"The beasts of the field shall honor me..."
                   Isaiah 43:20
'Birds' and 'Beasts'


















                                  Animals or people?


Another old and very obscure viewpoint involves another interpretation of
Scripture. In our "politically-correct" societies, today, the mention of
anything you are about to read may be greeted with hostility and closed
ears. However, the view of history, written by those from our history, did
not think the same way as we do, now.

As we mentioned, the King James translators tried to translate the Bible to
the best of their abilities and preconceived notions. When we see
references to "birds" and "beasts", naturally, we often assume the obvious.
We have evidence, however, from these ancient texts, even the Bible,
these references may be more than just animals. Lets look at some
examples.

These writings often referred to other people as "animals" of whom they
distasted, or for some other reason. Not to single out anybody in any way,
the ancient Jews, for one example, wrote in much the same way. In
consequence, the King James translators, not knowing these were actually
human beings, tried to translate these words as members of the animal
kingdom. As we will see, there may be a lot more to it.

This practice is still done today, only in a diluted version. Have you ever
looked at someone in a distasteful way and said, "you're an animal"? Men
sometimes brag about being a "dog"; a woman may call a man a "beast".
There are examples of this in the Bible: "Wherefore are we counted as
beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?" (Job 18:3). The word for beasts,
here is bahemah. This seems to be one of the words the King James
translators thought was an animal. They may have overlooked this word
actually may have meant people. Again, we are not to point fingers, we
just want to see some examples:


"There are many kinds among Israel that are called cattle and beasts.
One is from the side of the serpent and another from the side of
idolatrous nations, who are like animals and wild beasts."

                    The Zohar 2 Bereshith a29


Interestingly, dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster (see m-w.com)
actually seem to confirm this. A less well-known, or archaic, definition of
"cattle" is human beings especially in masse (in a group). Another closely
related word to "cattle" is "chattel". "Chattel" is also defined as a slave or
bondsman. Apparently, these cattle of the Bible could have been servants
to Adam, in the garden. A "beast" is also defined as an animal under
human control, or a contemptible person. Could these beasts also have
been people designated to help Adam? The word "beast" is also defined as
something formidably difficult to control. Often, the members of ancient
societies who were "wild" or idolatrous were looked upon in this way.
Even though the English translators could have tried to portray them as
animals, we see it is clear that these Bahemah, and other ancient names,
could actually be certain groups of people:


Zechariah 8:10 (KJV) "For before those days there was no hire for man,
nor hire for beast (bahemah)..."

-  what kind of animal gets hired, or paid?


Jonah 3:8 (KJV) "But let man and beast (bahemah) be covered with
sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: let them turn every one from his
evil way."

-  what animal knows he's evil, and cries to God?


Exodus 19:13 (KJV) "There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall
surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast (bahemah) or
man..."                    

-  what animal has hands?


Exodus 29:11 (KJV) "No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of
beast (bahemah) shall pass through it..."                                                 
                           
-  also, what animal has feet?


Exodus 20:10 (KJV) "But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD
they God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle (bahemah),
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates."

-  this verse refers to only people, and their work.


Jonah 3:7 (KJV) "... Let neither man nor beast (bahemah), herd nor
flock, taste any thing..."

-  the humans and animals are grouped together, separately, if you notice.
















There is something going on, here. Could the "beasts" or "bahemah" which
were created around the time of Adam be human beings, as well? Would
that mean that Adam was not the father of everyone on earth, and could
there be other groups of people in the world also, at that time? As we see
in Untold Adam and Eve there may have been more than just Adam and
Eve working in the garden.

We know there were references to the "beasts of the field" and "fowl of
the air" at the time of Adam. Could these also be the names of groups of
people, which appear this way as animals in the King James Translation of
the Bible?

The proper Hebrew words, translated as beasts and fowl, here, are chay
and owph, respectively. I personally believe, based on ancient written
evidence, that there were four or five groups or classifications of people at
the time of Adam (in their original Hebrew titles). These were the "Chay
(or beasts) of the Field", the "Owph (fowl) of the Air", the "Remes (or
creeping thing) that Creepeth", the "Adam" (the Adamites - the group
Adam belongs to), as well as the "Bahemah". These titles seem to come
up, again and again, in scripture. If these groups were indeed people, then
the world of Genesis would take on a whole new meaning, as well as the
perception of these old stories of the Bible. Lets take a look:


Isaiah 43:20 (KJV) "The beasts (Chay) of the field shall honor me..."        

-  what kind of animal knows how to honor?


Clearly, there is something beyond animals, here. The following verses
concern how, at least in the Old Testament, the Israelites needed to be
separate from their neighboring groups of people, or nations. This was
necessary, at least then, to fulfill the prophecy of a true and unadulterated
"seed" of Adam and Eve to pass on to the mother of Jesus, thus fulfilling
the prophecy of Genesis 3:15 (see Untold Adam and Eve):


Leviticus (KJV)
20:22 "Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you out
not.
20:23  And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast
out...
20:24  But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will
give it unto you to possess it... I am the LORD your God, which
separated you from other people.  
20:25  Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts (bahemah)
and unclean, between unclean fowls (Owph) and clean: and ye shall not
make your souls abominable by beast (bahemah), or by fowl (Owph), or
by any manner of thing that creepeth (probably the Remes) on the
ground (earth), which I have separated from you as unclean.
20:26  And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have
severed you from other people..."


Since this prophecy has been fulfilled, and Jesus' sacrifice was indeed
carried out (to "crush the serpent's head"), the need to separate these
groups is not an issue as before. What is important is that they existed.
What if these groups, however, did somehow survive the flood, and
continued to play an important part in the affairs of mankind?

God mentions these same groups before the flood, and shortly after, in
Other Flood Survivors. Could many more people have been around in the
days of Noah and beyond, to made their mark on the world to come?
There is much more about this in my upcoming book. First, to find out
what brought on the flood, please go to Giants of Scripture.




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