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!