The Spirit employs several narrative devices to assort people and events in relation of the heavenly realities. Thus we have considered under the law of Gradation children of light and children of wrath in relation to Jesus Christ; the wanderings of Israel in relation to Jerusalem as against our own case to new Jerusalem. Behemoth in literal sense denotes hippopotamus and leviathan refers the crocodile associated with the Nile. Both beasts are associated with pride and serve the Holy Spirit to set off spiritual wickedness in high places with realities of the earth.
We considered this verse earlier.”By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent./Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?(26:13-14).
In the case of behemoth we take it as a sign.’ He is the chief of the ways of God (40:19a)’
Both beasts represent two ends of the Salvation Plan of God. ‘in the beginning’ land ‘the end times.’ In this post our chief concern is to understand the role of leviathan in the will of God. The key to him is the last line,”He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride(v.34)”. He is the dragon who wars with the saints and we see his malevolence in the vision of the Woman Clothed With the Sun in Re.12 . “and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born(Re.12:4)”
Who is this dragon? “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world(Re.12:9)”. In order to do full justice to the topic we may need a couple of posts that we shall do if God permits, after competing this Book.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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