of usefulness by the writer of Psalm.
Psalm 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

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⇛ also see Bird, Birds, Dove, Eagle, Fowl, Hawk, Owl, Peacock, Pigeon, Quail, Raven, Sparrow, Stork, Swallows, Turtledove

A sparrow is a small brown bird. Sparrows live near humans and have a pretty, musical song. They come in many varieties

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.

Psalm 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

The Lord Jesus used the common sparrow to show how much He loves and cares for humans:
Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke also records the words of the Lord Jesus:
Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

How important is man to God? He came and died for our sin!

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18 Bible references 14 Old Testament 4 New Testament

The mourning dove is named for is haunting and sad cooing sound. Its call is sometimes mistaken for the call of an owl. When the mourning doves flies, its wings make a whistling sound. The Dove family contains 344 species divided into 49 genera. The first mention of a Dove is in Genesis 8:8-12 when Noah sent forth a Dove from the Ark to see if there was any dry ground.

Psalm 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalm 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

King Solomon refers to one of his lovers as my Dove.
Song of Solomon 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock…
Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep, but … saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: …
Song of Solomon 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; …

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.
Jeremiah 48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

All of the gospel writers record the baptism of the Lord Jesus and compare the Holy Spirit descending upon Him as or “like a Dove”.
Matthew 3:16, (Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32) And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Mark 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

It’s interesting that Holy Spirit was like a dove that descended on the Lord Jesus (peace?) and in Acts 2:1-4 the Holy Spirit was given to the disciples in the form of “cloven tongues like as of fire” (power to witness).

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⇛ also see Bird, Birds, Eagle, Fowl, Hawk, Owl, Peacock, Pelican, Pigeon, Quail, Raven, Sparrow, Stork, Swallows, Turtledove

It is taught that the dragon is “a mythical monster like a giant reptile”. But a study of Scripture reveals a different picture. When the Bible was written (and then translated) the word DINOSAUR did not exist. In 1842, paleontologist Richard Owen coined the term dinosaur, dino (Greek deinos meaning “terrible” or “fearfully great,”) and sauros, meaning “lizard” or reptile.”

34 times the Dragon(s) is spoke about in the Old Testament. Were these writers all wrong?

Dragons are recorded in Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Also in Nehemiah 2:13, Job 30:29, Psalm 44:19, 74:13, 91:13, 148:7.

They are mentioned along with owls, beast of the field, asses, Are these animals also a myth? Isaiah 13:22, 27:1, 34:13, 35:7, 43:20, 51:9.

Jeremiah 10:22, Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
And he continues Jeremiah 14:6, 49:33, 51:34,37.

And in Ezekiel 29:3, Micah 1:8, and Malachi 1:3. Do you suppose the translators of the Bible would have used the word “Dinosaur” if it was available to them?

Twelve (12) times in the book of Revelation the word Dragon appears.
In each case it is referring to SATAN.
Revelation 12:3-4 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Revelation 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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The gangly Double-crested Cormorant is a prehistoric-looking, matte-black fishing bird with yellow-orange facial skin. They look like a combination of a goose and a loon.

They are listed with the unclean animals.

Leviticus 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Deuteronomy 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

Isaiah 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Zephaniah 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.

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Chamois an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus.

Listed among the clean animals for Israel to eat.

Deuteronomy 14:5  The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the, pygarg and the wild ox, and the chamois.

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The calf was used as meat on special occasions:
Genesis 18:7-8 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

As the Israelites were waiting for Moses to come down from the mountain with the word from God, turned to their old ways and had Aaron make them a golden calf to worship:
Exodus 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Exodus 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

Other references to the calf when it is offered as a sacrifice or meat:
Leviticus 9:2-3, 9:8, 9:16, 9:21, 1 Samuel 28:24, Nehemiah 9:18, Job 21:10, Job 21:10, Psalm 29:6, 106:19, Isaiah 11:6, 27:10, Jeremiah 34:18-19, Hosea 8:5-6

The Lord Jesus speaks of the calf in his story of the prodigal son.
Luke 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke 15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Stephen, while rehearsing Israel’s history, reminds them of the golden calf.
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

John writes of the four beasts (government) that ruled the earth.
Revelation 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

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⇛ also see Beast, Bull, Bullock, Cattle, Cow, Heifer, Oxen, Kine