To the editor:

In my last letter concerning the monster called Leviathan, I used Exodus 23:13. In my Hebraic Roots Bible, this verse states: “And be watchful in all that I have said to you. And you shall not call upon another Elohim by name; it shall not be heard from your mouth.”

This does not mean we cannot vocalize the name of a pagan deity when reading Scripture. The phrase in verse 13 “to call upon” clearly implies to pray or make a vow to.

We call the names of the days of the week when each one of them came from the names of pagan deities. The false pagan names of pagan gods are mentioned daily, but presently, the name of our creator, the name Yahweh, is taken out of people’s mouths. Notice the paradox. Yahweh forbids the names of pagan gods to be spoken while those who love pagan gods forbid Yahweh’s name to be spoken.

Therefore, when the names of pagan gods are used (our days of the week), Leviathan is raised up. The people are, in essence, raising up their mourning (Leviathan) because when the true Elohim is revealed from heaven, all nations are going to mourn.

“And then shall the sign of the Son of Man appear in the heavens. And then all the tribes of the land will wail. And they shall see the Son of Man coming on clouds of heaven with power and much glory.” (Matthew 24:30, Daniel 7:13)

The prophet Isaiah (Yeshayahu in Hebrew) in chapter 26:20-21 and 27:1 gives us an excellent picture of this creature, this being. He prophesies, “Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors behind thee. Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over. For behold, Yahweh cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth shall also disclose her blood and shall no more cover her slain. In that day, Yahweh with his great and strong sword shall punish the Leviathan, that crooked serpent, and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”

“Piercing” is translated from the Hebrew word bariach, which is defined as a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing) and the constellation by that name. “Crooked” is translated from the Hebrew word aqallathown, which is defined as torturous.

Leviathan is none other than “the great dragon, that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan which deceives the whole world” (see Revelation 12:4 and 12:9). Another name for Leviathan is Lotan, the fleeing serpent.

Billy Wilson

Rockingham