45. "Our flesh loves the world and we feed ourselves on the things of the death," Genesis 8:6-7

45. "Our flesh loves the world and we feed ourselves on the things of the death,"

After forty days

Noah opened a window

he had made in the ark

and sent out a raven, 

and it kept flying back and forth

until the water had dried up 

from the earth.

Then he sent out a dove

to see if the water had receded

from the surface of the ground.

The raven being sent forth,

signifying the fleshly ones 

going back to the world judged by God.

The raven is an unclean bird

because it feeds on carcasses, on death. 

The raven signifies the fleshly believers 

who love the world judged by God 

and return to it to feed on the things of death. 

The dove is a clean bird

because it feeds on seeds, on life. 

The dove signifies the spiritual believers 

who remain in the church life 

and care for life in the Spirit.

-Genesis 8:6-7

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