{"id":6738,"date":"2023-02-15T08:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:46:16","slug":"magnificent-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/magnificent-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificent Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnificent Creatures <\/strong><\/p>\n

February 15, 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Humans have the ability to only vison the existing gears that surface around the world. Though there are many wonderful beings on earth that can be seen with eyes, touched with hands and felt by textures, God has created magnificent creatures with His Mysterious work within the world whom are not gazed by man\u2019s vision and acknowledged with his capability.<\/p>\n

Holy Bible introduced those magnificent beasts known to be Leviathan and Behemoth in scripted in \u201cBook of Job\u201d saying \u201cCan you draw out\u00a0Leviathan with a hook\u201d (Job 41:1) and \u201cLook now at the\u00a0behemoth, which I made\u00a0along\u00a0with you; He eats grass like an ox.\u201d (Job 40:15)<\/p>\n

The literal meaning of Behemoth is \u201cbeasts\u201d (yes, it is a plural) in Hebrew. This stated only in \u201cThe Book of Job\u201d Job 40:15. Why? My interpretation is that Behemoth is a personification for demons while Leviathan is\u00a0the\u00a0Satan himself. Remember,\u00a0Satan is not omnipresent. So, he must work with other demons to cover more ground.<\/p>\n

God created Behemoth first among His creative acts. Look now at the\u00a0behemoth, which I made\u00a0along\u00a0with you; He eats grass like an ox.\u201d (Job 40:15) \u201cHe\u00a0is\u00a0the first of the\u00a0ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.\u201d\u00a0 (Job 40:19). They exist because God created them. Genesis 3:1 says, \u201cThe serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had\u00a0made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Job, the righteous man had the honor to describe about Behemoth because God gave him the grace and the ability. He said, \u201cSee now, his strength\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0in his hips, And his power\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0in his stomach muscles.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>His bones\u00a0are <\/em>like\u00a0beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.\u201d (Job 40:16-18)<\/p>\n

\u201cBehemoth\u2019s power to wield his sword and sow discord in the world comes from God. He does it from his own desire to effect harm, but just as God has a purpose for the light \/darkness and fortune\/calamity He has created\u201d, \u201cI form the light and create darkness, I make peace and\u00a0create calamity; I, the\u00a0Lord, do all these\u00a0things\u201d so does God for the existence of evil. (Orthodox\u00a0 Christian Theology, Isiah 45:7)<\/p>\n

Leviathan is a\u00a0sea serpent and is often an embodiment of chaos and threatening to eat the damned after their life. \u201cTo preclude one from believing that man by his own power can overcome the devil\u2026[God uses]\u2026the image of Leviathan\u2026[Because he has such great power that he cannot be held by a fishhook, and to show this he says, \u201cand will you bind his tongue with cord?\u201d For fish which are caught with a hook are bound by the line which is attached to the hook. This means that no man can take the devil away from his malice or even bind him to keep him from doing this evil.\u201d (Commentary on Job, Chapter 40)<\/p>\n

The righteous man Job described as follows;\u00a0 \u201c\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? Will\u00a0your\u00a0companions\u00a0[<\/sup>a<\/sup><\/a>]<\/sup>make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle Never do it again! Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering. No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me? Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. I will not fail to speak of Leviathan\u2019s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly\u00a0as with\u00a0a seal; One is so near another That no air can come between them; \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are<\/em>\u00a0like the eyelids of the morning. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As\u00a0from\u00a0a boiling pot and burning rushes. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. Strength dwells in his neck, And\u00a0sorrow dances before him. The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower\u00a0millstone. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crushing\u2019s they\u00a0are beside themselves. Though\u00a0the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He regards iron as straw, And\u00a0bronze as rotten wood. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. His undersides\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed\u00a0marks\u00a0in the mire. He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He leaves a shining wake behind him; One\u00a0would think the deep had white hair. On earth there is nothing like him, which is made without fear. He beholds every high\u00a0thing;<\/em> He\u00a0is\u00a0king over all the children of pride.\u201d (Job 41:1-34)<\/p>\n

A being marvelous and enormous as Leviathan is not created just as beast, having all the extraordinary nature. But for all the arousing will of God\u2019s wisdom. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cGod in His wisdom reserves the right to use something evil, like Leviathan, and use him for His good work.\u00a0Concerning the God using evil to work good Saint Augustine writes: \u201cFor what could be said more plainly than what is actually said, \u201cAs concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies\u00a0for your sakes?\u201d [Rom 11:28] It is, therefore, in the power of the\u00a0wicked\u00a0to\u00a0sin; but that in sinning they should do this or that by that\u00a0wickedness\u00a0is not in their power, but in God\u2019s, who divides the darkness and regulates it; so that hence even what they do contrary to\u00a0God\u2019s\u00a0will\u00a0is not fulfilled except it be\u00a0God\u2019s\u00a0will.\u00a0(On Predestination of the Saints, Chapter 33)<\/p>\n

God\u2019s reason for creating the two beasts is extraordinary. He made their nature opposing so that they could carry the world we live within their embrace. Their dwelling also opposes for they could fulfill God\u2019s purpose. Ethiopian Astronomer Megabea Hadis Doctor Rodas stated in his homily that whilst the two beast fight, a wind storm is created on earth. What is more astonishing is those beasts bring the end of the world because when they resale earth for they would kill one another and earth disappears; Then comes judgement day!<\/p>\n

Praise be to God!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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