MONTHLY MEETING:  December 13, 2025

Please note: we're meeting the SECOND Saturday this month, not third

A New Evaluation of the Biblical & Scientific Evidence for Leviathan

J.D. Mitchell

In chapter 41 of the book of Job and also in Psalm 104 are detailed descriptions of what is described as a real creature that God calls Leviathan. This animal is described by God as being too ferocious for men to get near or to control. 

Was Leviathan really an animal or was it, as some say, just mythical or symbolic? Was it a land animal like a dinosaur? Was it a whale? Was it an extinct marine reptile like a plesiosaur, a mosasaur or an ichthyosaur? How about Leviathan being a sea dragon as depicted in many seafaring accounts from the last several centuries? Could it have just been a modern crocodile as assumed by some study Bible notes? Are there any other feasible candidates?

J.D. Mitchell has been studying the Leviathan evidence since 2015 and has spoken previously to general creationist audiences about it. However, over recent years a number of secular and biblical creationist scientists have prepared papers that provide new insights into the question of Leviathan. In this talk J.D. will come to what he believes is the best possible conclusion for Leviathan through an examination of the biblical record and the latest paleontological evidence from both secular and creationist researchers. Extinct fossil animals Spinosaurus, Sarcosuchus and Deinosuchus will especially be considered since they each have been recently suggested by biblical creationist scientists as possible Leviathan candidates. 

This talk is appropriate for ages 10 and older.

KIDS!

Speaker J.D. wants you to know that he will need two of you to assist him during a portion of his presentation at this meeting. In addition, all youngsters from age 4 through age 15 will be eligible to receive a premium for attending the meeting. The gift will be either a scientific scale model Leviathan or a book by Dr. Carl Wieland with the title Dragons of the Deep. If we run out of stock due to demand at the meeting we will take your name and address and mail one or the other to you later. To be eligible you must be present at the end of the talk, before the Q&A session when the gifts will be handed out.

J.D. Mitchell is a retired registered professional engineer and has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. He has also completed his Master of Biblical Studies in Biblical Creation Apologetics from Master's Graduate School of Divinity.

He was Executive Director of the Institute for Creation Science that met monthly in Portland, Oregon from 2005 through 2018. He does creation science research, writes, and speaks regarding the creation versus evolution controversy as a part of his creation science ministry, Creation Engineering Concepts J.D. is a member of the Design Science Association of Oregon and the Creation Research Society.

J.D. has been studying the scientific and biblical evidence regarding the origins controversy since 1984 when he was converted from a theistic evolutionist to a born again Christian. His free monthly email newsletter “CEC News” is designed to keep subscribers up to date on the latest news and articles regarding Biblical Creation Apologetics and his ministry. His wife, Bonnie, assists him in his ministry.

We meet the usually on the third Saturday of each month but occasionally on the second Saturday from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at:
Greater Portland Bible Church
2374 SW Vermont Street
Portland, OR 97219

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