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"Then soars to the heights the bird of mighty Jupiter as though, winging its way with wonted effort, it were carrying thunderbolts; it is
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a bird worthy of Jupiter and the sky, which it furnishes with awful armaments."

The Eagle

John tells us that the woman, Israel, was given two wings of the great eagle so that she could be nourished.

Revelation 12:14 “But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly
into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the
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presence of the serpent.”

Let us take a look at Jamieson’s Bible commentary on the meaning of an Eagle.

“Eagle”: the symbol of judgment descending fatally from on high; the king of birds pouncing on the prey. Compare this fourth
trumpet and the flying eagle with the fourth seal introduced by the fourth living creature, “like a flying eagle,” Rev 4:7: the aspect of
Jesus as presented by the fourth Evangelist. John is compared in the cherubim (according to the primitive interpretation) to a flying
eagle: Christ’s divine majesty in this similitude is set forth in the Gospel according to John, His judicial visitations in the Revelation
of John. Contrast “another angel,” or messenger, with “the everlasting Gospel,” Rev 14:6.
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A Great Eagle - Aquila is said to have wonderful eyesight to capture prey (GNU)

It is astonishing to see an eagle used in the following verse of Revelation 8:13 after the fourth judgment is given
by an angel in the previous verse of Revelation 8:12. The next event is three woes to those dwelling on the earth.
In the next chapter, we will understand the importance of the woe. The Constellation of Aquila represents an
“Eagle” found in the skies above the earth at nighttime. It must be a sign of the three woes and God’s judgment.

74 Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century A.D, p.31
75 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 12:14). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

76 Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., Fausset, A. R., Brown, D., & Brown, D. (1997). A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and
New Testaments (Re 8:13). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.