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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Job 40:6-24; ; Job 41:1-8
The picture of creation would not be complete without the description of two mysterious and terrible animals. The first is behemoth, possibly the hippopotamus [Perhaps a type of dinosaur, certainly not a hippopotamus. Ed.], in any event, an impressive beast whose power speaks of the power of death. It is a solemn fact that death had to be the first of God’s dealings with guilty man. As a consequence of the Fall, an invincible sword arms death as the penalty of sin (v. 19; see Genesis 3:24). Not only is every man death’s prey, but all the beasts of the earth are given to it for food (v. 20). Jordan, the river of death (v. 23), speaks to us of this too.
But then we see an even more terrible monster. Death only has power in this present life, whilst Satan, of whom leviathan is a picture, drags his victims away with him into the second death (Isaiah 27:1). In the face of such an enemy, we are naturally just as unarmed as a child who tries to catch a crocodile [Perhaps a type of large marine reptile, certainly not a modern crocodile. Ed.] with a hopelessly small hook (Job 41:1). Certainly we can not play with the power of evil without suffering punishment. Are we then at Satan’s mercy? By the grace of God – no! On the cross Christ triumphed over this terrible Adversary. We should remember this final battle and continually cling to the One who won it (Job 41:8; Colossians 2:15).
