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Jul 20, 2023 · Biblical Monsters. Seven mysterious creatures of the biblical world. “Behemoth and Leviathan,” 1825, from The Book of Job by William Blake, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. Licensed under CC0 1.0. Monsters are an ever-present feature of modern cinema, from Dracula to the Kraken. However, monsters are by no means a modern invention ...
- The First Zombie? In 2 Kings 13:20–21, the prophet Elisha died and was buried in a tomb. Some time later, when some men were burying another man, they saw a band of enemy Moabites coming.
- A Gigantic Eyeball. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul describes believers as members of the metaphorical body of Christ. Members of the body need other members, and everyone has their special ability and place.
- Behemoth. This giant beast is said to be “the first of the ways of God.” It has power in its loins, and its limbs are as bars of iron, among other things (Job 40:15–24).
- A Witch and a Ghost. In 1 Samuel 28, we find the story of King Saul consulting a medium from the town of En-dor. The Message Bible calls her a “witch of Endor” (1 Sam 28:7).
- Beasts in prophetic visions. The apocalyptic portions of Danieland Revelationcontain famous visions of strange creatures. Both books describe four creatureswith the heads, bodies, limbs, and wings of different combinations of animals—heads of lions with wings of eagles, etc.
- Dragons. Today, we associate dragons with storybook fare and medieval folklore. There are many mentions of “dragons” in the Old Testament (e.g., Psalm 148:7; Isaiah 43:20; Micah 1:8), mostly in the KJV.
- Mythological Creatures in the KJV. The King James Version of the English Bible was translated in the early 1600s. While the translation is commendable for its overall accuracy and beauty of style, it has a few weaknesses.
- Behemoth. In Job an animal called “behemoth” is described as an example of the many things God has accomplished that Job could not even fathom (Job 40:15–24).
- The Behemoth
- The First Beast
- The Second Beast
- Unicorns
- Abaddon’s Locusts
- The 200 Million Horsemen
- Daniel’s Beasts
- The Dragon
- The Nephilim
- Leviathan
In Job, one of the Bible’s oldest books, the Behemoth is described as a gigantic, powerful creature that can only be tamed by God. His tail is so large that it ‘moves like a cedar.’ This description has led some Creationists to claim that Behemoth was in fact a Biblical-era dinosaur. However, carbon dating aside, the creature is mentioned as having...
If there’s one place that’s good for finding Biblical monsters, it’s the book of Revelation. No one agrees on whether this book of ‘visions’ contains descriptions of future events, or symbolic representations of the past, but everyone agrees that it sure has a lot of monsters. The ‘First Beast’ of Revelation, so called because it’s mentioned first ...
This beast, which unsurprisingly follows the first, rises up out of the earth. It has two horns and speaks ‘like a dragon.’ Personally, I’ve never heard a dragon speak, but I imagine it must be scary. This guy’s job is to perform false miracles that encourage people to worship the first beast. It also allows the first beast to kill anyone who doesn...
Unicorns are mentioned nine times in the King James Bible, a medieval translation that remains popular to this day: ‘Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow?’ the book asks. Unfortunately, linguists have since discovered that the Hebrew word re’em, translated as ‘unicorn’ ...
These guys are ruled by Abaddon, an angel of the bottomless pit whose name means ‘Destroyer.’ Because they appear in Revelation, they’re of course not satisfied with being normal locusts: instead, they resemble war horses, have the stinging tails of scorpions, the faces of men, long hair like a woman’s, and wear crowns of gold and armored breastpla...
This epic army also appears in the visions of Revelation, although they’re not to be confused with the far more famous Four Horsemen, the guys who symbolize Death, War, Famine and Pestilence. But these riders aren’t to be messed with, either. Their horses have the heads of lions, tails like serpents, and spit smoke, fire and brimstone out of their ...
Like Revelation, the book of Daniel is largely made up of visions which are meant to symbolize real-world events. In one of these visions, Daniel sees no less than four monsters emerge from the sea: one is a lion with eagle’s wings, which is then transformed into a human-like creature and has its wings plucked off; one is a bear-like creature who i...
Another beast from Revelation, the great Dragon is described as having seven heads and ten horns (those are very popular in Revelation.) He also has a tail capable of sweeping a third of the stars out of the sky. The author later identifies this dragon as Satan himself, who fights against God’s angels and is cast into hell. The King James Bible ref...
Much confusion surrounds the Nephilim, or ‘fallen ones,’ who pop up in Genesis and are described only as the offspring of ‘sons of god’ and ‘daughters of men.’ Some have interpreted this to mean the offspring of angels and human women. Another, less interesting explanation is that the passage refers to the mixing of two human tribes: ‘godly’ people...
The second of the great monsters described in the book of Job, Leviathan is a massive sea-monster who’s impervious to human weapons, breathes fire, and emits smoke from his nostrils. Leviathan is probably related to another Ancient Near Eastern monster called Lotan, a seven-headed giant serpent who represented primeval chaos. As with many other Bib...
May 2, 2024 · Some of these stories have creatures that seem magical or very different from what we see in the world today. These creatures are called mythical creatures. They are not just regular animals; they often have special powers or meanings. In this article, we will talk about some of these mythical creatures mentioned in the Bible.
Oct 3, 2022 · Some books in the Bible indeed view monsters as simplistic, inherently evil “others.” The prophet Daniel, for example, has visions of four hybrid beasts , including a winged lion and a ...
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From land to sea, these supernatural creatures are found in the Torah and Tanakh. Most of these, from the ant to the lion, are recognizable to this day. But there are some exceptional animals that have mythic proportions and special powers. You won’t encounter these animals in the wild or at the zoo. Here are seven mythical animals found in ...
