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by Leoligne on June 11th, 2005

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What is the Great Speckled Bird in the old Roy Acuff gospel song?

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  • by roberte on September 6th, 2009

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    This is an apt description, Biblically - and Lyrically for the song, of the Word of God (referring to the meaning in the original manuscripts), and those who know that it is the work of The Holy Spirit to guide the believers in that which Christ has provided through the Cross and His Resurrection, into becoming a consecrated people known as The Church. The two become One as The Living Word becomes alive in applying scriptures to daily living circumstances and that is the work of The Holy Spirit.And this is the Christian's work of living the Christian life, ie., believing and applyhing the Gospel of Jesus Christ rather than a gospel of tradition or written by man and depending upon The Holy Spirit to accomplish this goal within himself/herself,the believer, who also knows that he/she cannot be righteous in and of themselves. The Bible is explicit in explaining that Holy Men of God have written the words that the Holy Spirit has given them to record; thus the canonizing of that which is known as The Holy Bible and the truest recording of those olden scriptures are given by the Authorized Kings James Version (in my opinion). So to answer the question: it seems correct to think that this Speckled Bird reference is supposed to represent both The Holy Bible and those who follow the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ - those who can be considered "True Christians" or true followers of The Lord Jesus Christ.
    Another Biblical prophetic description of a true Christian comes to my mind: "Straight is the gate and narrow is the way which ledeth unto life and few there be who find it" (compared to the greater number whose gate is opened as wide as their way to whom Christ will someday say, "Go your way for I never knew you".

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    • Sorry to disagree, but it explicitly says that the "Great Speckled Bird" IS the Bible, representing the great Church of God. Not the word of God. Admittedly Christians are the people of the Word, but that does not mean that Rev. Guy Smith, the song's author was claiming any of this. He simply meant that the Bible is speckled (a common term in the '30s for "written upon"), and that it represents (collectively, not literally) the church (i.e. the people) of God. Furthermore, Jeremiah 12:9 cites a great speckled bird, which represents the inheritance.... You can interpret that as you like, I think, but it likely refers to the Bible itself. It is also not a coincidence that the Bible, when open, resembles a speckled bird....

      nrubrohT

      by nrubrohT on January 16th, 2010

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