The Dove

The Dove




Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.



To find grace in the eyes of the Lord is a marvelous thing!



God had respect unto Abel and to his offering. (Genesis 4:4)



But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. (Genesis 4:5)



Gen 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Gen 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.



They both were taught God's way by their father Adam, who tragically had to learn the hard way because of his disobedience to God.



Cain represents the first Adam who is earthy.

But Abel represents the second Adam who is of Heaven. (Jesus)



The first Adam has nothing to do with God! He is flesh!



But the second Adam has everthing to do with God! He is Spirit!



The Flesh and the Spirit are contrary to one another.

• Summarize Cain and Abel and events leading up to Noah finding grace in the eyes of the Lord.

• By grace ye are saved!



Genesis 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Genesis 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.



Noah and his family was in the Ark. A type of being in Jesus Christ! God instructed Noah to send forth a dove . That Dove is a type of the Holy Spirit that goes forth to guide in Truth!

Noah waited seven more days. Tarry ye!



Noah was instructed to sent forth the dove; which returned not again.



The Dove kept going forth, searching for Truth!

For from when Noah sent the Dove out of the Ark, it searched for the Truth. It continued to look throughout history for Truth in this world but couldn't find it.



The Dove Moved On!



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A primitive root; to brood; by implication to be relaxed: - flutter, move, shake.



Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.



Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

The Dove moved on!



• The Dove said: "I know you've been saved Noah, but I've got to move on in search for the Truth!

• Genesis 9:1 God blessed Noah and gave him a visible sign with the rain bow but the Dove moved on in search of the Truth!





Gen 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Gen 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

"Now matter how mighty the man, the Dove moves on in search of the Truth!"



Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord 2Ch 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

We quote every word of this scripture most of the time except the last few words, "thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars."
God is looking for Truth if the Dove doesn't find Truth, the Dove moves on!

Noah was saved, God remembered Noah


Noah sent the Dove forth.


The Dove searched for Truth.


From Noah and throughout the Old Testament the Dove searched for the Truth.



God was seeking a man among them but found none.



Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Ezekiel 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.



The Dove saw that man in his best state is evil!



Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.


The Dove moved on!



"Abraham rejoiced to see my day!"



John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

John 8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

John 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

John 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

John 8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.





John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John 1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

John 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.



For several thousand years that Dove search for Truth but couldn't find it in a man. "It seems as though Truth had fallen into the streets!"



But wait a minute! There's a man named John, he's crying out!



"Behold the Lamb of God!"



That taketh away the sin of the world!



The Dove that left Noah at the Ark had search and found the Truth!



The Dove descended upon Jesus and remain upon Him!



John said: "I saw and I bare record that is is the Son of God"



The Dove had finally found Truth!



Jesus said: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life!"



No man, (nobody) comes to the Father but by me!



The Dove (Holy Spirit) will testify of Jesus!



The Dove is in Christ Jesus! Are you?




John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

John 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

John 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

John 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.





Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.





“We don’t need to know such as the Father has put into His own power.”





If we will allow the Dove, the Holy Ghost come upon us, we will be guided by Jesus Christ!



The Dove won’t have to search any more for Truth!



He shall be with you and shall in you forever, even unto the end.