Tag: Old Testament

Job 20, In HIS eyes!

Job 20:1,4-5, Then Zophar… answered and said: … “DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS OF OLD, SINCE MAN WAS PLACED ON EARTH, THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT?

Job asked for pity from his friends, yet Zophar increases his attack! NOW HE IS CALLING JOB A HYPOCRITE AND A WICKED MAN, BUT GOD KNOWS WHO JOB IS! THE LORD KNOWS HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN KNOWS HIM!

Job 1:1, There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was JOB; AND THAT MAN WAS BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT, AND ONE WHO FEARED GOD AND SHUNNED EVIL. 

Joh 10:14, I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD; AND I KNOW MY SHEEP, AND AM KNOWN BY MY OWN.

Job 20:26-29, TOTAL DARKNESS IS RESERVED FOR HIS TREASURES. AN UNFANNED FIRE WILL CONSUME HIM; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent. THE HEAVENS WILL REVEAL HIS INIQUITY, … The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath. THIS IS THE PORTION FROM GOD FOR A WICKED MAN, THE HERITAGE APPOINTED TO HIM BY GOD.”

Zophar is speaking truth, the wicked will inherit darkness and will be consumed with fire, YET I DOES NOT APPLY TO JOB!

Psa 11:5-7, The LORD tests the righteous, BUT THE WICKED AND THE ONE WHO LOVES VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES. UPON THE WICKED HE WILL RAIN COALS; FIRE AND BRIMSTONE AND A BURNING WIND SHALL BE THE PORTION OF THEIR CUP. For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.

This is the last thing said by Zophar! In his eyes Job is an un-repented wicked hypocrite, YET THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WHAT THE LORD THINKS OF US!

1Cor 4:3-4, But with me it is a VERY SMALL THING THAT I SHOULD BE JUDGED BY YOU OR BY A HUMAN COURT. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; BUT HE WHO JUDGES ME IS THE LORD.

Job 19, our Redeemer lives!

Job 19:21, “HAVE PITY ON ME, HAVE PITY ON ME, O YOU MY FRIENDS, FOR THE HAND OF GOD HAS STRUCK ME!

Again, Job lost all that he had, his children, his relatives, his close friends and even his servants don’t answer when he calls! V13-19!

Rom 12:15, Rejoice with those who rejoice, and WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP. 

Job 19:23-24, “OH, THAT MY WORDS WERE WRITTEN! OH, THAT THEY WERE INSCRIBED IN A BOOK! THAT THEY WERE ENGRAVED ON A ROCK WITH AN IRON PEN AND LEAD, FOREVER! 

He didn’t know it but the LORD honored his request! His words have been written on THE SOLID ROCK OF SCRIPTURE WITH AN IRON PEN! THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF ALL TIME!

Job 19:25-27, FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES, AND HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; AND AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

WOW! JOB’S TRUE FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD COMES OUT! IN HIS FLESH HE SHALL SEE THE LORD STANDING ON THE EARTH!

1Th 4:16, For the LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD. AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. 

Isa 54:5-8, FOR YOUR MAKER IS YOUR HUSBAND, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND YOUR REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; He is called the God of the whole earth. FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED YOU LIKE A WOMAN FORSAKEN AND GRIEVED IN SPIRIT, Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” Says your God. “FOR A MERE MOMENT I HAVE FORSAKEN YOU, BUT WITH GREAT MERCIES I WILL GATHER YOU. WITH A LITTLE WRATH I HID MY FACE FROM YOU FOR A MOMENT; But with EVERLASTING Kindness I will have mercy on you,” SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER.

WE MAY GRIEVE FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT KNOW THAT OUR REDEEMER IS COMING FOR HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH! NOT THAT WE DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE IS FAITHFUL!

Job 18, the end of the wicked!

Job 18:1-3, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak. Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Job and his, so called, friends are getting tired of the arguments! Job stands firm on his innocents while the other 3 condemn him of sin! BEAST ARE IGNORANT AND FOOLISH TO THE WAYS OF GOD!

Psa 73:22, I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 

Job 18:5-7, “The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out. THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH ARE SHORTENED, AND HIS OWN COUNSEL CASTS HIM DOWN.

Bildad is saying, “THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF QUICKLY ON THE EARTH. LOOK AT YOURSELF; CAN’T YOU SEE YOU ARE BEING CUT OFF”?

Pro 13:9, The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out. 

But, this is not always true, sometimes the wicked live longer and better than those who live righteously!

Psa 73:2-5, But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. FOR I WAS ENVIOUS OF THE BOASTFUL, WHEN I SAW THE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED. FOR THERE ARE NO PANGS IN THEIR DEATH, BUT THEIR STRENGTH IS FIRM. THEY ARE NOT IN TROUBLE AS OTHER MEN, NOR ARE THEY PLAGUED LIKE OTHER MEN.

Most people live their lives only looking at the here and now! These people don’t realize that they will live forever! EITHER WITH HIM OR WITHOUT HIM!

Asaph finally understood the end of the wicked when he entered the house of the LORD!

Psa 73:17, Until I went into the sanctuary of God; THEN I UNDERSTOOD THEIR END. 

Psa 37:10-11, FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE WICKED SHALL BE NO MORE; INDEED, YOU WILL LOOK CAREFULLY FOR HIS PLACE, BUT IT SHALL BE NO MORE. But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Job 17, Seeing Jesus in Job’s life!

Job 17:1-2, NLT, “My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me. I AM SURROUNDED BY MOCKERS. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

Job 17:4, FOR YOU HAVE HIDDEN THEIR HEART FROM UNDERSTANDING…

Job 17:6, “BUT HE HAS MADE ME A BYWORD OF THE PEOPLE, AND I HAVE BECOME ONE IN WHOSE FACE MEN SPIT. 

Job, is in agony, humiliated before everyone! People pass him by shaking their heads! Is this job! Wow what happened! BUT I SEE JESUS IN JOB’S LIFE! ON THE CROSS JESUS WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS MOCKERS!

Psa 22:6-7, But I am a worm, and no man; A REPROACH OF MEN, AND DESPISED BY THE PEOPLE. ALL THOSE WHO SEE ME RIDICULE ME…

Mat 27:30-31, THEN THEY SPAT ON HIM, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. AND WHEN THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.

Just like Job’s friends lacked understanding, those who crucified JESUS lacked the same!

Luk 23:34, Then Jesus said, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO.” …. 

JESUS KNOWS WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, BECAUSE HE LIVED IT! HE WAS TESTED, HUMILIATED, MOCKED, SPAT ON AND CRUCIFIED FOR US!

Psa 139,2-4, You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

WHATEVER IS YOUR SITUATION, SEEK THE LORD FOR HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

Job 16, a MAN with GOD! Jesus!

Job 16:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! SHALL WORDS OF WIND HAVE AN END? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job just wanted them to stop, they were trying to teach Job common wisdom as if didn’t know this! Rather than bringing comfort they brought him more pain!

Job 16:4-5, I also could speak as you do, IF YOUR SOUL WERE IN MY SOUL’S PLACE. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; BUT I WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY MOUTH, AND THE COMFORT OF MY LIPS WOULD RELIEVE YOUR GRIEF.

TRIALS TEACH US HOW TO COMFORT OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SITUATION! GOD COMFORTS US THAT WE MAY COMFORT OTHERS!

2Cor 1:3-4, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF MERCIES and GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, WITH THE COMFORT WITH WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD.

Job 16:20-21, My friends scorn me; MY EYES POUR OUT TEARS TO GOD. OH, THAT ONE MIGHT PLEAD FOR A MAN WITH GOD, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

This is the second time that he desires a mediator between GOD and man, Job 9:33!

BUT THERE IS ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, ONE WHO FELT OUR PAIN, ONE WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES! THAT IS THE GOD/MAN JESUS!

Heb 4:15, For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, YET WITHOUT SIN. 

Dan 7:13-14, “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. THEN TO HIM WAS GIVEN DOMINION AND GLORY AND A KINGDOM, THAT ALL PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES SHOULD SERVE HIM. HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THE ONE WHICH SHALL NOT BE DESTROYED.

Job 15, Drinking iniquity like water!

Job 15:1-3, 5, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: “Should a wise man answer with EMPTY KNOWLEDGE… Should he reason with UNPROFITABLE TALK, Or by SPEECHES WITH WHICH HE CAN DO NO GOOD?… YOUR OWN MOUTH CONDEMNS YOU, AND NOT I; YES, YOUR OWN LIPS TESTIFY AGAINST YOU. 

JOB, YOUR NOT CONVINCING ANYONE; STOP WITH THIS USELESS TALK! ADMIT YOUR SIN!

Job 15:11, ARE THE CONSOLATIONS OF GOD TOO SMALL FOR YOU, AND THE WORD SPOKEN GENTLY WITH YOU? 

Job consider, the LORD has taken everything from you, AND HE HAS SENT US TO YOU, THAT WE MAY COUNCIL YOU WITH GENTLE WORDS? Eliphaz believe that they, his friends, were the consolation of GOD! Wow!

Isa 5:21, WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES, AND PRUDENT IN THEIR OWN SIGHT! 

Job 15:14-16, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT HE COULD BE PURE? … If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight, HOW MUCH LESS MAN, WHO IS ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY, WHO DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER!

Job never said that he was perfect, he admitted to his iniquities as a young man

Job 13:26, For You write bitter things against me, AND MAKE ME INHERIT THE INIQUITIES OF MY YOUTH.

Eliphaz was speaking truth, it just didn’t apply to Job! LIKE A THIRSTY MAN DRINKING WATER, WE DRINK INIQUITY, SIN, AS IF WE WERE DEPENDANT ON IT TO SURVIVE! WOW!

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

Psa 130:3-4, IF YOU, LORD, SHOULD MARK INIQUITIES, O LORD, WHO COULD STAND? BUT THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE FEARED.

WE ALL DO FOOLISH THINGS, AND NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD! BUT IN HIM WE FIND FORGIVENESS!

Psa 25:11, For Your name’s sake, O LORD, PARDON MY INIQUITY, FOR IT IS GREAT. 

Job 14, a tree has more hope than man?

Job 14:1-3, “MAN WHO IS BORN OF WOMAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE. He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue. AND DO YOU OPEN YOUR EYES ON SUCH A ONE , AND BRING ME TO JUDGMENT WITH YOURSELF?

Job is saying, man is sinful from his youth; not one can be found that is perfect! Will YOU judge me according to my imperfection?  

Psa 51:5, Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 

Job 14:4, WHO CAN BRING A CLEAN THING OUT OF AN UNCLEAN? NO ONE!

Rom 5:17, FOR IF BY THE ONE MAN’S OFFENSE (Adam) death reigned through the one, much more THOSE WHO RECEIVE ABUNDANCE OF GRACE AND OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE, JESUS CHRIST.

WHO CAN MAKE MAN CLEAN? ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST ARE WE MADE CLEAN; IT’S A GIFT FROM GOD FOR HE SHED HIS OWN BLOOD TO COVER OUR SINS!

Eph 1:7-8, IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE,

Job 14:7, 10, “FOR THERE IS HOPE FOR A TREE, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease…. BUT MAN DIES AND IS LAID AWAY; INDEED HE BREATHES HIS LAST AND WHERE IS HE?

Remember, Job is speaking in complete agony, not just physical but also in his heart and mind! He appears to say, “A TREE HAS MORE HOPE OF COMING BACK TO LIFE THAN MAN?”  YET, job says this!

Job 19:25-27, For I know that MY REDEEMER LIVES, And He shall stand at last on the earth; AND AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND MY EYES SHALL BEHOLD, AND NOT ANOTHER. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

In desperation a man or woman may contradict themselves, because they are grieving much more than they are thinking! JOB KNOWS THAT HIS REDEEMER LIVES AND WITH HIS EYES HE SHALL SEE JESUS STANDING ON THE EARTH! DO YOU KNOW THIS?

Job 13, Never leave me LORD!

Job 13:4-5, But you FORGERS OF LIES, YOU ARE ALL WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS. OH, THAT YOU WOULD BE SILENT, AND IT WOULD BE YOUR WISDOM!

Job was tired of the false accusations of his friends; speaking without knowledge of the truth. It would be better if they just stay silent!

Pro 17:28, Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

Job 13:7, WILL YOU SPEAK WICKEDLY FOR GOD, AND TALK DECEITFULLY FOR HIM? 

when calamity strikes a person do we say “IT’S BECAUSE OF YOUR SINS”? We speak with limited knowledge, and have no idea what GOD is doing behind the scenes! 

Job 13:15, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM…

EVEN IF GOD KILLS ME, I STILL HAVE HOPE IN HIM! Paul said, Php 1:21, “FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN”

Pro 14:32, The wicked is banished in his wickedness, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS HAS A REFUGE IN HIS DEATH. 

Job 13:20-21, “ONLY TWO THINGS DO NOT DO TO ME, … (1) WITHDRAW YOUR HAND FAR FROM ME, (2) And LET NOT THE DREAD OF YOU MAKE ME AFRAID.

1) Job knew where his strength came from, even in this situation. Job lost everything, YET HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVING GOD! “NEVER WITHDRAW YOUR HAND FROM ME”!

2) God is love and HE wants the best for us! Yet, Job didn’t want to be frighten of GOD! WE SHOULD NEVER BE FRIGHTEN THAT GOD WILL HURT US, BUT THAT WE WILL HURT GOD WITH OUR ACTIONS, SINS, AND UNBELIEF!

Psa 27:13-14, I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

WHATEVER WERE GOING THROUGH NOW, WAIT ON THE LORD, SEEK HIS FACE! NEVER LOSE HOPE IN HIM BECAUSE EVEN IN DEATH OUR LOVING FATHER STILL REIGNS! JUST WAIT AND SEE!

Job 12, God is in full control!

Job 12:6, THE TENTS OF ROBBERS PROSPER, AND THOSE WHO PROVOKE GOD ARE SECURE—In what God provides by His hand. 

Nothing makes sense to Job now! He sees the wicked prosper and the upright man suffer? WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?

Psa 73:12-14, BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY, WHO ARE ALWAYS AT EASE; THEY INCREASE IN RICHES. SURELY I HAVE CLEANSED MY HEART IN VAIN, AND WASHED MY HANDS IN INNOCENCE. FOR ALL DAY LONG I HAVE BEEN PLAGUED, AND CHASTENED EVERY MORNING.

It may seem that the wicked are enjoying life,  BUT REMEMBER, FOR THEM THIS IS THE CLOSEST THEY WILL EVER GET TO HEAVEN! AND FOR THE GODLY MAN THIS IS THE CLOSEST THEY WILL EVER GET TO HELL!

Job 12:7, 9, “But now ASK THE BEASTS, and they will teach you; And THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, and they will tell you; … WHO AMONG ALL THESE DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HAS DONE THIS!

If it weren’t for Chapters 1 and 2 of Job, we would also believe that this is from the LORD! GOD ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN!

Job 12:23, HE MAKES NATIONS GREAT, AND DESTROYS THEM; HE ENLARGES NATIONS, AND GUIDES THEM. 

ONLY THE LORD CAN MAKE A NATION GREAT

Job 12:24-25, HE TAKES AWAY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHIEFS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, AND MAKES THEM WANDER IN A PATHLESS WILDERNESS. THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT, AND HE MAKES THEM STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN.

I SEE OUR COUNTRY IN THESE SCRIPTURES! HE HAS TAKEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEADERS, AND THE PEOPLE AND APPARENTLY FLUSHED THEM DOWN THE TOILET!

Luk 21:28, Now when these things begin to happen, LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR.

LOOK UP, HE IS COMING! HE IS AT THE DOOR BE READY!

Job 11, the wrath to come

Job 11:1-4, Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: “Should not the MULTITUDE OF WORDS BE ANSWERED? And should a man FULL OF TALK BE VINDICATED? SHOULD YOUR EMPTY TALK MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? And WHEN YOU MOCK, SHOULD NO ONE REBUKE YOU? For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’

Yet another, so called friend, who attacked Job and called his words empty talk, words without understanding! THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE COMPLETELY BLINDED BY THEIR OWN WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN’T SEE THE TRUTH IN SCRIPTURE! THEY ARE HOLLOW WORDS FOR THE, SO CALLED WOKE, PEOPLE OF TODAY!

Joh 12:40, “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HARDENED THEIR HEARTS, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.” 

Job 11:6, …KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTS FROM YOU LESS THAN YOUR INIQUITY DESERVES.

Job’s friends came to him to comfort him (Job 2:11), yet they are now in full attack? Yes, it’s true that the LORD doesn’t deal with us as our sins deserve, yet this doesn’t apply to Job!

Job 16:2, “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 11:11, 20, FOR HE KNOWS DECEITFUL MEN; HE SEES WICKEDNESS ALSO. Will He not then consider it? … BUT THE EYES OF THE WICKED WILL FAIL, AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE, AND THEIR HOPE—LOSS OF LIFE!” 

Again, implying Job is a deceitful person who believed that GOD would not see his sin!

THIS WORLD IS PERISHING AND THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WICKED WILL BE TO DIE! THE FATHER HAS MADE A WAY OF ESCAPING THE WRATH TO COME! ONLY BY HIS SON JESUS! Heb 2:3, HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,