Seas

What can we learn from the restless seas? What do the Scriptures intend to teach us with these large bodies of water with their immeasurably powerful waves, tides, and storms? The uniform teaching of the Word of God is that the seas have a negative, symbolic meaning: they stand for troubles, and especially for unbelief and the wicked nations of the world. How often does the psalmist express his troubles in terms of these great depths! When his soul is cast down and he is filled with disquiet,...