The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

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Ea to Ezekiel

431. Ea—Chief god, considered ancient savior. Babylonian god of physicians. 432. Eagle—A sky emblem symbolizing spiritual and divine omniscience and victory. Also, a prophetic bird accepted by the Old Testament as a symbol of Yahweh’s prophets. Ezekiel 17:3 represents the eagle as symbolic of great and powerful kings. In Isaiah 40:31 they are equated with spiritual quickening and earthly renovation. The eagle distinguishes itself as a powerful bird of prey that is also tender toward its young. Eagles are extraordinary nurturers that meticulously develop their young. These are two other characteristics one finds in genuine prophets. They are pictured in Ezekiel 1:10 as eternal creatures and Job 39:27 presents them as particularly responsive to the voice of Creator God. The eagle is also symbolic of a messenger; therefore, it is also applied today to His prophets. Aquila is the Greek word for eagle. Psalm 103:5. 433. Eanna—The temple in ancient Uruk, the biblical Erech, for old Babylonian pantheon of gods. 434. Eannead—The word for the nine dynastic deities of ancient Egypt. 435. Earth—Maternal female. Prophetically refers to the mother goddess figure in ancient religions. All goddess religions, i.e. witchcraft, worship the earth as mother and consider her to be a goddess and creatress. The earth is God’s recorder. He uses the earth as a witness to what He says. The earth receives His word as a deposit. This is one of the many ways He sees that His word is always in the planet whether or not it is prophetically spoken by a person. These words are spirit, as the Lord Jesus told us. They are often awakened by Him in due time and make their way to the prophet’s heart and spirit for release into the earth. Isaiah 26:9; Deuteronomy 30:19; Revelation 18:1, 23. 436. East—The natural direction of the rising sun, east speaks to spirituality, origins, and the beginnings of human events and affairs. It is the direction from