Dear Doves,
 
This could be the reason for the strikes of the snakes (Boldea vison):
 
You have an awesome call upon your nation. You know, the symbol of your nation, a flying eagle, was not chosen by your forefathers by accident. An eagle is a Heavenly bird. It's supposed to be up there in the heavenlies with God, not down on the ground like a vulture, eating flesh. But you, the mighty eagle, have now become an ugly, flesh-eating vulture. The church is no better. The standards of the world have crept into the church. Are you pure?  (Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj -prophet from India).
Delivered to the church in St. Louis, June 2002.
 
This is a part of his message, but could explain why the eagle was on the ground.  Was the eagle interested in things on the ground?  It had to go down to get something.  Gradual or not, it landed.  Has the eagle become like the vulture in character??
 
Ed W.