JOB 26:1 Job: The Power of God, Place of Wisdom, and Path of Integrity. Up until now, the dialogue between Job and his three friends has followed a pattern in which each speech by Job is followed by responses from the friends in a particular order: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. After two full cycles... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 26:2 HOW YOU HAVE HELPED... SAVED... COUNSELED...! The presumed theological correctness of Bildad and the other two friends rings hollow. In their defense of God, they have not helped the poor and needy. In fact, they have wrongly accused Job, _who has been the_ _protector_ of the po... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 26:4 Job asks his friends to examine WHOSE HELP and WHOSE BREATH has been behind their words, so they won’t wrongly assume that they have spoken on God’s behalf. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 26:5 The state or realm of the DEAD is not visible to humanity (it is UNDER THE WATERS), but it is NAKED and HAS NO COVERING before God (vv. Job 26:5). Likewise, other things may be hidden: the heavens appear perched OVER THE VOID, and the EARTH appears to hang ON NOTHING (v. Job 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 26:11 The world reveals God’s POWER and UNDERSTANDING as the one who created and governs everything. How, then, can anyone who merely hears the THUNDER OF HIS POWER claim to UNDERSTAND it? ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img;... [ Continue Reading ]