Here we are a few days before All Hallows Eve, the precursor to All Saints Day. So it’s perfectly appropriate that we look today at a couple of the most frightening creatures in scripture: the Behemoth and the Leviathan!
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Yes, there be dragons in scripture. Dragons of the sea and giant, ferocious beasts that roam the earth. One each of these was created by God, according to scripture and rabbinical texts, during the 5th day of the Creation, and they can only be destroyed by God in the end times. Neither can be defeated by humankind alone. That’s how mighty they are!
Behemoth is described as a land monster, a kind of wild beast akin to a hippopotamus. Leviathan is described as a primordial sea monster.* The King of dry land, Behemoth roams the mountains…