What was the Leviathan?
Image via Wikipedia "In that day the lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea." ( Isaiah 27:1 ) There is a remarkable animal called a "leviathan" described in the direct words of God in chapter 41 of Job. It is surprising that most modern expositors call this animal merely a crocodile. Our text plainly calls it a "piercing serpent . . . the dragon that is in the sea." He is also said to "play" in the "great and wide sea" ( Psalm 104:25-26 ). God's description in Job 41 says "a flame goeth out of his mouth" ( v. 21 ), and "he maketh the deep to boil like a pot" ( v. 31 ). The entire description is awesome! Whatever a leviathan might have been, it was not a crocodile! In fact, there is no animal living today which fits the description. Therefore, it is an extinct animal ...