Leviathan
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a
fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope in its nose,
or pierce its jaw with a hook? Will it make many supplications to you? Will it
speak soft words to you? Will it make a covenant with you to be taken as your
servant forever? Will you play with it as with a bird, or will you pit it on
leash for your girls? Will traders bargain over it? Will they divide it up
among the merchants? Can you fill its skin with harpoons, or its head with fishing
spears? Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again! Any
hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed
at the sight of it? No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand
before it? Who can confront it and be safe? – under the whole
heaven, who?”
When the Creator revealed Himself to
Job in his time of suffering, He used the giants of the deep, including the
Leviathan, to illustrate His divine power, His
unsearchable nature and incomparable character. God uses the whale, the
Leviathan, and all the giants of the deep to remind us of how awesome He is as
Creator of the universe. The One who made creatures that cannot be controlled
is Himself beyond our control and understanding.
Just as a frightening thunderstorm
makes us stand in awe of the Creator, so should the blue whale. All of God’s
creation points to His eternal power.
Creation is
filled with signs that point directly to the Creator.
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