![]() But since the Bible has proven itself true over centuries of scrutiny, the Leviathan must have really lived.” Identifying Leviathan as a myth smuggles in the destructive idea that anything in Scripture could be interpreted as a myth. In fact, Leviathan must have really done these things for God to meaningfully compare it to His own might. Metaphors don’t deflect spears or scare the daylights out of onlookers. These historical hints from the Bible refute the idea that Leviathan was a mythical creature that was being used as a literary metaphor. ![]() Brian Thomas (science writer with ICR) points out: The Bible places Leviathan in a realistic context.īut wait a minute-Leviathan breathed fire? This single characteristic is enough for most people to move Leviathan from the “real” to “mythical” category-but not so fast. We know from Psalm 104 that Leviathan “played around in ancient shipping lanes.” Few doubt the reality of the horse, ostrich, eagle, goat, and other animals that God described for Job along with Leviathan. It left luminescent wakes and had a mouth that was ringed with terrorizing teeth. ![]() It had armor scaling that was so tightly-knit that no air could pass between (capable of deflecting spears). ![]() The passage describes where Leviathan lived (in the sea but sometimes on shore). The description in Job 41 rules out a mythical creature. It was a ferocious (Job 41:8–10), fiercely-toothed (Job 41:14), scale-armored (Job 41:15–17), immensely powerful (Job 41: 26–29), semi-aquatic (Job 41:30–33), fire-breathing (Job 41: 19–21) creature than invoked fear into anyone who saw it! Job chapter 41 provides the longest description of any animal in the Bible-but Leviathan was not just any creature. ![]()
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