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White Dove Symbolism
By peace | April 13, 2010
This is the first time I had seen white dove in Singapore, on 10 April 2010, a Saturday afternoon. As I captured the photograph of the white dove, more pigeons came. It was so amazing. There were no food around. I was just standing there, taking photographs and the pigeons just flew here… This is such a great day for me.
What is the meaning of white dove? It is the header for my website at InspirationPeek.com. I never never thought that I would be able to see one white dove here in Singapore. I had to search the website to find white dove. But now, I actually can have my own photograph of a white dove! Thank You Jesus!
Dove Symbolism
Doves mate for life and symbolize Love, Peace, Fidelity, Prosperity and Good Luck. Universally recognized as a symbol of peace, the dove transcends all cultures and traditions.
Throughout the world, the dove is known as a symbol of peace and love. And it’s no wonder that this charming, graceful bird is noted as such, as a pair of doves will become betrothed to one another and create a beautiful connection that can only be broken by death. The dove is an important symbolic animal in Christianity representing the Holy Spirit. The white dove is referred to in the story of baptism of Christ. “And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him” (Bible, John 1:32).
In Christianity, the dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the soul. In the Chinese culture, the dove is associated with longevity and peace in the next life. In many cultures, the dove is associated with love, innocence, tenderness and purity.
In early Christian art the Apostles and the faithful were generally represented as doves, the first because they were the instruments of the Holy Ghost, carrying peace to the world; the second because in their baptism they received the gift of reconciliation, entering with the dove (the Holy Ghost) into the Ark of God, the Church. Sometimes in symbolical writing it stands for rest: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will be at rest? — (Ps., liv, 7); often for simplicity, innocence, and love: Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves (Matt., x, 16); Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; One is my dove, my perfect one. (Cant., v, 2; vi, 8.)
Doves are sometimes viewed as a triumph of life over death. More about Doves/Pigeons
Read more details at PeaceBella.com: Story of The Heart
This Easter, what has Jesus taught me? This is a photograph of Resurrected Jesus, in White, taken at Church of St Anthony of Padua, my parish church.
Jesus is the Peaceful White Dove. He is resurrected, risen from death. He is the Living One…
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