Today,
we sadly use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s.
Today’s date: Oct.8, 2022
October -- the eighth month – now the 10th month
Middle English octobre
Latin October
Latin octo "eight" +
-ber (adj. suffix)
Latin octobermensis "eighth
month"
October has always had 31 days.
The God of Israel has His own Calendar: we are now in the 7th
month called:
הָאֵתָנִים-ha Ethanim –
11thday - 1Kings 8:2
Today’s Topic:
Some Creatures of God
I noticed, the word “animal” is not in the Scriptures
Gen.1[21]…God
created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the
waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after
his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply
in the earth. [23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day.
Gen.6
[1] And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
[2] That the sons of God saw the
daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose.
[3] And Yehovahsaid, My spirit shall not always strive with
man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty
years.
[4] There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which
were of old, men of renown. [5] And GOD
saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
[6] And it repented Yehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved
him at his heart.
[7] And Yehovah
said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both
man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
[8] But Noah found
grace in the eyes of Yehovah.
[9] These are the
generations of Noah:
Noah
was a just man and perfect in his generations, and
Noah walked with God.
[10] And Noah begat
three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before
God, and the earth was filled with violence. [12] And God looked upon the earth, and,
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
[13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
[14] Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt you make in the ark, and shalt
pitch it within and without with pitch.
[15] And this is the fashion which you shalt
make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of
it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
[16] A window shalt you make to the ark, and
in a cubit shalt you finish it above; and the door of
the ark shalt you set in the side thereof; with
lower, second, and third stories shalt you make it.
[17] And, behold, I,
even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
[18] But with thee will I establish my covenant; and you shalt come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife,
and your sons' wives with thee.
[19] And of every
living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt you
bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female.
[20] Of fowls after their kind, and of
cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,
two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
[21] And take you unto thee of all food
that is eaten, and you shalt gather it to thee; and
it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
[22] Thus did Noah;
according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Gen.7
[1] And Yehovah said unto Noah,
Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.
[2] Of every clean beast you shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and
of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
[3] Of fowls also of the air by
sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the
earth.
[4] For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon
the earth forty days and forty nights; and every
living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the
earth.
[5] And Noah did
according unto all that Yehovah commanded him.
A short list of creatures, some might repeat:
Ezek.1[5]…living creatures
Gen.8 [8] …dove
I
Sam.17 [36] …bear
Num.23 [24] …great lion
Pss.10 [21] The young lions roar
after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
1Kgs.10 [22] …apes,
and peacocks
Gen.15 [10] …birds.
Exod.8 [2]…frogs
Gen.47[17]…cattle, horses, flocks and asses...
Exod.9 [3] …camels, oxen,
and sheep…
Gen.49 [17] … serpent
Gen.15 [9]…a heifer, she
goat, a ram, a turtledove,
and a young pigeon
Lam.4 [3] Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young
ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches
in the wilderness.
Deut.1 [44] …bees
Joel.1[4]…palmerworm, cankerworm, caterpiller
Deut.32 [33] …dragons,
and the cruel venom of asps. (snake)
1Kgs.10form a
Elephant - 18]… ivory.
Exod.2[28]…hornets
Prov.30[15]…horseleach
Exod.16 [13] …quails
Isa.11 [6]…wolf, leopard
Jer.8[7]stork,
turtle, swallow
Pss.84 [3] Yea, the sparrow had found an house,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young, even your
altars, O Yehovah of hosts, my King, and my God.
Pss.104 [24] O Yehovah how manifold are your works! in wisdom hast you
made them all: the earth is full of your riches.
[25] So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great
beasts. [26] There go the ships: there is that leviathan,whom you
hast made to play therein.
Job 41God talking
[1] Can you draw out leviathan
with an hook? or his
tongue with a cord which you let down?
[2] Can you put a hook into his nose?
Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
[3] Will he make many supplications unto you?
Will he speak soft words unto you?
[4] Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt you take him for a servant
forever?
[5] Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
[6] Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall
they part him among the merchants?
[7] Can you fill his skin with barbed iron?
Or his head with fish spears?
[8] Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do
no more.
[9] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even
at the sight of him?
[10] None is so fierce that dare stir him up:
Who
then is able to stand before me God says?.
Isa.27
[1] In that day Yehovah with his
sore and great and strong sword shall punish
leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he
shall slay the dragon that is in the
sea.
Lev.11
[1] And Yehovah
spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These
are the beasts which you shall eat
among all the beasts that are on the earth. [3] Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted,
and cheweth the cud, among the beasts,
that shall you eat.
[4] Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
unto you. [5] And theconey, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [6] And the hare, because he cheweth
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
unto you. [7] And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not
the cud; he is unclean to you. [8] Of their flesh shall you not
eat, and their carcase shall you not touch; they are
unclean to you. [9] These shall you eat
of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters,
in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat.
[10] And all that have
not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the
waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an
abomination unto you:
[11] They shall be even an abomination unto you; you shall not eat of their
flesh, but you shall have their carcases in
abomination.
[12] Whatsoever hath no
fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
[13] And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls;
they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
[14] And the vulture, and the kite
after his kind;
[15]Every raven after his
kind;
[16]
And the owl, and the night hawk, and
the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
[17]
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
[18]
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
[19]
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
[20] All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
[21] Yet these may you eat of every
flying creeping thing that goes upon all four, which have legs above their
feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
[22] Even these of them you may eat; the locust after
his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind,
and the grasshopper after his kind.
[23]
But all other flying creeping things, which have four
feet, shall be an abomination unto you. [24] And for these you
shall be unclean: whosoever touches the carcase of
them shall be unclean until the even.
[25] And whosoever bears ought of the carcase of
them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
[26] The carcases of every beast which divids the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the
cud, are unclean unto you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.
[27] And whatsoever goes upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go
on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso touches their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
[28] And he that bears the carcase of them shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they
are unclean unto you.
[29] These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that
creep upon theearth; theweasel, and the
mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
[30]
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. [31] These are unclean to you among all that creep:
whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Deut.14
[3] You shall not eat any abominable thing. [4] These are the beasts which you shall eat: the ox,
the sheep, and the goat, [5] The hart, and the
roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg,
and the wild ox, and the chamois. [6] And every beast that parts the hoof, and cleaves the
cleft into two claws, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you shall eat.
[7] Nevertheless these you shall
not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide thecloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they
chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. [8] And the swine,
because it divides the hoof, yet chews not
the cud, it is unclean unto you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch
their dead carcase.
[9] These you shall eat of all that are in the waters:
all that have fins and scales shall you eat:
[10] And whatsoever hath not fins
and scales you may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
[11]
Of all clean birds you shall eat.
[12]
But these are they of which you
shall not eat:
the eagle, and ossifrage, and the ospray,
[13] And the glede, and the
kite, and the vulture after his kind,
[14] And every raven after his kind,
[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
[17] And the pelican, and the gier
eagle, and the cormorant,
[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the
lapwing, and the bat. [19] And every creeping thing that flieth
is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Other creatures:
Isa.6 [2] Above it stood theseraphims: each
one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did
fly.
Ezek 1:15[15] Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four
faces.
Rev.5 [11] And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts
and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
thousands of thousands; [12] Saying with a loud
voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches,
and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. [13] And every creature which is in heaven, and
on the earth, and under
the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor,
and glory, and power, be unto him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever
and ever.
Rev.4
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I
will show thee things which must be hereafter. [2] And immediately I was in the spirit: and,
behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. [3] And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. [4] And round about the throne were four and twenty
seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in
white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. [5] And out of the throne preceded lightnings and thunderings and voices:
and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God. [6] And before the throne there was a sea of glass
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were
four beasts full of eyes before and behind. [7] And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast
like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was
like a flying eagle.
[8] And the four beasts
had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes
within: and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
come.
[9] And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on
the throne, who lives forever and ever, [10] The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on
the throne, and worship him that liveth forever and
ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, [11] You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and
power: for you have created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
In
closing for today:
Soon:
The feast of Tabernacles - 2 Sabbaths - 12th to the 19th of
October