Isaiah
27:1
1 In that day [yowm] the LORD [Y@hovah] with his sore [qasheh] and
great [gadowl] and strong [chazaq] sword [chereb] shall punish
[paqad] leviathan [livyathan] the piercing [bariyach]
serpent [nachash], even leviathan [livyathan] that crooked [`aqallathown]
serpent [nachash]; and he shall slay [harag] the dragon [tanniyn] that
is in the sea [yam]. KJV-Interlinear
1 In that day the LORD with his
hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
ESV
Sore means hard or well tempered. Great and strong refers to the absolute power
of Gods sword, a sword of war and a sword of justice.
Leviathan, is a reference to the ancient god like
dragon. It also means twisted
animal. Twisted in mind as well as twisted
in body. Its entire existence is twisted
and distorted and confused, and of course, evil.
Leviathan is Satan.
The three reference to Leviathan, fleeing serpent,
twisted serpent, dragon of the sea, are matched against the three descriptions
of Gods sword, namely hard, great and strong.
The sea is generally used to symbolize history. It is in its place where God placed it. Jesus Christ controls history. And even though it storms and screams and
seemingly fights to make its own place and redefine history, it is always
returned to the boundaries in which God placed it.
Leviathan is spoken of as the enemy who, though is an ongoing
adversary, is defeated already. The end
game is already determined, it just remains to be played out.
In that day, is of course the final days of history
when Satan is defeated, permanently and forever.
