{"id":324,"date":"2010-11-21T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/leviathan.html"},"modified":"2010-11-21T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T10:33:00","slug":"leviathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/leviathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Leviathan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/TOj1ldsJGII\/AAAAAAAAD5g\/D7y1idG3MJA\/s1600\/leviathan.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/TOj1ldsJGII\/AAAAAAAAD5g\/D7y1idG3MJA\/s400\/leviathan.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541949365453133954\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much to Charity, a respondant from <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/dinosaurs-in-bible.html\">this blog post<\/a>, for sharing this scripture with me. Although I recall reading the book of Job, somehow, I forgot about the Leviathan chapter. Also, the Leviathan is mentioned in the following scriptures, too:<br \/>Psalm 74 <br \/>Isaiah 27:1<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job%2041&#038;version=NKJV\">Job 41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Job 41 &#8211; I&#8217;m only emphasizing a few verses. You should read the entire chapter!<br \/> 1 \u201cCan you draw out Leviathan[a] with a hook,<br \/>      Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?<br \/>&#8230;.<br \/>&#8230; 14 Who can open the doors of his face,<br \/>      With his terrible teeth all around?<br \/> &#8230; 18 His sneezings flash forth light,<br \/>      And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.<br \/> 19 Out of his mouth go burning lights;<br \/>      Sparks of fire shoot out.<br \/> 20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils,<br \/>      As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.<br \/> 21 His breath kindles coals,<br \/>      And a flame goes out of his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like he&#8217;s a large, scaly, frightful dragon-like sea creature. <strong>My question is, did this creature really exist or is he just mentioned for symbolic reasons? <\/strong>Charity mentioned that this creature sounds like a dinosaur, and I have to agree with her. <\/p>\n<p>The leviathan sounds more like a dinosaur than the nephilim, which another blog reader speculated about, stating that she thought nephilim were dinosaurs, but I&#8217;ve already stated that I totally disagree with that line of thought. <\/p>\n<p><strong>So, blog readers, what do you think? Did this fire\/smoke breathing dragon-like sea creature really exist in the deep dark depths of the ocean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks so much to Charity, a respondant from this blog post, for sharing this scripture with me. Although I recall reading the book of Job, somehow, I forgot about the Leviathan chapter. Also, the Leviathan is mentioned in the following scriptures, too:Psalm 74 Isaiah 27:1Job 41 Job 41 &#8211; I&#8217;m only emphasizing a few verses. 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