Marine Demons

The Mystery of the Waters

Jonah was swallowed by a great fish and taken to the depths of the sea (Jonah 1:17). He called this place the belly of hell (Jonah 2:2). He went down to the bottoms of the mountains (there are mountains under the sea). God brought Jonah up from the pit (corruption—Jonah 2:6). Jesus used this to illustrate his descent into hell (Matt. 12:40). God knows what is in the deep. He breaks up the depths through his knowledge (Prov. 3:20). The deepest parts of the earth are the Puerto Rican Trench and the Mariana Trench. The Puerto Rican Trench lies under the Bermuda or Devil's triangle at 27,500 feet and the Mariana Trench lies under the Devil's Sea off the Island of Guam at 36,198 feet. The deep places of the earth are in God's hand (Psa. 95:4). Huge canyons continue out under the ocean at mouths of the Hudson, Delaware, St. Lawrence and Congo rivers. Geographically speaking, the gates to Sheol with the shortest corridors to inner earth would be under the seas, particularly at its greatest depths. Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? (Job 38:16) God searches the depth. We can ask him to search out any wickedness in the depths. God sets a compass upon the face of the depth (Prov. 8:27). The depths have voices and call unto other depths through sea going tornadoes (waterspouts—Psa. 42:7). Things are heard in the deep. The deep hears the voice of God (Isa. 44:27). The waterspout connects the heavens to the deep. The deep utters its voice (Hab. 3:10). There are many wonders in the deep (Psa. 107:24). There are blessings from the deep (Gen. 49:25). The LORD does his pleasure in the deep (Psa. 135:6). The deeps are commanded to praise God (Psa. 148:7). God

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