What kind of animal is an asp in the Bible?
An asp is a very poisonous serpent, particularly in the Middle East. Isaiah 11:8 pictures a nursing child playing over its hole, illustrating the peace of the coming kingdom when the curse is lifted, all ravages gone, and tranquility restored as before sin entered.
Les teaches that the asp in Isaiah 11:8 is a very poisonous serpent, particularly in the Middle East. In that verse, the nursing child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on a cockatrice. Les points out that when this kingdom is set up, the whole animal kingdom, including the most ferocious, carnivorous, meat-eating species, will cohabit the same pasture with the lamb, the goat, and human children. All the ravages of the curse will be gone, and the situation will revert to the beauty, glory, and tranquility that existed before sin entered.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.