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The Book Of Job
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Jehovah’s Challenge and Job’s Confession<\/center><\/p>\n

THROUGHOUT the discussion Job had challenged God’s integrity and authority in ruling the universe as He does. At times, when he was exasperated by the false claims of his friends, he approximated blasphemy against God. But the Lord knew his condition and took that fact into consideration. In his quiet, sober moments Job never would have spoken thus of the Almighty and questioned the principles of His government for one second.<\/p>\n

After having given Job the questionnaire found in chapters 38 and 39, Job was brought to the point where he could not reply to God or argue against the Almighty’s principles of reigning. After an exchange of short utterances the Lord challenged Job.<\/p>\n

Jehovah’s Challenge to Job<\/center><\/p>\n

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (Job 40:6-9)<\/p>\n

Jehovah appeared in a whirlwind when He first came to Job 38:1. After He had given him His questionnaire, He again spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (40:6). In doing this, the Lord insisted that Job gird up his loins like a man in order that He might demand of him answers to the various questions that He was about to put to him. The Lord’s challenging Job to gird himself and to stand in his strength echoes Job’s having risen in indignation and challenged God’s authority and rule as he had done. Job wilted under his experience with the Lord. He no longer had the fire and the boldness that he manifested upon other and various occasions.<\/p>\n

In verse 8 the Lord asked him: „Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?“ By the first question the Lord meant to ask Job if he could in any wise counteract or stop the carrying out of any of the Almighty’s decrees and judgments. This rhetorical question demands a negative answer. Then the Lord asked Job if he would condemn Him (the Almighty) in order that he (Job) might be justified. This question, too, must be answered in the negative.<\/p>\n

In verse 9 the Lord continued his quizzing of Job: „Or hast thou an arm like God? And, canst thou thunder with a voice like him?“ Did Job want to enter a contest with the Almighty? Job would, of course, humble himself and deny any thought of challenging the Lord in His doing. These personal questions put by the Lord to Job caused him to think, and to think soberly, and to be ready and willing to retract the bold, thoughtless utterances which he had made against the Almighty.<\/p>\n

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place. Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee. (Job 40:10-14)<\/p>\n

Continuing in the same strain, to bring Job to his senses and to cause him to see how ridiculously he had acted, the Lord urged Job to array himself in his excellency and dignity and to put on his clothing of honor and majesty. Anybody who could sit in judgment of the Almighty surely, runs the thought, has excellency and dignity, and likewise honor and majesty. These words, „honor and majesty,“ are never used except as they apply to God. This is seen in Psalm 21:5; 96:6; 104:1. No one has any right to criticize the Almighty unless he is His equal. Since the Almighty is clothed with honor and majesty, then Job to be a critic of God, must have honor and majesty. He is therefore urged to clothe himself with these divine, eternal characteristics and to come and hurl his charges at the Almighty.<\/p>\n

The assumption lying back of these challenges is twofold: First, that God is omnipotent; secondly, that His government of the world is a moral one and that He deals with wickedness and rebellion.<\/p>\n

Assuming that Job would accept the challenge of the Almighty, the Lord asked him in 40:11 to pour forth his wrath and anger against the evil-doers like an overflowing stream, and to abase the proud accordingly. God’s government of the world involves His pouring out wrath to deal with drastic and extreme situations in a trenchant manner, as He did at the time of the Flood, and as He did in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah–and as He will do in the time of the Tribulation. God resists the proud and abases them, but He is gracious to the humble (James 4:6).<\/p>\n

In verse 12 Job was urged to look throughout the world and discover all the proud ones and to bring each one low, and to tread the wicked down from every place where they were found. Job, who had criticized God so very severely, had to take insult after insult from the lowest type of men. He could not abase any of the proud peasantry of his day. Of course, he could not deal with the proud and the haughty. According to verse 13 he was urged to deal with them and to bring them down in the dust–to deal with these rebellious ones and to bring them down into the dark dungeon house of death.<\/p>\n

If Job had the ability and the knowledge to control the world as God does and to solve the great problems of life as the Almighty does, then God said that He would confess of Job that „thine own right hand can save thee.“ Of course, this statement is made in sarcasm against the presumptuousness of Job which he had manifested throughout the debate. Then God asked Job if he was able to do the things mentioned. To save himself was not asking him to do anything unreasonable, something that God cannot do. For instance, the psalmist, speaking for God, in Psalm 98:1 states: „Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.“ Here the Almighty in a certain situation works salvation for Himself. The one spoken of in this verse is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ who, by His own power and might, works salvation, for Himself in His battle against the powers of evil. Jehovah the Messiah again speaks of Himself in the same strain in Isaiah 59:16. We see the same thought expressed in Isaiah 63:6. Of course, Job could do nothing like this. Only an omnipotent and omniscient Being could exercise a righteous, ethical, moral government as does the Almighty.<\/p>\n

Job Again Challenged by the Almighty
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In the questionnaire found in chapters 38 and 39, the Lord asked Job if he could control the smaller animals of the earth, and if he had given them their nature. In this last challenge that the Lord put to Job, He asked him if he could capture and control certain huge monsters. What were they? Some commentators think that behemoth is none other than the hippopotamus–the river horse, as the Greek called this animal. The Lord spoke of him in 40:15-24. Certainly Job could not capture a grown hippopotamus by himself. But are we to conclude that this animal was a hippopotamus? In verse 19 this thought occurs: „He [behemoth] is the chief of the ways of God: He only<\/i> that made him giveth him his sword.“ The word rendered chief <\/i> means head,<\/i> or first.<\/i> The use of this term may possibly furnish us a clue as to who or what this animal was. If we believe that behemoth was the first of the ways of God, then a vista of truth opens up before us. This would mean that he was the first creature whom God brought into existence. Was the hippopotamus the first of the creatures? No one would assert that he was.<\/p>\n

The first of all of the creatures that God brought into existence was the anointed cherub, the cherub that covereth, of whom we read in Ezekiel 28:11-19. This one was the highest type of creature that God could bring into existence. He filled up the pattern. The sum of God’s perfection was attained in the creation of this anointed cherub. He was perfect in beauty and in all his attributes–until unrighteousness was found in his heart, which led him to rebel against the Almighty. When he did this, he was defrocked, figuratively speaking and was cast down from the high position which he was occupying prior to his rebellion.<\/p>\n

In chapter 41 leviathan is spoken of and is described very fully and minutely. Who is leviathan? Some scholars think that by this name the crocodile is meant, but this is a mere guess. The description far transcends any detailed account of an animal such as the crocodile. Concerning leviathan the Almighty spoke as follows: „Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride“ (Job 41:33,34). This language can in no sense be applied to the crocodile or to any other of the wild beasts–not even the dinosaurs, of which the scientists tell us, and which they picture to us by reconstructions–sometimes from a few small bones that have been discovered. Apparently there is no one upon the earth that is like leviathan. He beholds „everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.“ This language instantly reminds us of a passage in the New Testament which speaks of Satan and of the pride that led him to rebel against the Almighty. In I Timothy 3:6 the Apostle speaks of a novice and urges that no such one be appointed as an elder of the church „lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.“ Pride is a thing that puffs up people. Thus pride was the condemnation of the devil. These facts seem to point to Satan as the one who is dominated by pride. Leviathan here is said to be the king of all the sons of pride, the king of all who, being puffed up as was the devil, rise in rebellion against the Almighty.<\/p>\n

Though these animals, behemoth and leviathan, are described and named in Job, chapters 40 and 41, the details seem to point in the direction that they are not ordinary animals, but that they are used as symbols of a spiritual being who was the first created by the Lord, and who rose up in rebellion and pride, and who led the angels to revolt against the Almighty.<\/p>\n

Confirmation of this interpretation seems to be found in such passages as Psalm 74:12-17. Here the writer looks back at the original chaos that was wrought, and that destroyed the primitive earth as set forth in Genesis 1:2. When this catastrophe struck the earth, God, who is the King of all, began working salvation in the midst of the earth. This statement seems to take us back to Genesis, chapter 1, when God began to work salvation in the midst of the earth and caused a miraculous light to shine on day one. On the second day of the six days of reconstruction of Genesis, chapter 1, God divided the waters that were upon the earth, putting some above the firmament, and leaving the remaining part upon the earth. Thus He divided the sea at that time by His strength. That is set forth in Psalm 74:13. In connection with the work of the second day the psalmist said, „Thou brakest The heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces: Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness“ (Ps. 74:13,14). It is most highly probable that by leviathan<\/i> and sea monster<\/i> the psalmist was speaking of Satan and one of his hosts, who were dealt with by the Lord in connection with the havoc that they wrought by the destruction of the earth as described in Genesis 1:2.<\/p>\n

The work of the third day is mentioned in verse 15 of this passage: „Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.“ The dry land appeared on the third day of this period. In verse 16 there is reference to the work of the fourth day: „The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.“ From this little survey of the passage it becomes evident that the writer is talking about those who caused the chaos in the earth and spoke of them under the symbolism of the sea monsters.<\/p>\n

Isaiah spoke with the same imagery. „Awake, awake, put on strength, 0 arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster? 10 Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?“ (Isa. 51:9,10). The „arm of Jehovah“ here referred to is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ in His prenatal state. He is the one who „cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster.“ In this passage it becomes apparent that Satan and his lieutenants are represented as sea monsters. This is the same imagery that appears in Revelation 12:3-9. The dragon appearing in this passage is interpreted as symbolizing „the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world“ (Rev. 12:9). In the light of all of these facts and truths it becomes quite evident that behemoth and leviathan are but other names for Satan and possibly one of his powerful lieutenants.<\/p>\n

Job’s Confession<\/center><\/p>\n

When the Lord had finished talking to him in this strain, Job humbly acknowledged his own sin and his utter inability to do the things spoken of by the Lord. On the other hand, he acknowledged that no purpose of God could be restrained. All things are naked and laid open before the eyes of Him with whom, mortals have to do. In verse 3 Job admitted that he had other things that he did not understand, and he spoke of things that were too wonderful for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

In verse 4 he, quoting the language of the Almighty from chapter 38 said: „Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me“ (Job 42:4). His reply to this language of the Lord is most reverential. „I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor myself,<\/i> And repent in dust and ashes“ (Job 42:5,6).<\/p>\n

God’s dealings with Job brought him to the point where he could be used in a greater and mightier way than he had ever been before. That the Lord did this is evident from the sequel to the story.<\/p>\n

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The Book Of Job
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Biblical Research Monthly
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by Dr. David L. Cooper
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Job Returned to Prosperity<\/center><\/center><\/center><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n

IN OUR LAST STUDY we saw that Job was humiliated, abhorred the very words which he had spoken against God, and repented in dust and in ashes. He saw himself as he had never seen himself before. The conversation of God with him as recorded in 38:1-42:6 had opened his eyes so that he looked upon God, himself, and the world in a different way. Oh, for the correct vision of the Almighty, of ourselves, of our relationship to God, and of the world in which we live!<\/p>\n

Job’s Besetting Sin<\/center><\/p>\n

We are told in the opening verse of the Book of Job that „There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and turned away from evil.“<\/span><\/p>\n

Judged by the standards of that day and time, Job was an upright, honest, conscientious, and sincere man. God has spoken of very few men in the high and exalted terms as He did concerning Job. A person can be all that Job was and yet have secret sins. The psalmist David realized this fact and prayed: „Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults“ (Ps. 19:12). It was revealed to David that men have secret sins or faults–imperfections of which they are not conscious. That statement certainly was true of David and of Job, and I am confident that it is true of everyone of his today–even of the most consecrated children of God.<\/p>\n

An examination of the entire Book of Job, which we have made during this study, has brought to light what was the besetting sin of Job: namely, spiritual pride<\/i><\/span>. This is indeed a very subtle thing; it comes upon a person before he realizes it. I therefore have called it man’s besetting sin. Pride is not, of course, the besetting sin mentioned in Hebrews 12:1, as one can see from the entire context of that passage. Pride, however, seems to have been the besetting sin of the anointed cherub who later became the devil, the Adversary of God and man. The anointed cherub was created perfect in every particular. It was impossible for God to create a higher, a more powerful, and a more beautiful being than Satan was. He remained in this condition through ages in all probability. Finally, on account of his beauty, which called forth the admiration of the angels, pride entered his heart and led him to rebel against the Almighty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pride is a very powerful factor in determining the lives and actions of men. It is such a subtle force that it comes into the heart just by a little suggestion. That germinal thought begins to be incubated until it grows and spreads throughout one’s being.<\/p>\n

It is only by the grace of God that pride can be kept down or be banished from the heart–even of regenerated, saved people. Whenever pride, spiritual pride, enters into the heart of a man, his usefulness in God’s cause becomes immediately limited. Frequently, a person has to be put on the shelf because he is no longer usable in the service of God. May the Lord help each one of us to trust Him and pray daily that this deadly virus of pride may not enter into our hearts and affect our lives. But may we be truly meek, humble, and lowly, realizing our weaknesses, but trusting the Lord and His strength to keep us safely.<\/p>\n

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Jehovah’s Message to Eliphaz
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„And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath“ (Job 42:7,8). After Jehovah had uttered the words contained in Job 38:1–41:34, He spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. This speech which the Lord made to Eliphaz is a most marvelous one and struck fire with every idea. There are eight distinct points in it, as can be seen: „And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job“ (42:7-9).<\/span><\/p>\n

The first thought is expressed in these words: „My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends.“ The loving God that the Almighty is does have wrath and indignation. In fact, His wrath and indignation are stirred every day by the actions and doings of men. „God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day“ (Ps. 7:11). What the world needs today to know is the sevenfold statement of God’s character made by Himself, which is stated in the following words: „Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth; 7 keeping loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty<\/i><\/span>, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation“ (Ex. 34:6,7). Yes, God is a God of love; but He is also a God of indignation who will in no wise clear the guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concerning Eliphaz and his two friends God says: „Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right.“ Many of the things which these men said are correct and true, but their general principles, the theories which they held, misrepresented God entirely. The Lord said, therefore, that they had misrepresented Him and had not spoken the thing that was right. Their main position, therefore, was wrong and contrary to truth. This is the thing that stirred up the wrath of God against them.<\/p>\n

„… as my servant Job hath.“ Job said things that were spoken rashly and hastily. Naturally, he did this because he was in the throes of terrific pain and was being falsely accused by his would-be friends. They insisted that he had been living a hypocritical life, pretending to be far different from that which he was. In all their accusations they misrepresented him entirely. This exasperated him and caused him to say some foolish things. He at times even approached blasphemy. Nevertheless, his main positions were correct, as the Lord acknowledged.<\/p>\n

Divine wrath was kindled against Job’s friends because they held theories that misrepresented the Almighty and had not spoken correctly. God held them responsible for the things that they said and did. How was it that God would hold them responsible and accountable to Him for the things which they said? Contrary to a popular idea, namely, that there was no revelation of God from Adam to Moses, Job and his friends had the Word of God that had been given prior to their time. As proof that they had it, note this statement by Job:<\/p>\n

„And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One“ (Job 6:10).<\/p>\n

Note again Job 23:10-12: But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:10-12)<\/p>\n

From these verses we see that there was a revelation that had been made by God, and that was in Job’s hands and, presumably, in the hands of his friends. Abraham, who was probably a contemporary of Job, and who lived at least four hundred years before Moses, had the Word of God, for it is stated in Genesis 26:5 that „because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.“ There were, therefore, in Abraham’s and Job’s time laws which God had given to men. Job admitted that he had this primitive revelation. He studied it and saw the truths that were contained therein. These friends of Job had the same truth. They studied the Word, but they drew erroneous conclusions and formulated theories about God and His providential dealings with mankind. God held them responsible for propagating these false theories and teaching incorrect doctrine.<\/p>\n

If God would hold them responsible for their improper interpretations of the Word, what will He do for us who have the full revelation which He has made to man? It behooves everyone of us to make an honest, conscientious, sincere, thorough effort to know what the Bible teaches and then to give forth to the people what we see revealed therein, honestly and conscientiously. Of course, men must pray as did David in Psalm 119:18: „Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.“<\/p>\n

Our Lord Jesus sounded the same note of warning against perverting the Word of God: „Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven“ (Matt 5:19). The Apostle James felt the force of our Lord’s warning and said to the brethren: „Be not many of you teachers, my brethren knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment (James 3:1). To all of my brethren in the ministry I would say, as well as to all Sunday School teachers or those who handle the Word of God, that it is a most serious thing to be a preacher, an evangelist, or a teacher of the Word. Men should make an honest, conscientious, sincere, and thorough study of the Word of God, asking the Lord to enable them to see the truth. Then, and only then, should they give it out, with the love of God in their hearts. May God help us on this point, is my prayer!<\/p>\n

„Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering.“ These men, who had misrepresented God, and who had stirred up His wrath, were instructed how and what they should do in order to have this wrong righted. There was but one way, which was by the offering of burnt offerings and sacrifices to the Lord. Sacrifices for sin were demanded from the Garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary. All those sacrifices were typical of the one sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He made once for all on the cross of Calvary. „When I see the blood, I will pass over you.“ This statement made to the children of Israel is true, literally true today, with reference to the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. One must be screened behind the blood of the Lord Jesus if the death angel is to pass over and to spare one from eternal death. Have you, my dear friend, sprinkled the blood of Christ, figuratively speaking, upon the doorpost and the lintel of your heart so that the death angel may pass over you, and that you may be accorded a welcome into the eternal tabernacles when you pass out of this life?<\/p>\n

„… and my servant Job shall pray for you.“ We may not understand all about prayer, but prayer changes things and prayer brings victory–we are told. The offering up of the sacrifice commanded was made efficacious by the intercessory prayer of Job in behalf of these men who had sinned against God and against him. Prayer by some faithful one lies back behind the flowing of God’s blessings to us. Paul realized that prayer, believing prayer, is a mighty power. Hence, he constantly prayed for the churches and for individuals and urged them to pray for him. When we reach heaven, we shall see that more has been accomplished by believing prayer than by anything else.<\/p>\n

In the Garden of Gethsemane our Lord prayed for us–„for them also that believe on me through their word.“ Christ is our Great High Priest and Advocate at the Father’s right hand, who makes intercession for us, along with the Holy Spirit, with groanings that cannot be uttered (I John 2:1; Heb. 7:25; Rom. 8:26,27).<\/p>\n

„… for him Job will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly.“ God has to deal in righteousness with each one according to the merits of his case. While this is one of the fundamental principles that obtains in the kingdom of God, yet prayer alleviates and changes or modifies conditions very frequently. In this instance, the prayer of Job would and did modify God’s dealings with these three men, who had sinned so very terribly against the Almighty.<\/p>\n

According to verse 9 we are told that Eliphaz and his two friends did exactly as the Lord said concerning the sacrifices that they made. Then Jehovah accepted Job and his intercession in their behalf. It is indeed a great thing for anyone to have someone who knows God, and who knows how to pray, to intercede with God in one’s behalf.<\/p>\n

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Job’s Prosperity Returns
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„And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.“ This statement is freighted with meaning. It simply means that God removed the conditions under which Job had been since Satan tested him, and brought him out into liberty and prosperity; but He did this only after Job had prayed for his friends. That is an important statement. It is altogether possible that blessings are denied us simply because we are not unselfish in our prayers–in praying for others alone who are laid upon our hearts by the Lord to intercede in their behalf. A prayer ministry is a marvelous and wonderful service which we can render in the cause of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

„Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold“ (42:11). According to this verse, when the hand of the Lord had been lifted from Job, his brothers, sisters, and acquaintances all flocked around him. They expressed their feelings of sympathy for him and comforted him concerning all the Judgments that the Lord had placed upon him. In their coming they brought a piece of money each and a ring of gold. By such tokens they wished to express their very best wishes and desires concerning Job.<\/p>\n

„So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses“ (42:12). The Lord restored Job’s prosperity and gave him twice as much of material goods as he had had before. This reminds one of the promises that He makes to Israel in Isaiah 61:4ff. When Israel is converted and is restored to fellowship with God, the Almighty will give the Chosen People double in the land of their fathers.<\/p>\n

After Job’s afflictions were ended, he lived one hundred and forty years. And the Lord gave him seven sons and three daughters–as he had had at the first. He lived to see his sons‘ sons to the fourth generation and then, we are told, „Job died, being old and full of days.“ „What was the number of the years of Job’s entire life? No one can say. But his living to be such an old man would instantly put him back in the Patriarchal Age after the Flood.<\/p>\n

„Behold, … ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful (James 5:11). May we, dear friend, remember Job and how God dealt with him. May we profit by his experiences, be drawn closer to the Lord, and be used of God in the greatest way possible for His glory and for the advancement of His cause among men.<\/p>\n

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The Book Of Job Biblical Research Monthly by Dr. David L. Cooper (Installment 31)Jehovah’s Challenge and Job’s Confession THROUGHOUT the discussion Job had challenged God’s integrity and authority in ruling the universe as He does. At times, when he was exasperated by the false claims of his friends, he approximated blasphemy against God. But the … <\/p>\n

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