Little owl
From Sensus Plenior
Little owl
This is a difficult riddle because the symbol of the cup has not been understood. Here are the clues:
- It is full of wrath and blessings.
- Jesus didn't want his cup but took it
- It is the opposite of 'hedge' [1]
- cup כוס - Son of God כ made clear ו by his finished work ס
The cup is the cross. The hedge protects and hides something. The opposite cup is the exposure of wrath as it is poured out or the display of blessing as it overflows. The cross is both.
This is important because the little owl is called the cup כןס. But since the cup is a mixture of judgement and love, it is unclean as other mixtures. We are not to mix them. Only Christ could express them in unity.
Perhaps Adam saw an owl nesting in hole in a tree and named him 'cup' since it looked like he was siting in a cup.
