Job
41 – 42
For some reason I am glad to end this part of the study. Job
is not one of those books I clearly understand or even get why it was allowed.
I do enjoy verse 41:1 and beyond:
Eternal One:
Now let us not stop here.
What
of Leviathan?
Can
you haul it in on the end of a hook
or strap down its tongue with your line?
Throughout the Bible we tend to dismiss
creatures of fantasy like the Leviathan. This huge creature that comes from the
water yet breathes fire is from fables and fairy tales. Or is it? Maybe there
are dinosaurs that did in fact breathe fire? Think about all the cultures
around the world that have almost the exact same “fable” of dragons. Just
consider this, maybe they did live on the earth with man, hence the commonality
of the stories. So do you consider this truth or fable?
Job 42:4 is Job acknowledging God’s words
to him:
You said, “Hear Me now, and I will speak.
I’ll be asking the questions, and you will supply the answers.”
How many times have we actually listened to
what God had to say? I know in my prayer time, I tend to do all the talking
without listening to answers to comments. I think we all need to just settle
down and let the Holy Spirit guide us. We need to learn which little voice in
our head is God and which is our own nature.
Verse 42:13 is the only one that tends to
bother me:
He also fathered 7
more sons and 3 more daughters.
If you remember before any of this started
he had 7 sons and 3 (Job 1:2) and Satan took them almost immediately in the
story (Job 1:19). Sure God replaced his family, but again how could you not
continue to mourn for those originally lost? The final verse 42:17 says “Then
Job died, old, and satisfied with his days.” Again it almost seems like the
children were more like cattle than family. Sure let’s just give you 10 more
children that should satisfy the fact I let Satan kill your original 10.
See I would harbor bitterness towards God
and THAT is why I do not like this book!
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