God explained the underlying problem, stating: “They have rejected the word of Jehovah, and what wisdom do they have?”- Jeremiah 8:9. The Israelites of Jeremiah’s day were oblivious to such signs. ( Luke 12:54-56) Unlike the instinctive wisdom of the stork, knowledge of God is the key to man’s discerning the significance of the events of the time we live in. ![]() Jehovah God gave migratory birds instinctive wisdom regarding the seasons, but he gave man the ability to discern the times and the seasons. “The true wonder of migration is that it is instinctive,” says Collins Atlas of Bird Migration. Like other migratory birds, they “keep to the time of their return.”- Jeremiah 8:7. Their internal clock triggers the urge to return to their summer breeding grounds. In the spring, over 300,000 white storks have been counted migrating from Africa to Northern Europe by way of the Jordan Valley. He was doubtless well aware of the migration of storks through the Promised Land. “The stork in the sky knows its seasons,” wrote the prophet Jeremiah. Even the bird finds a home there and the swallow a nest for herself, where she cares for her young near your grand altar, O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God!” ( Psalm 84:1-3) Do we, along with our young ones, show a similar longing and appreciation for regularly being with the congregation of God’s people?- Psalm 26:8, 12. Longing to be like the swallow that had a permanent home in Jehovah’s house, he exclaimed: “How lovely your grand tabernacle is, O Jehovah of armies! My whole being yearns, yes, I am faint with longing, for the courtyards of Jehovah. The composer of Psalm 84-one of the sons of Korah, who served at the temple for one week every six months-noticed those nests in the temple area. Likely, swallows that nested in the temple area each year found it a place of safety, where they could rear their young undisturbed. Some made their nests in Solomon’s temple. ![]() Inhabitants of Jerusalem were familiar with swallows, which customarily build their nests under the eaves of buildings.
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