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<\/a>1. Animals Cry Out to God<\/strong><\/h3>\nJob 38.41<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “Who provides for the raven<\/em> The Israelites clearly believed that wild animals are dependent on God for provisions such a food, and like we see in Job 38.41, some passages suggest that animals cry out to God when they are hungry.<\/p>\n The Bible has some strong things to say about the ostrich.<\/p>\n Job 39.13-17<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “The wing of the ostrich beats joyously;<\/em> Lamentation 4.3b<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “My poor people has turned cruel,<\/em> As you can see, ostriches were proverbially characterized as creatures who ruthlessly abandon their young. Some think this proverb came about because of the observation that some ostriches make their nests in the sand and abandon their eggs part of the day, only returning to incubate them at night. Others contend that it is because ostrich eggs are sometimes found excluded from the nest. Whatever the reason for this proverb, I think we can conclude that not too many animals would have coveted the ostrich’s reputation.<\/p>\n Jonah 2.11<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “The LORD commanded the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon dry land.”<\/em><\/p>\n There isn’t much commentary needed for this one. The Hebrew word employed here (\u05d0\u05de\u05e8) makes clear that the fish is being spoken to, and not simply reacting to a belly ache.<\/p>\n When God makes covenants in the Bible, he usually has the well being of a particular human or group of humans in mind. But there is clear evidence that mankind is not always his only concern. This is most clearly seen in the covenant in Genesis chapter 9.8ff\u00a0(sometimes called the ‘Noahic Covenant’):<\/p>\n “And God said to Noah and his sons with him, ‘I now establish My covenant with you and your offspring to come, and with every living thing that is with you – birds, cattle, and every wild beast as well – all that have come out of the ark, every living thing on earth.'”<\/em><\/p>\n When we think of animals in relation to covenants, we typically think of them being prepared as the covenant meal (i.e., slaughtered). Yet even here in the context of a covenant, we see a God who cares for the welfare of all his creatures.<\/p>\n (All quotations taken from The JPS Bible<\/em>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bible has many references to animals, most\u00a0of which\u00a0are quite fascinating.\u00a0Yet we often\u00a0read\u00a0these passages without stoping to meditate on what they might be revealing to us about\u00a0the ancient author’s\u00a0beliefs about animals. Here\u00a0is a\u00a0quick look at four\u00a0things\u00a0the Bible says\u00a0about animals that you\u00a0may not be aware of: 1. Animals Cry Out to God Job 38.41: “Who provides … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6273,"featured_media":2757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1184,1188,1189,1190,1187,1192,1180,1182,1186,1185,1193,1183,1181,1191],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen his young cry out to God<\/em>
\nAnd wander about without food?”<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>2. Ostriches are Cruel and Stupid<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nAre her pinions and plumage like the stork’s?<\/em>
\nShe leaves her eggs on the ground,<\/em>
\nLetting them warm in the dirt,<\/em>
\nForgetting they may be crushed underfoot,<\/em>
\nOr trampled by a wild beast.<\/em>
\nHer young are curly abandoned as if they were not hers;<\/em>
\nHer labor is in vain for lack of concern.<\/em>
\nFor God deprived her of wisdom,<\/em>
\nGave her no share of understanding,<\/em>
\nElse she would soar on high,<\/em>
\nScoffing at the horse and its rider.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLike ostriches of the desert.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>3. God Talks to a Fish<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/a>4. God Doesn’t Exclude Animals from His Covenants<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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