Saturday, September 11, 2010

Zophar weighs in now with his own words of “wisdom”. He believes Job’s sins caused his distress.

Job pretty much puts Zophar and the others in their place.
Job 13:5

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Again Job speaks some familiar words recorded in the book of Daniel.
Job 13:15a

Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;

Dan 3:17-18
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

Job understood as David did that our days were determined before we were born.
Job 14:5

Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

Ps 139:16
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Another extremely important verse, overlooked way too often. It explains when we will experience a resurrected body.
Job
14:12
so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
We will experience a resurrected body when the heavens are no more”. When does that happen?

2 Pet 3:12-13
as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness
.

The dead will receive consciousness when the heavens are no more just as Job said. And no sooner!
This is explained in detail in the book These Last Days.

The quintessential question of all time is posed by Job.
Job 14:14a
If a man dies, will he live again?

Indeed, will we as Christians live again? Absolutely! Did Job ever get his question answered? Absolutely! Stay tuned!

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