In Genesis 8:1-11 the Bible states: “He [Noah] waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 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.”
WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN A TIME SIMILAR TO NOAH’S TIME, when evil overran the earth, polluting humankind’s soul, mind and body. As with Noah, God will physically save a remnant of righteous humanity from the coming plagues and cataclysms as He purifies the Earth and humanity of pollution and sin.
The dove in the story of Noah is like the Holy Spirit in our time. Both serve as messengers of Earth’s renewal and continuity and as the bearer of comfort and healing to humankind. INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART AND LIFE. Picture an enormous dove flying down from the sky and landing next to you. He stands taller than you do. His body is luminous and you can see the outline of every feather with a clarity no normal eyesight can provide. On His head, His feathers take on the color of red in the round shape of a cap. His gray-green eyes gaze into your very soul. If you ask Him for comfort, He will let you embrace Him. Then He will indicate the direction you must take for salvation. His beak and gray-green eyes will direct you upward to your Ark – the path of Christ.
The Ark of today is Jesus, the Lamb of God, and the Cross. In his sacrifice, Jesus takes on the burden of our sins and makes us acceptable in the sight God. Acknowledging Jesus’ act of salvation and His Lordship, we are pulled out of the clutches of the Evil One and into the safety of God’s grace and kingdom.
In the coming times of plagues and cataclysm, remember the olive leaf that Noah’s dove carried in his beak. Today the medicinal extract of THE OLIVE LEAF IS THE HOLY SPIRIT’S HEALING GIFT TO GOD’S PEOPLE.