Bildad interrupted Job. Bildad was not pleased to hear about the troubles of poor people (chapter 24). He knew that God is very great. So Bildad thought that God controlled everything. Bildad also thought that people are unimportant. And he thought that people do not deserve God’s help.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 25 BILDAD INTERRUPTS GOD IS GREAT! V1 Bildad, who belonged to the people called Shuhites, answered. He said: V2 God is the g... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses are correct. God is powerful. He is the ruler of heaven. Everybody should respect him. He has a vast army of angels. (Angels are God’s servants from heaven.) The angels obey God’s commands. They oppose the devil and his servants.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bildad repeated the ideas in Eliphaz’s first speech (Job 4:17-19). Bildad was right that every person does wrong things against God (Romans 3:23). But Bildad did not say that God wants to forgive us (Romans 3:24). God forgives us when we confess our evil deeds to him. So nobody is really perfect. B... [ Continue Reading ]
These words are not correct. God appointed men and women to rule the animals. God made them in the ‘image of God’ (Genesis 1:26). This is, God wanted people to share his special character. So Bildad did not really care about the poor people whom Job described in chapter 24. But God does care about... [ Continue Reading ]