Job 40:15-23 speaks of behemoth and give a description, but there is much debate over just what the creature was/is.
Job 41 speaks of leviathan, another creature which is well described, yet there is much debate over what it was/is.
SOP speaks of amalgamation of man and beast. There are 9 references for "amalgation" and 8 references for "amalgamated."
The two references most often cited are these:
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Every species of animal which God had created were preserved in the ark. The confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the flood. Since the flood there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men. {3SG 75.2} But if there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere. God purposed to destroy by a flood that powerful, long-lived race that had corrupted their ways before him. He would not suffer them to live out the days of their natural life, which would be hundreds of years. It was only a few generations back when Adam had access to that tree which was to prolong life. After his disobedience he was not suffered to eat of the tree of life and perpetuate a life of sin. In order for man to possess an endless life he must continue to eat of the fruit of the tree of life. Deprived of that tree, his life would gradually wear out. {3SG 64.1}
I believe that it is worthwhile to note that all references of this nature are in EGW's earlier writings. When the book Patriarchs and Prophets was written, these references were left out. They have caused a lot of controversy.
Going back to the verse in Genesis, which mentions that the men before the flood were giants, they had to be giants both in size and intellect. Jesus said that the time just before He returned to earth would parallel those of the antediluvians. Someone once estimated that if man was 2 to 3 times as large as men today, judging their brain capacity, their IQ may have been sometime like 1500. Genius IQ today is 140.
What are we doing today? We are genetically altering plants and animals, and probably humans. We are mixing the species together in ways not found in nature. We are cloning animals, and probably (soon) humans. If we, with our limited intellects, have accomplished this, what might those whose intellect was many times present man's have accomplished? I's frightening to think about!
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Even so come, Lord Jesus
Linda