Job
31 – 32
Job lays out his case before the Lord asking what he has
done wrong. Verse 31:1 is an example of this:
Job: I have
made a sacred pledge with my eyes.
How then could I stare at a young woman with desire?
Job
uses 8 areas of potential sin in his life and ask why the punishment does not
fit the crime. Over and over Job makes his case before the Lord, questioning
his problems with the Lord. It must be awful to have no idea why you’re being
punished or going through major trials.
I
see this today and have mentioned many before. I keep going to one friend who
has been successful and the prime example I have used for reading the Bible so
much since at the time I started he was on his 8th read through. During
a fun vacation in the snow his son went off the trail and hit a tree. Since
this accident he has been confined to a wheel chair. We all battle why God
could allow something like this … and I do often, but we also must understand
that we are not immortal and sometimes things just happen.
We
know this is not the case with Job, but often we use this story wondering if
our hardships are Job events.
Verse 31:27 points to a reference we don’t explore often:
If such sights
secretly seduced my heart
and made my hand throw kisses to the false gods of sun and moon,
We
need to look closely at the sun and moon gods since they really stem from the
time when mankind rebuilt after the flood. Babylon was one of the cities that
came from Noah’s children. Babylon has often been Satan’s city while Jerusalem
has been God’s. Nimrod and his wife Semiramis ruled. Somehow his wife who may
have been the brains behind his rule, was eventually elevated to god of moon.
Nimrod became the personification of the sun god. All this formed what has been
come to be known as the mystery religion. The sun god may be Baal or Ra, but
always exist in some form.
Chapter
32 we are introduced to Elihu, a younger silent observer who had to state his
mind. In chapter 32 he is setting the stage for his comment. He is basically
saying he cannot remain silent any longer since the “wise” have failed to see
the obvious. It will be interesting what he has to say. Again stay tuned!!
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