Dromedary Invasion
May 1st, 2006
Thru Priscilla Van Sutphin
Function: noun Etymology: Middle English dromedarie, from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius, from Latin dromad-, dromas, from Greek, running; akin to Greek dramein to run, dromos racecourse, Sanskrit dramati he runs about : CAMEL 1a
Jer 2:23-28 NKJV
23 "How can you say, 'I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways, 24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs at the wind in her desire; In her time of mating, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.
Well when the Lord said this title, I was really interested in what He might want to say.
“ I am the Root of David, and the BRANCH. I am the Offspring of the Almighty and the Living WORD. I AM the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Nothing that was created was created without Me. There is nothing that is HIDDEN from ME. I AM the Alpha and Omega and I AM the KING of KINGS and the Lord of LORDS. Is there anything that is impossible for ME ? Truly I say to you, that what you think is impossible, what you think is something I don’t want to do, or can’t do is total UNBELIEF. Why do you rely on MAN more than ME ? Why do you look to yourself to solve your problems when I AM the God who is IN YOU,WITH YOU, INSIDE YOU? I am EMMANUEL ! REMEMBER ?
I AM the One Who loves you more than any other. I lived and died for you ! I gave My life that YOU could have life. Oh daughter of Zion, is there no King in your midst? Is there anything that is too hard for Me ? If I created the very ground you walk on, the very plants which give you life, through the oxygen they breathe out, and every mountain, hill and vale, every man, woman and child. If I threw the stars into the heavens and created the orbits of planets to such precise measurements, can I not just speak and bring things into existence NOW ? Have I changed ? Have I grown tired and weak like you ? Why do you allow yourselves beloveds to reduce Me to your level ? I am not a god made of stone and wood, like many worship. I am the LIVING ONE, the ETERNAL ONE, the ALMIGHTY ONE !
There is NOTHING I won’t do for a radical lover ! There is nothing I won’t do for the one who loves ME and has given his TOTAL life to Me ! And aye, there’s the rub. You have not because you ask not. You struggle and strive as if I require work to give you a gift. You strain and stubbornly refuse to rest, when I have paid the price to give you that rest. It is NOT by your own efforts that you can do ANYTHING. It is ONLY BY MY GRACE. Yes, I do allow you to go through difficult things. But this is because man’s nature is like the camel’s. You tend to RUN when I want you to sit, or stay. You tend to RUN away from Me, rather than TO ME, because you truly don’t believe that I love you as much as I really do !
I’ve said that I love you as NO OTHER LOVES YOU. I’ve said, I’ll NEVER, NEVER, NEVER leave you nor forsake you. I’ve said, that My love NEVER fails. And I so want for you to believe this, so that LIKE THE CAMEL you will have stored up fat for the journey of life. I want you to GORGE yourself like a camel can, on the WATER of the Holy Spirit so that you are filled to the FULL with My presence, My LOVE, MY kindness and goodness. Don’t you understand that when you gorge yourself on My sweetness, just like bees exposed to smoke gorge themselves on the honey, that YOU will be FILLED TO THE FULL WITH MY LOVE and out of that love and COMPASSION will flow LIVING WATERS that are able to bring RESURRECTION LIFE to the blind, to the deaf, to the crippled in body and soul? It will REVIVE every living thing ! EVERY LIVING THING ! My power, My grace, My LIFE brings life and prosperity to every aspect of life in this world !
Note how the sun brings life to living plants and human beings. Note how when the sun is diminished, people often feel down or depressed ! So there is an analogy in the spirit realm that when the SON is not shining down on you, you don’t grow, you don’t bloom, you feel less than. You need the SON to bring life to your every day, even as the SUN in the natural gives life to every living thing. Without the life of the SUN and the WATER in this world, every living thing would DIE. Likewise you need the water of the HOLY SPIRIT and the LIFE of the SON in your life to breathe life into others, and to sustain your own life. Intercession in the life of a man is like breathing in the natural. As you talk to ME, you let out things inside that need to be expelled, feelings, and weights of this life, questions. As I speak to you, and eminate My presence back to you, You breathe in My life, just as you breathe in oxygen in the natural. Breathing is essential to LIVE ! So is communication essential to MY LIFE. You cannot go on and on in your own self sufficiency without losing life, spiritually and then physically will follow.
My life is what sustains life. My presence is what gives you FULLNESS of life. Discontentment is the natural consequence of lack of My life in an individual. Thus people look for something to fill themselves with to sustain some form of happiness, even if it is a false happiness. Come to ME, all you who are weary and burdened I said, and I will give you LIFE. Take My yoke upon you and learn of ME, for my burden is easy, My yoke is LIGHT. When I died for you, I did not cause you to lose ground, to lose anything but only to GAIN.I died to bring you LIFE…eternal LIFE. And with that all the privileges of the Kingdom. My Kingdom is very simple and not complicated. People make it complicated. But it is not complicated. It is simple. Note that all the illustrations on earth I used were simple and not complicated ones. You don’t need a degree in Theology to understand the KINGDOM.My disciples were fishermen, mostly and did not have degrees in theology to function in the Kingdom. What they did have is TIME WITH ME. They drank from the fountain of LIVING WATERS. THAT is what brought them wisdom and understanding and power and love, and all they needed. Being connected to Me is where you get your life, even as an electric cord, plugged into a lightsocket gives energy, does MY LIFE give energy and power and all you need to live life.
I told the Pharisees that they read the scriptures for IN THEM they think they have life, yet they were unwilling to come to ME, the Fountain of Living Waters to receive LIFE. Do NOT be like them My beloveds. I paid the price for ALL to be able to enter in to the HOLY PLACE, and not only to enter in, but to stay, to have communion with ME - To WALK with ME. So come away from the bustling crowds. Simplify your life as best you can, for the hour draws near when you will HAVE to do this to survive. Simplify your lives and YIELD your lives to Your LORD and MASTER. ALLOW ME RULERSHIP, and I will NOT disappoint you. TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. BE WILLING TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE TO ATTAIN MY LIFE, and inherit all things.”
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Camels can mean stubbornness, but they can also represent burden bearers.
http://www.arab.net/camels/
In technologically-advanced Saudi Arabia, even the Bedouin are not as dependent on the camel as they once were. These days, camels are valued more as thoroughbred racing animals and sentimental images of the past than as the mainstay of transportation. But in many parts of Africa and Asia today, camels still pull ploughs, turn waterwheels and transport people and goods to market along desert routes unpassable by wheeled vehicles.
Camels have the reputation of being bad-tempered and obstinate creatures who spit and kick. In reality, they tend to be good-tempered, patient and intelligent. The moaning and bawling sound they make when they're loaded up and have to rise to their feet is like the grunting and heavy breathing of a weight-lifter in action, not a sign of displeasure at having to do some work.
Camels do not pant, and they perspire very little. Humans start to sweat when the outside temperature rises above the normal body temperature of 37¡C, but the camel has a unique body thermostat. It can raise its body temperature tolerance level as much as 6¡C before perspiring, thereby conserving body fluids and avoiding unnecessary water loss. No other mammal can do this. Because the camel's body temperature is often lower than air temperature, a group of resting camels will even avoid excessive heat by pressing against each other.
A camel's ears are small, but its hearing is acute - even if, like the donkey or basset hound, it chooses to pay no attention when given a command! A camel's ears are lined with fur to filter out sand and dust blowing into the ear canal.
A camel's eyes are large, with a soft, doe-like expression. They are protected by a double row of long curly eyelashes that also help keep out sand and dust, while thick bushy eyebrows shield the eyes from the desert sun.
Camels have broad, flat, leathery pads with two toes on each foot. When the camel places its foot on the ground the pads spread, preventing the foot from sinking into the sand. When walking, the camel moves both feet on one side of its body, then both feet on the other. This gait suggests the rolling motion of a boat, explaining the camel's 'ship of the desert' nickname.
A camel can go 5-7 days with little or no food and water, and can lose a quarter of its body weight without impairing its normal functions. These days, camels rely on man for their preferred food of dates, grass and grains such as wheat and oats, but a working camel travelling across an area where food is scarce can easily survive on thorny scrub or whatever it can find - bones, seeds, dried leaves, or even its owner's tent!
All camels moult in spring and have grown a new coat by autumn. Camel hair is sought after world-wide for high-quality coats, garments and artists' brushes, as well as being used to make traditional Bedouin rugs and tents. A camel can shed as much as 2.25 kilos/5lbs of hair at each moult.
Thick callus-like bare spots of dry skin appear on a camel's chest and knee joints when the animal reaches five months of age. These leathery patches help support the animal's body weight when kneeling, resting and rising.
Scientists believe that ancestors of the modern camel lived in North America at least 40 million years ago, wandering across the Alaskan 'land bridge' to Asia and eventually Africa. In Asia, two groups separated to become the two chief types of camel known today: the dromedary and the two-humped, shorter-legged Bactrian camel.
Contrary to popular belief, a camel does not store water in its hump. It is in fact a mound of fatty tissue from which the animal draws energy when food is hard to find. { like anointing oil } When a camel uses its hump fat for sustenance, the mound becomes flabby and shrinks. If a camel draws too much fat, the small remaining lump will flop from it's upright position and hang down the camel's side. Food and a few days' rest will return the hump to its normal firm condition.
A camel's long, thin legs have powerful muscles which allow the animal to carry heavy loads over long distances. A camel can carry as much as 450kg/990lbs, but a usual and more comfortable cargo weight is 150kgs/330lbs. It is usual for a camel to work as a beast of burden for only six to eight months of the year; the remainder of the time it needs to rest and recuperate.
Camel's milk is much more nutritious than that from a cow. It is lower in fat and lactose, and higher in potassium, iron and Vitamin C. It is normally drunk fresh, and the warm frothy liquid, heavy and sweet, is usually an acquired taste for the Western palate. Most Saudi Arabian camels are females reared for their milk in dairy herds.
The camel has a large mouth, with 34 sharp teeth. They enable the animal to eat rough thorny bushes without damaging the lining of its mouth, and can be used as biting weapons against predators if need be. A camel gulps down its food without chewing it first, later regurgitating the undigested food and chewing it in cud form.
A camel's nasal passages are protected by large muscular nostrils that can be opened and closed at will. When a camel twitches its nose, it is cooling the incoming air and condensing moisture from its outgoing breath.
Normal 'amble speed' for a walking camel is 5kph/3mph; a working camel will typically cover 40km/25 miles a day. Racing camels can reach 20kph/12mph at the gallop.
Camels need very little water if their regular diet contains good, moisture-rich pasture. Although camels can withstand severe dehydration, a large animal can drink as much as 100 litres/21 gallons in ten minutes. Such an amount would kill another mammal, but the camel's unique metabolism enables the animal to store the water in its bloodstream. A fully-grown camel can weigh up to 700kg/1542lbs.
