Topic
Biblical Symbolism
The dove, the hen, the eagle, the menorah, the burning bush, the flaming sword — the images through which Scripture teaches.
10 resources · 1 study · 5 articles · 4 videos
Studies
Articles
Who Is the Holy Spirit? Eleven Questions from Scripture
Why did the Spirit of God descend as a dove? Eleven simple questions, each answered from Scripture, lead toward one of the central conclusions of Yona Tree's study of the Holy Spirit.
Jerusalem Above: The Mother of Us All
"Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." Paul's allegory of Sarah and Hagar connects the free woman, the heavenly city, and the Spirit who gives believers new birth.
The Dove, the Hen and the Eagle
The anointing dove, the sheltering hen, the instructing eagle. Scripture reaches for mothering birds again and again when it describes God's care — and Yona Tree sees in them a portrait of the Holy Spirit.
The Flaming Sword and the Sword of the Spirit
Cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way kept the way of the Tree of Life. Yona Tree reads that sword as the Sword of the Spirit — the Word of God — and finds in it the heart of the Gospel.
The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son
A shepherd, a woman, a father. In Luke 15 Jesus tells three stories of something lost and found. Yona Tree reads them as a portrait of the Son, the Holy Spirit and the Father, each seeking the lost.
Videos
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Sword of the Spirit
The flaming sword that turns every way, the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God, and the way to eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Scripture: Genesis 3:22–24Ephesians 6:17
Part 9of 16
Children of Zion
Sarah and Hagar as two covenants, two cities and two mountains — Sinai and Zion, earthly Jerusalem and the Jerusalem which is above.
Scripture: Galatians 4:22–31Galatians 4:26
Part 8of 16
The Free Woman
Jerome, Origen and the Old Syriac Gospels; the comforting mother, the sheltering hen, the mothering eagle; and Sarah, the free woman of Galatians 4.
Scripture: John 14:26Isaiah 66:13
Part 4of 16
God the Mother
Why did the Spirit descend as a dove? An eleven-point biblical questionnaire on the identity of the Holy Spirit within the Trinity.
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3John 3:5–7