That's just an expression. But the fowls will literally feast, because as written those in Israel will be burying the dead bones of that great northern army in their lands for 7 years after God destroys them.
seems like an important passage as connected to ‘burying the dead bones’ And the ‘Thus ye shall be filled at my table’
...you say ‘just a figure is speech.’ Which parts...the table? The fowls of heaven and beast of the field? Or The sacrifice ‘which I have sacrificed for you’ which part is a figure of speech?
‘And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.’ Who is the ‘which I have sacrifice for you’ Because unless I’m reading it wrong it is said to the fowls of heaven and the beast of the field. Let’s read it again: Ezekiel 39:15-20 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. [16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. [17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God ; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. [18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. [19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. [20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.
you say ‘just a figure is speech.’ Do you mean like Mark 4:30-32 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? [31] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: [32] But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Or what about the fishes in the nets? Yet, in the figure of speech real birds and beast are coming at this day of battle to consume meat at His table. When right before the call in Revelation 19:15-17 And out of his mouth
goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and
he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. [16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Daniel 2:37-38 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. [38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell,
the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and
the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
does God mean the vultures out in the street (roads) cleaning up the dead are hateful birds?
Consider ‘
the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all.’ With Who calls in the Revelation of Jesus Christ ‘come gather’ to the beast of the field and fowls of heaven that He be over all things.
Isaiah 56:8-12 The Lord God which gathereth
the outcasts of Israel saith, (important imo)Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. [9]
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. [10] His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. [11] Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand:
they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, (Philippians 2:21)from his quarter. [12] Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and
we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
you say figure of speech, again do you say All kinds of fishes are gathered in the net? Or do you say men? Can wolves be beast come in from the field(world) Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing
shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
see, here you are comfortable with it not being actual wolves devouring the flock. Yet seem uncomfortable with fowls and beast being called to the table to eat what is sacrificed for them ...actual birds consuming flesh and drinking blood until they be made drunken. Oddly, your thread about “watch, Jesus said” why not include Watch, AND be sober? To not be drunken as those who sleep in the night...all the many times ‘be Sober’ with the “watch” ...how is any made drunken? Are you suggesting actual drunkenness in the night?
2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and
I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Point is...I do not get or understand these ‘cues’ of when it is an actual lion the Lord pulled Paul from the mouth of, or when it is actual wolves devouring and coming in to not spare the flock, or actual beast of the field and fowls called to the table made drunk of blood and flesh?
