Day 154. Job 40-42

[Brother V]

Job 40-42

Today we get:

• Behemoth
• Leviathan
• Job's end

Job 40

God said:

2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Umm, if God said to me, "He that reproveth God, let him answer" I'd pretty much keep my mouth shut.

Remember, reprove means to criticize or correct. Think to 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. I don't think that means, reprove the LORD.

3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Apparently Job doesn't mind talking back.

4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

So he answered saying he would shut up.

God answered saying that Job should put on clothes like a real man, get dressed in his finest clothes, and be the great guy that Job is.

14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

If you've ever watched Creation in the 21st Century (with Dr. Carl Baugh) you'd know that behemoth is actually a dinosaur.

His tail is like a cedar (a very tall tree), his bones are really strong, like iron.

23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

It's big enough to drink a river. That sounds like a dinosaur. Modern people say that Job 40 is talking about an elephant. Heck, the NIV says it's possibly the hippopotamus or the elephant.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

God made behemoth, got can unmake him too!

Job 41.

1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

The NIV says that leviathan is probably a crocodile. A crocodile!!! When we read about leviathan, you'll laugh when you think crocodile.

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Has anyone ever offered their maidens to a crocodile?

15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Scales...

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

Fire breathing...

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

Weapons don't hurt him...

Sounds like a fire breathing dragon, don't you think. Remember, it wasn't until about 400 AD that dragons were considered not real. (St. George killed a dragon)

God made leviathan (which also could be a creature like the loch ness monster, or some other large sea monster; in addition to being a dragon) God can unmake a dragon!

Job 42

Job said.

2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

Your a darn tootin, God canst do every thing.

3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Job's wisdom, is that finally, he realizes that his sin is in not being able to understand his sin.

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Finally, Job repents.

7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD 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.

So now God is pissed at Eliphaz and the others, so he tells them to give 7 bullocks, and rams give them to Job, and he'll forgive everyone.

10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Praise JESUS!!!

12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14,000 Sheep
6,000 Camels
1,000 oxen
1,000 asses
7 sons
3 daughters

See friends, children are a commodity. All that matters is passing on the family name, and having kids to work for you. You shouldn't get too attached to the ones you have, because if God kills them (or allows them to be killed) he might just give you some that are better.

15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

See, God gave Job three hot chicks for daughters!

Job lived 140 years after the event. He saw his kids grow up, and their kids (grandkids) and their kids (great grandkids) and their kids (great great grand kids).

17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

The end of Job.

So what have we learned today?

1. God made dinosaurs, that lived during the same time as man, not bagillions of years before, man and dinosaurs walked the earth together. It says so in the bible (KJV1611).

2. God made fire breathing dragons.

3. Job's kids were replaced by even better kids.

YIC
V

[Ebenezer Wright]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

So what have we learned today?

1. God made dinosaurs, that lived during the same time as man, not bagillions of years before, man and dinosaurs walked the earth together. It says so in the bible (KJV1611).

2. God made fire breathing dragons.

3. Job's kids were replaced by even better kids.

YIC
V

Amen Brother, God is good!

I am getting quite sick of hearing the Atheists say that dinosaurs never walked with man. Talk about foolish!

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

Amen Brother, God is good!

I am getting quite sick of hearing the Atheists say that dinosaurs never walked with man. Talk about foolish!

Indeed, Brother Wright!

Thank you for discrediting this "elephant" nonsense, Brother V.

After all, how can an elephant's tail be said to be "like a cedar"?



Does THAT look "like a cedar" to you?

[Brother Temperance]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

Job 40-42

3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Job's wisdom, is that finally, he realizes that his sin is in not being able to understand his sin.

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Finally, Job repents.
So what have we learned today?

1. God made dinosaurs, that lived during the same time as man, not bagillions of years before, man and dinosaurs walked the earth together. It says so in the bible (KJV1611).

2. God made fire breathing dragons.

3. Job's kids were replaced by even better kids.

YIC
V

4. If you haven't done anything wrong, and God torments you, you still deserve it. Abhor yourself and repent in sackcloth and ashes.

[SUV]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

So, then.....Job had 40 - 42 jobs? Wow, what a workaholic!

Hopefully not of the type described as, "When someone mentions work, he starts drinking"

[Brother V]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

So, then.....Job had 40 - 42 jobs? Wow, what a workaholic!

Hopefully not of the type described as, "When someone mentions work, he starts drinking"

Job 42: 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Job got back to being a livestock herder. That and a parent.

Thank you for the question Sister.

YIC
V

[Pastor Billy-Reuben]

Re: Day 154. Job 40-42

Let's go back to the beginning of the book, where it says
Job 1:1 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 eschewed evil.

Job was perfect and upright.

Later on, we'll read verses like these:
Eccl 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Rom 3:10-11 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

What's going on here? Is this one of those fabled "contradictions" that the Bible skeptics are always yammering about? Well, when the verses have been yanked out of context like that and lain side-by-side, it certainly appears that way. But what's really going on?

Now that we've read the whole story, we come to understand what it means when the first chapter of Job describes him as perfect and upright. He was righteous by comparison to other men -- Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophor were ultimately unable to find any fault with him -- but we learn later in the book how pitiful man's righteousness is compared to God's standards. God explains to Job exactly what that means -- first through Elihu (Job 32-37), and then when Job still doesn't get it, God shows up and explains it to him in person (Job 38-41). Finally, Job understands, sees himself as God sees him, and says:

Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job finally understood that he wasn't anywhere close to God's standards of righteousness. No one is, and nothing we can do on our own can change that (Isa 64:6). It is only through the Grace or our Lord, Jesus Christ, that any one of us is capable of meeting God's standards of righteousness.

If you aren't living your life for Jesus, refraining from sin, and always doing God's Will rather than your own -- if you aren't singing His praises every day you're alive and looking forward to Heaven where you can sing His praises non-stop minute of every day forever -- then you are in a state of rebellion and you are spitting in God's eyes with every move you make (1Sam 15:23).

Everything that Job experienced at the hands of Satan are nothing compared to what he, you, I, and everyone else all deserve, which is an eternity of torment in Hell. I praise the sweet name of Jesus every day for taking my sin away from me, so that I can be fit to be in the presence of God when I am called home. We deserve eternity in Hell for the commission of a single sin, and I know I've sinned more than once. Thank you, Jesus!