The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

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Jackal to Jupiter

702. Jackal—An evil, foul-smelling scavenger of darkness that is synonymous with the devil. The Bible likens (and links) the jackal with the dragon and, strangely, a serpent. These ascriptions indicate its role in occult powers. Ezekiel 29:3. 703. Jacob—A) Abraham’s grandson, whose divine name, Israel, was given to God’s first and lone nation. Jacob’s name means “supplanter.” Supplanter means a usurper who displaces. B) Jacob’s prophetics were limited to reiterating the prophecies concerning his posterity and its purpose in the world. Jacob was also privy to several dramatic spiritual encounters with the angels supplying and undergirding his destiny. In a dream, Jacob witnessed them ascending and descending upon a ladder leading into heaven with the provisions of his covenant God bestowed on him and his genealogy. He became the father of twelve sons by two wives and two concubines who became the patriarchs and later the twelve tribes of Israel. His wives were Leah and Rachel, whom the Bible commemorates as the two women who built the nation of Israel. Their maids helped with the childbearing. Their names were Bilhah and Zilpah. See the tribes’ prophetic destinies in Genesis 49. 704. Jade—A stone symbolizing divine mandate. Its colors range from white to black with blue, green, or red in between. Jade stones were set in ancient religious objects that were used in sympathetic magic rituals. Sometimes the stone was pulverized into a powder to be used in apothecary rituals. In this form, jade stone was viewed as a fountain of youth elixir and a potion. In a perverse practice, jade was honored to symbolize reincarnation and sometimes blood. 705. Jaguar—A) A symbol of royalty and sorcery seen as an agent (or conduit) of spiritual forces. B) Represents divination, earthiness, and lunar worship. C) A fertility symbol commanding occult powers. Jaguar imagery is fire and weapons, or weapons of fire. When he appears prophetically, it signifies danger and reflects unpredictability. The ancient Aztec god Tezcatlipoca had eyes that were reflective and viewed