The LORD continues His message to Job and includes a lesson about leviathan. Leviathan is a transliteration of the Hebrew name for this creature. Leviathan is familiar to the psalmist, as well as to Isaiah, along with Job. The psalmist seems to indicate that leviathan was a dragon of the waters (Psa. 74:13-14). Leviathan goes where the ships go (Psa. 104:26). Leviathan is called a serpent by Isaiah (27:1). He is likened unto Satan, the dragon, the serpent, that shall arise during the Tribulation. In the midst of the Tribulation, he will be revealed for who he is. “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world” (Rev. 12:9). Notice what Isaiah states about this prophetic future, “In that day the LORD… shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea” (Isa. 27:1).
Of course, there is no taming of this creature either. He cannot be captured with hooks or cords (41:1-2). There is no bargaining with him (41:3-4), no playing with him (41:5), or fellowshipping with him (41:6). If this creature is a picture of Satan, then we must learn that there is no covenanting with him, no fellowshipping with him, no tricking him, nor capturing him. It is the other way around; Satan is a master at deceiving mankind.
Leviathan is a might creature, yet God is mightier still. What can we learn from leviathan? Like Job, we should not curse God and die (Job 2:9). We should not charge God foolishly (Job 1:22). We should put away pride (Job 40:11) and fully submit to a God that is stronger than our enemy. We should resist the devil by trusting in God and believing the truths about God and His creation. We must STOP believing the lies that Satan perpetrates with his neesings (Job 41:18). (LEH)
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