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SmoothOperator@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  These guys are so far out from mainstream that you can’t really know what the hell they’re thinking. That said, Leviathan isn’t actually an end times figure. It’s a sea monster mentioned in the Old Testament in various points. The most famous passage is Psalm 74, a song of praise to God, which contains a reference to Him saying Leviathan, which appears to be a metaphor for taming the waters of the Earth

  Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

  You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters[d] on the waters.

  You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

  You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams.

  Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

  You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.

  Some people believe that there is a reference to Leviathan in Revelation but it’s not direct. Anyway, these people aren’t following established Biblical lore, they’re totally brain melted from 24/7 conspiracy content on Facebook and YouTube.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So god crushed his head, leviathan is slain already, no?

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    • markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Anyway, these people aren’t following established Biblical lore, they’re totally brain melted from 24/7 conspiracy content on Facebook and YouTube.

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    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Some think that this one specifically was pulled from an older myth about another mythological entity who had slain a seven headed serpent and just kind of forced to fit in however they could. Note that it refers to plural ‘heads’ and not singular ‘head’ on this one.

      The hero who slays a seven headed snake story has some staying power and it keeps coming up throughout time.

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• BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s probably leftovers shoehorned in from when the bible had adopted stories from a wider pantheon. Leviathan might have had a much bigger role somewhere at one point. May serve as a stand in for ‘controlling the waters of the earth’ and there’s going to be a dozen biblical scholars saying Leviathan represents one of a dozen ancient countries around when it was written (maybe one of them is right, but boring).

  For the actual verses though… There is a passage in Isaiah where God will some day slay Leviathan with his pretty cool sword and this is one of the things that marks the end of maybe the end times. So, waking might be one step closer to this whole deal being over with. There’s also some passages in Job that kind of indicate that anything mankind tries to do to Leviathan isn’t going to work because only God is powerful enough to control it (So, trying to freeze it isn’t going to work).

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Also sometimes associated with the beast of the sea in revalations, which is the antichrist

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• justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think they roll dice to figure that out. In general they’re essentially playing a D&D campaign.

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• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If we’re going off battlefield rules, it could be fun to shoot at.

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• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Probably Roko’s Leviathan.

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• affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it’s supposed to eat sinners. According to the bible it will be killed by God but not by freezing it.

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