In multiple places in the Bible there
are references to the word “beast”, and, or, "Beasts Of The Field."
An example of this word and phrase that
is germane to this particular post is the following: “But let
man and beast
be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God.” Jonah
3:8. This verse says the word man and also refers to something called a beast that cover themselves with sackcloth.
What is this beast that the Bible talks about?
There seems to be a natural tendency
for the modern day Judeo-Christian to read right over the word
“beast” and think it means cattle, or when specifically shown
that it doesn't mean cattle they just simply dismiss it as being a
descendant of Adam or in this particular case Israelites (Jonah was tasked
to preach to the Israelites that were in the Assyrian captivity in
Ninevah). When specifically referring to cattle in this verse, never
in my lifetime, have I ever seen a four legged creature cover
themselves in sackcloth and repent to God as in the story of Jonah.
If referring to the Adamite man, or an Israelite, then all one has to
do is read the book of Genesis to know that Adam was created in
Chapter 2 of Genesis after the animals and other life forms were
created during the 7 days of Chapter 1. Adam being separate from
other life forms is exemplified in Genesis 5:1.
The distinguishing element in the Bible
that demonstrates the separation between man and beast is when the
Bible describes Adam. Man of course refers to the man Adam and his
descendants (Strong's Concordance #119 and #120). The word Adam means
to be be ruddy, show blood in the face, be fair skinned, or have the
ability to blush.
This frame was taken from the Patterson Film of 1969 showing a random encounter with a Bigfoot. Is this the elusive beast mentioned many times in the Bible? I think not. I have a hard time believing that this Bigfoot creature even exists.
What are the words that the word beast
translates from?
The words that are used to describe
“beasts” in Hebrew are the words “Behemah” which means brute
beast #929, “Beir” which also means brute beast, and “Chevya”
which means a creature separate
from Adam man #2423.
Examples of how these words are used
are as follows...
Exodus 9:9 The Father caused boils to
cover Egyptians and the beasts. One could use the argument that the
Bible is talking about the Egyptian cattle that is overlooked and this is in the preceding verse #6 when
all the cattle of the Egyptians were dead already. So from this we
can take the idea that the beasts were not cattle and they
were in Egypt with the Israelites.
Exodus 9:19 The Bible tells us that the
beasts worked side by side with
Israelite men in the field and the Israelites and beasts both had
homes.
Exodus 11:5-7 Tells us that the first
born of the beasts died as well as the first born of the Egyptians.
The cattle again were dead and the Bible tells us that the beasts
are separate from the Israelites.
Exodus 19:13 The beasts left Egypt with
the Israelites and both were told not to touch the mountain with
their hands. Notice he did not tell the beasts to not touch the
mountain with their paws nor hooves, and they wouldn't have understood
what Moses was talking about anyway. So the
beasts understood simple directions and had hands.
Exodus 22:19 The Bible tells us that if an Israelite lay with a beast then they are to be put to death.
Leviticus 20:15-16 Tells us the same
thing as above in Exodus 22:19, which is to not lay with a beast. The
only difference here is that this verse states if you lay with a
beast, then both the man and beast will be put to death. Both being
put to death is proof that the man
or woman as well as the beast knew what they were doing was wrong.
An example of this particular law being enforced can be found in
Numbers Chapter 25. This concept is totally different then a man or
woman with a quadruped animal.
Jeremiah 31:27 As a sign in the last
days, the beasts will be mixing their seed with the seed of man,
which is the definition of the word of miscegenation. So we know the
beasts seed can be mixed with seed of the Israelite.
Exodus 23:29 When the Israelites
entered Canaan land, the Father refused to completely empty out the
land for the Israelites, otherwise the “Beasts of the field”
would multiply against them. The Bible could not have been talking
about lions or such because there were approximately 3 million
Israelites coming with Moses to Canaan land. The few lions or so
would not have been a problem for millions of Israelites to take care
of, unless of course we are talking about beasts that could conduct
raids on the Israelite encampments and attack Israelites in a
concerted effort. So the beasts of
the field can multiply and force the Israelites out of their own
land.
Continued in Who Are The Beasts of The Field? Part 2