THE EAGLE

(Part II)

Eagle Sight

Isaiah 40:1-31

I.                   BACKGROUND

Introduction of a New Season. Isaiah 40:1-5

Revelation of Weakness of Humanity (Behold your God.)  Isaiah 40:6-11

His Might.  Isaiah 40:12-18

Futility of Idols.  Isaiah 40:19-20

God’s Swag.  Isaiah 40:21-26

Why do You Doubt Me?

²⁷ Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”? ²⁸ Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. ²⁹ He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might, He increases strength. ³⁰ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, ³¹But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

II.               EAGLE SIGHT

The human eyes take up 5% of the head, the eagle’s eyes occupy 50%!

Eagle vision can reach up to 4 - 5 times further than a person with perfect vision.

1.     With Eagle Sight You Can See What You Want Easier (Vision)

Proverbs 29:18

¹⁸ Where there is no revelation (vision), the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.

1 Chronicles 12:32

³² of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do

Isaiah 30:21

²¹ Your ear shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.

Psalm 32:8

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye

                       

                        2 Corinthians 1:17

¹⁷ Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? ¹⁸ But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.

2.     Eagle Sight Keeps us from Seeing Too Much Flesh

They have two eyelids. Other than the standard sleep-shut-eyelid, eagles have a special inner eyelid called nictitating membrane.

This eyelid blinks every 4 to 5 seconds and helps to lubricate the eyes and wipe off dust and particles from the cornea. 

Matthew 6:22-23

²² “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. ²³ But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Proverbs 4:25-27

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. ²⁶ Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. ²⁷ Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.

Galatians 5:17

¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish

3.     With Eagle Sight We will See the True Color of People and Things

The eagle’s color vision also have an advantage over people. People see three basic colors whereas eagles see five. 

Eagle eyes have many sensory cells.

PBS notes that humans have 200,000 light-sensitive cells per square millimeter of retina, while eagles leave humans in the dust with about 1 million light-sensitive cells per square millimeter of retina. They see colors as more vivid than we do, they can discriminate between more shades, and can also see ultraviolet light — an ability that evolved to help them detect the UV-reflecting urine trails of small prey.

Hebrew 5:14

¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

4.     No One Can Sneak Up On You with Eagle Sight

They have nearly double the field of view as compared to humans. 

If our eyes are angled 30 degrees away from the midline of our faces like an eagle's, we will be able to see almost all the way to the back of our head with a 340-degree visual field (compared to normal humans' 180-degree field).

2 Kings 6:8-12

⁸ Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” ⁹ And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.” ¹⁰ Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. ¹¹ Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?” ¹² And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

Ex. Elisha told plans king made in his bedchamber

5.     Eagle Sight is Not good for Night Vision

You rarely see an eagle hunting at night because eagles do not have good night vision.

At night they will prefer to stay around their nests and relax as it is too dangerous and inefficient to hunt without their highly sophisticated day vision.

John 3:19

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

-         Don’t stress as much…

Answer Key: Easier; Flesh; True Color