When you go to the deep sea, every time you take a sample, youll find a new species, says marine biologist Ward Appeltans. In one recent year, scientists identified 1,451 new types of undersea life. We simply dont know the half of whats down there.
In Job 3840, God reviewed His creation for Jobs benefit. In three poetic chapters, God highlighted the wonders of weather, the vastness of the cosmos, and the variety of creatures in their habitats. These are things we can observe. Then God spoke of the mysterious Leviathanfor an entire chapter. Leviathan is a creature like no other, with harpoon-deflecting armor (Job 41:7, 13), graceful power (v. 12), and fearsome teeth (v. 14). Flames stream from its mouth . . . smoke pours from its nostrils (vv. 1920). Nothing on earth is its equal (v. 33).
Okay, so God talks about a huge creature we havent seen. Is that the point of Job 41?
No! Job 41 broadens our understanding of Gods surprising character. The psalmist expanded on this when he wrote, There is the sea, vast and spacious, . . . and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there (Psalm 104:2526). After the terrifying description in Job, we learn that God created a playpen for this most fearsome of all creatures. Leviathan frolics.
We have the present to explore the ocean. Well have eternity to explore the wonders of our magnificent, mysterious, playful God.