Dove, The

Dove, The

Clean and used as food - De 14:11

Offered in sacrifice - Ge 15:9; Le 1:14

Impiously sold in the court of the temple - Mt 21:12; Joh 2:16

CHARACTERISED BY

• Simplicity
- Mt 10:16
• Comeliness of countenance
- So 2:14
• Softness of eyes
- So 1:15
• Sweetness of voice
- So 2:14
• Richness of plumage
- Ps 68:13

Mournful tabering of, alluded to - Na 2:7

Dwells in rocks - So 2:14; Jer 48:28

Frequents streams and rivers - So 5:12

Sent from the ark by Noah - Ge 8:8,10,12

Why considered the emblem of peace - Ge 8:11

The harbinger of spring - So 2:12

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the Holy Spirit
- Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32
• Of the meekness of Christ
- So 5:12
• Of the church
- So 2:14; 5:2
• Of mourners
- Isa 38:14; 59:11
• Of converts to the church
- Isa 60:8
• (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity
- Ho 11:11
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