Revelation 19:1 7 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,
18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.”
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.
Ever since the decision to pursue the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the fleshly nature has been a problem. The lust of the flesh has led the categories of sin and the world has promoted this lust in all respects. Mankind’s lawless intent has managed to redefine laws to the point where lusts no longer have any repercussions to their fulfillment. Laws could only modify behavior anyway. The intent of the heart is where the problem originates. The fiery two-edged sword is able to divide the soul and the spirit of man:
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
“Joints and marrow” can refer to the strength of a connection. This connection may be the commitment to a system, place, or person. In this case, the sword is used to severe the connection to the fleshly nature of mankind closely guarded by the beast who progressed from that sly serpent originally found in the garden. In the above passage, we must keep our underlying focus on the fact that the Love of FATHER is behind HIS Intent and the Intent of HIS Sons with Jesus being at the forefront. Sending the birds to feast on the flesh is actually an act of Love, not terror. We must remember that this is a Spiritual scene, not a literal one. The flesh needs to be removed and the soul needs to be refined by the refiner’s fire. Impurities must be removed in order to be reconciled and restored to FATHER.
The fiery, living Word of FATHER has full power and authority within it to cause its intent to come to pass. This fiery Word is fully and completely motivated by Love and thus it represents the third baptism and is associated with the Feast of Tabernacles. The spirit, soul, and body all have to be dealt with but in a progressive basis. In this final battle, the body has become the focus of restoration. The souls of men had to be redeemed from the enslavement of the Harlot. Now the body must be redeemed from its fleshly nature. The fleshly nature’s intent must be separated out by the sword and consumed by the birds of the air. Vultures and other carcass eaters have an important function- to clean up the environment. Shellfish do the same in the ocean. Each has a FATHER-given function to bring an equilibrium to the ecosystem. Instead of cursing certain aspects of creation, we should look to see the Divine Intent of their presence.
This final consuming of all flesh “reverses the curse”. There were many who previously heard the Word and did not receive it. As a result of being blinded, they did not receive salvation. The reference to birds is found in Matthew 13:
3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
FATHER sent the WORD to mankind and all were given an opportunity to receive the WORD. Jesus explained this parable to the disciples:
18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
When the WORD was given for men to receive salvation, the adversary, the fleshly nature kept the WORD from taking root. It was immediately removed from the heart. This adversary was referred to as “birds” in this case. At the end of the age, another group of birds are enlisted to remove the “adversary” from us. This adversary “the flesh” is judged by its original acts of preventing the WORD from taking root. How appropriate that this righteous judgment come forth to consume all flesh. Those fleshly acts evoked an appropriate righteous response in the end. No man was left behind, all were included in this final judgment of the fleshly nature. The Sun of Righteous gave the order for the birds to do HIS bidding.