It counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make it flee; sling-stones, for it, are turned to chaff. Clubs are counted as chaff; it laughs at the rattle of javelins. The skin of dragons was like an airtight armour suit. No animals now on earth fit that description. Dragons would need the sort of body that Job 41 describes to have done the things said about them in ancient legends.
But how did dragons fly? God said that Leviathan sees everything that is lofty Job That might mean that dragons could fly beyond earth—into space, but that requires them to have some kind of radiant energy for flight, something beyond our present knowledge.
Legends say that dragons can breathe fire and smoke and shine light rays and death rays from their eyes. Dragons must have had silica-based chemistry to sustain high temperatures, shine radiant energy, shine laser beams, and have a flight capability different from all other animals.
Its sneezings flash forth light, and its eyes are like the eyelids of the. From its mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap out. Out of its nostrils comes smoke, as from a boiling pot. Its breath kindles coals,. God is the one speaking. He is telling Job about his achievements from the olden days of creation. This compels us to believe that Leviathan was real, and that this incredible description is true. But evidently Job found it hard to accept in the same way that many today find it hard to accept.
I know that you can do all things,. Job certainly never saw a dragon, like all of us. But God revealed to Job that dragons are an original creation even though he may have thought dragons are a myth.
That is likely true today as well. Job even admitted that it was beyond his understanding; Job ,. Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,. The Bible says that dragons have no fear of anything; Job ,. On earth it has no equal, a creature without fear.
It surveys everything that is lofty; it is king over all that are proud. The dragon therefore symbolises a supreme power and authority on earth. Moses lived forty years in the land of Midian, a sheep herder living among Arabs. God spoke to him from a burning bush and told him to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. But Egypt was strong then and had a strong king.
Moses doubted if he could persuade Pharaoh to let the people go. Exodus ,. So he threw the staff on the ground, and it became a snake ;. The Ex. The miraculous staff sign was a supernatural miracle. This miracle is confusing because two different words are used in describing it. Bible translators try to avoid contradictions in translation as far as possible; but the fact is that two different Hebrew words are used in describing this miracle.
The reason for using these two different words will be explained. Snakes and dragons are not thought the same animal but the Bible treats them as the same animal by two different names; the answer is in the Garden of Eden from the days of long ago.
Genesis ,. But notice what is said: Rev. The answer is in this text because two words are identifying the same animal. Serpents and dragons are the same animal from the ancient days of Eden. The serpents of this world are not original creations of God but are a result of a degrading curse Gen. The original ancient serpent was amazing to see, the most exalted of all animals. In Rev. The dragon legends are from the beginning of history, from the Garden of Eden.
Serpents of today are under a curse Gen. The miracle sign given to Moses was for displaying God's authority. Therefore his shepherd-staff should not transform into any serpent of this world, as that would signify a curse for Moses, and degradation and inferiority for what he represented. The rods of Moses and Aaron were used as a way to display the supreme power and authority of God. The miracle sign serpent that was created would have been like the original serpent that God made in Eden, which is also the dragon.
Now we know why Moses fled from the serpent in Exodus But Moses had never seen a dragon! That is why Moses fled from the serpent, it was a dragon!
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. You are not your own,. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. But glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium.
And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied. And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And through the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus.
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
Cyril of Jerusalem, a Catholic church 'father' who lived during the middle of the 4th century A. God knew men's unbelief, and provided for this purpose a bird, called a Phoenix. Then from the decayed flesh of the dead bird a worm is engendered, and this worm when grown large is transformed into a bird.
Clement of Rome, who died around A. He is possibly the first person to use this bird to teach Christian doctrines.
According to the Talmud, the phoenix Hol was the only animal who refused to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because of its obedience, God not only allowed it to stay in the Garden of Eden but also gave it immortality.
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