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Genesis 8:6-12 - " 6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him."
Matthew 3:16-17 - " 16As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
I have to wonder if the dove in Matthew is in someway symbolic of the dove in Genesis that found solid ground and didn't come back. Also notice that Noah does not see the dove upon arrival at Mount Ararat.
To me it says that Noah logically concluded that the dove had found solid ground. But what kind of ground did the dove find? I say that instead of lighting on the rocks of Ararat, it found the Rock of Ages, Jesus Christ.
The Matthew dove is also synonymous with the Holy Spirit, who is sometimes called the "comforter". And notice that the Genesis dove is sent out by Noah, whose name mean "comfort"
Matthew 3:16-17 - " 16As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
I have to wonder if the dove in Matthew is in someway symbolic of the dove in Genesis that found solid ground and didn't come back. Also notice that Noah does not see the dove upon arrival at Mount Ararat.
To me it says that Noah logically concluded that the dove had found solid ground. But what kind of ground did the dove find? I say that instead of lighting on the rocks of Ararat, it found the Rock of Ages, Jesus Christ.
The Matthew dove is also synonymous with the Holy Spirit, who is sometimes called the "comforter". And notice that the Genesis dove is sent out by Noah, whose name mean "comfort"
