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Miche
I was touching up my knowledge recently on the Holiday of Succot
(Feast of Tabernacles) The Jewish Holidays are still pretty new to
me.

I was studying the (8th day of the 7 day festival..which is actually
a seperate thing) This is the day that the Jewish people leave the
Sukka. The thing that caught my vivid attention was the prayer they
say before they leave.....
http://www.ou.org/chagim/shmini-simchat/solong.htm

"May it be Your will, Hashem, our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers,
that just as I have fulfilled the mitzvah and dwelled in this Sukkah,
so may I merit in the coming year to dwell in the Sukkah of the skin
of the Leviathan.

There was a link to learn more about the (Leviathan) I was
flabbergasted at what I learned about their belief. Totally
paralleled REvelation.
http://www.ou.org/chagim/shmini-simchat/solong.htm#2

Here is what it said:

The Leviathan, according to the Midrash, is a giant fish, created by
G-d on the fifth day of Creation; it rules over all the creatures of
the sea. Originally, two were created, a male and a female, as with
all other species. However, G-d saw that if these two fish were
allowed to mate and multiply, they would destroy the entire world by
dint of their great strength and numbers, for the Leviathan is so
enormous that all the water that flows from the Jordan river is not
enough to quench its thirst. (Bava Basra 74b) G-d, therefore, killed
the female and preserved it in brine, to be eaten by the righteous in
the Time to Come.

Another huge beast whose flesh will be served to the righteous in the
World to Come is the Behemoth, created on the sixth day of the
Creation of the world. The Behemoth is a gigantic ox, and, like the
Leviathan, possesses enormous strength. It, too, was created male and
female, and, like the Leviathan, had to be prevented from
multiplying, lest the world be destroyed. G-d therefore neutered the
male and eliminated the female's desire to propagate. (Bava Basra 74b)

When the Messiah comes, …, G-d will signal to the Leviathan and the
Behemoth to fight one another. The result will be that the Leviathan
will slaughter the Behemoth with a cut from his very sharp fins.
Simultaneously, the Behemoth will kill the Leviathan with a blow from
its horns. (Leviticus Rabbah 13:3)

From the beautiful skin of the Leviathan, G-d will construct canopies
to shelter the righteous from the sun. (Bava Basra 75a) These
canopies are referred to in our prayer as the Succah of the skin of
Leviathan. Under these canopies, they will eat the meat of the
Leviathan and the Behemoth, amid great joy and merriment (ibid. 74b)

There was a little warning at the end......


It is not clear that the Midrash presented above should be taken
literally, as many teachings of the Midrash should not, but rather
they should be understood, if they can be understood, on a deeper,
perhaps Kabbalistic, level.

I have to agree with the warning.... of course it isn't literal
...... we know this from Revelation 13 the two beasts, one from the
sea and one from the earth.....

You have to admit.... this is fascinating.
Miche
On a side note........

It is durring this festival that the Jewish people believe the war of Ezekiel 38 will occur. The war that God intervenes.... the war that God draws the surrounding nations agianst Israel.
kim48
QUOTE(Mazinaw @ Nov 29 2005, 12:49 PM)
Moving up
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What are you doing Maz rolleyes.gif ?
Kim
shy1
QUOTE(kim48 @ Nov 29 2005, 12:13 PM)
QUOTE(Mazinaw @ Nov 29 2005, 12:49 PM)
Moving up
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What are you doing Maz rolleyes.gif ?
Kim
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Moving up! biggrin.gif
He wants us to talk about some stuff! It really is good to have you back, Larry!
Maz
QUOTE(shy1 @ Nov 29 2005, 11:14 AM)
He wants us to talk about some stuff!  It really is good to have you back, Larry!
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Look whose back!!! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's whobomaz!! biggrin.gif
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