Comments on: The Enduring Symbolism of Doves

By: Heaven

Heaven — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:36:48 +0000

In reply to Heaven. Dang it. I meant to say “like” or “as”.

By: Heaven

Heaven — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:35:11 +0000

A lot of Christians misread about the Holy Spirit coming down like a dove or as a dove. When using the word like or as one is using a simile. John was comparing the Spirit to a dove not saying the Holy Spirit looks like one. Jewish encyclopedia states that dove is a simile for female beauty. https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5296-dove

By: James W. Perkinson

James W. Perkinson — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:33:58 +0000

I am trying to secure permission to use the Gen 1:2 image of the dove descending on the waters from the Cathedral Maria Nuovo in Monreale, Italy, for a book project on Christianity and water. Does anyone know how to contact the right person/organization for such permission? Thanks.

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By: Félix

Félix — Wed, 02 May 2018 06:27:00 +0000

The dove represents the Holy Spirit at the judaism of the second temple as a sacrifice of a pure bird at the altar; it was the sacrifice of the poorest people that can’t efford to give a cattle res.
So the dove image represents the predilection of the Perfect Breath for the excluded people, and that agrees in Luke 4: 16-21 and Isaiah 61:1-2 :
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.(KJV)
So whithout reject the others interpretations,I think that is the most successful.

By: Robert Olson

Robert Olson — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:15:28 +0000

Timeline 12,000 yrs blah blah blah is wrong not biblically correct,but I found much of what you shared very on point and interesting.Thank you for sharring but please don’t help confuse the world more with timeine lies.Peace

By: Mary Jane Card

Mary Jane Card — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:15:34 +0000

My yard is filled with doves. We feed them and they coo and waltz. They perform beautiful patterns on the branches of the trees, they flutter down like leaves and rise up in a mass, they circle the air and return and they fill my heart with joy. Without intellectual knowledge of the symbolism of doves, these intelligent and peaceful beings have communicated the Spirit in my yard every day. Now I know intellectually what they have spoken to my heart.

By: Alicia L MarkovNewanl

Alicia L MarkovNewanl — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:49:37 +0000

Beautiful, I wish someone would release a thousand Doves as a sign of zPeace

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:01:13 +0000

Doves had nothing to do with the Hebraic beliefs or religion. The “goddess dove” was an account borrowed from the Hebrews, and “deified.” The later pagan sect after the Messiah added the dove to the texts in a “deities position” when the earliest record make no mention of a dove.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:22:13 +0000

Oh and I love your link and the post! Thank you for having it and thanks for letting me post! Many Blessings to all!