Job Bible Food on Day 38

Good morning; welcome yourself to day 38 of bible food in 90 days.  We will begin todays' reading in Job chapter 25

This again is where Bildad the Shuhite continues his point that man is nothing to God; so how can Job even ask the question why.  The bright stars are not even bright to the Lord.  In chapter 26 Job responds back agreeing with Bildad saying who can understand the ways of the Lord?  I have the answer.  No one.

I've been breathing air for all my years and have never seen it.  I can't even store it away in event I stop breathing.  The most brilliant doctors have not found a way or ways for man to live forever, that right there tells me that no one can understand the ways of the Lord God.

Job 27

 ¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
 ²As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
 ³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
 ⁴My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
 ⁵God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

As these men have been dialogging back and forth, Job says as long as God lives and while the breath (of life) is in him and the spirit of God is in his nostrils, he will not speak wickedness or deceit, and never lose his integrity.  What I'm interested in is the spirit of God that is in his nostrils.

God the holy ghost sits in his nostrils?  No.  What did God blow into Adam?  The breath of life, so the air you breath is a form of the spirit of God.  It comes in many forms as we'll read later throughout the bible.  That is why when Jesus raised the young girl from the dead; it said her spirit returned to her.

And many church people have taken that to mean a little person inside of the body.  That is incorrect.  When Jesus died on the cross, it said He gave up the ghost, that is the spirit of God that was in His nostrils as it was for Job, and even you and I.

We're getting some understanding out this aren't we?  The chapter ends with Job saying there is no hope for the wicked.

In Job chapter 28, Job mentions some wonderful things that the Lord does then ask of all this where can wisdom be found.  I know a lot of folks who can use the answer to this question.  ¹²But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

We get the answer and this is why so many can and will never find wisdom nor understanding: ²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Fearing God is wise; and to stop and depart from all evil (breaking the commandments of God) is to have total understanding.

Job reminisces of how great things were, in Job chapter 29, before the Lord put His hand upon him.  He had money, respect, honor, love, and he feared God.  In chapter 30, Job tell how the tables are turned now that he has gone under the affliction by the hand of the Lord.  Everyone despises him and he is nothing towards man.

In Job chapter 31, he list out a bunch of things done that are wicked; that if he has done these let him be destroyed.  Things like turning his eye from helping the fatherless, when it was in his power to do so.  The wicked actions he listed are profound to let us know what we must do to be guiltless.  However, no one is ever guiltless before God.  

And in reading chapter 31, you would perceive that Job was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 32

 ¹So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

And his friends stop talking to him because they perceived there was nothing to say to a man who does not think he has done wrong.  Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, a young man, got really upset at Job because he justified himself rather than God.  And he was upset at the elder men, the friends of Job because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

So he lays in the conversation.  Young men rarely speak when older guys are talking, at least that is how I've done so all my life, these days the young men are quite boisterous.  ⁶And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

He begins to speak and he says something that we should all consider:  ⁹Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.  So he commanded them to listen to him.

Job 33

Elihu continues and I think he is talking in stead of God meaning he's talking but God is having this response to Job:  ³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
 ⁴The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.   ⁵If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
 ⁶Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

He will give knowledge clearly, and he ask Job to answer him because he is talking for God; but he is a man (made of clay).  He let's Job know that God speaks to us plenty of times, in dreams, thought, etc and he puts instructions in our minds but at times we do not see it or know it.

The Almighty does this so we can remove ourselves from our intentions, which is most times to kill ourselves as Adam and Eve did.

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
 ¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Sometime we want to go out to a night club; but God puts something on our mind that has us stay home, then you hear the club was shot with violence and you think you were just lucky.  But that was God that kept you home.  He put it in the mind of everyone at the club but we ignore thoughts and feelings put in us.

In other cases you want to do some big extravagant thing that will lead you to sin against God and He gives you an illness that keeps you bed confined; thus stopping you from trespassing Him.  The Lord does this to keep us from destroying ourselves.

²⁹Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
 ³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

In chapter 34, Elihu continues:

¹³Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
 ¹⁴If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
 ¹⁵All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Who has given God charge over the earth?  No one.  If God took back his breath from man or the spirit (in his nostrils), man would simply return to the dust.  It happens every day readers.  People die every day.  As sad as it is, it is true.

Elihu tells Job that he went to far in justifying himself before God.

Job chapter 35

Elihu continues by saying people do not take time to consider God's wisdom and great wonders.  Man doesn't even think to ask why God teaches them more than the animals, and why we are wiser than birds who soar through the air. ¹⁶Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

God does not listen to vanity; and Elihu charged Job that he spoke without knowledge and that is vanity.

In Job chapter 36, Elihu tells the men to listen a bit longer to him and he will show he is speaking in stead of the Lord; and he gives credit to God for his speech.  He tells them that the Lord sets up everyone; even kings and he afflicts everyone, even kings.

He will chastise you if you transgress and if you correct yourself, you will live well; but if you don't take heed, you will be killed by the sword and die without knowledge.

Job 37

⁵God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.  We cannot even begin to think about all the great things the Lord does, we certainly cannot understand them.  Things man has seen over 2000 years and yet he cannot live to 500 years and we've been here all this time and can't figure it out medically.

How then can man figure out space and other planets?  Sure we can send satellites out and take pictures but they haven't started to build condos on Mars yet have they?

²³Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
 ²⁴Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
The bottom line is we cannot find out the Lord unless He tells or shows us.  And God does not respect anyone who is wise of heart.  In some cultures they call it a "smart mouth" or "wise guy" those people who tend to know it all without knowing anything.  God has no respect for those people nor those ways.  Being humble before God is it.

All this Elihu spoke, we see sometimes God will speak to us through people and it is wise to recognize that this comes from God not the man or woman He is speaking through.

Job 38

 ¹Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,  Finally the Lord laid in and spoke to Job and asked him some pretty difficult questions and demanded an answer.

 ²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?  Who is asking God questions and they themselves have no knowledge?
 ³Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
 ⁴Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Where were all of us when God laid the foundations of the earth, if we have understanding speak on it.  A man once told me that we were there because we are dust of the earth we just were not animated objects yet.  However, if you were there you can tell people how the events went, right?  The point is Job wasn't there and neither were you and I.

 ⁵Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?  We might think we are wise and say; God you laid the measures, but I'm sure he had an angel do it; so which angel did it?
 ⁶Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 ⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

These last two, we certainly don't have a chance at answering, not even scientist know where the earth is fastened to.  To us, it looks like it is just floating in the air; but God tells us the foundations of the earth is fastened to something.  That is a wow right there.

And when the morning stars sang, and all the sons of God shouted for joy as the Lord was making the earth, where were we?  Where was Job?  The morning stars are angels, same thing with the sons of God.  All of God's creation are called the sons of God.  First it was the angels, then Adam, then the full son of God is Jesus (the first fruit), last will come all who are saved at Jesus second coming.

 ²²Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
God has a big treasure of snow and a trunk full of hail specifically saved for a day of battle and war.  He is too powerful.  ²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 

Do you notice it rains in parts of the world where there is no man nor civilization.  Still a rain storm will go on through.  This is amazing powerful stuff here we are reading.  ³³Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

We cannot even rule the earth, if a bear catches you off guard you'll run and perhaps be destroyed and that is a beast that man has preeminence over.  ³⁵Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?  God can even make the lightning talk and answer Him.  This is why you must fear God; this is how you get wisdom.

Job chapter 39

The Lord continues with His questions for Job; and Job has not replied once.  ⁹Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?  The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros or the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is a large mammal is the unicorn.  It is draped like a war animal looks like it is wearing war armor of the ancient Roman soldiers.  Can one of these stay in your house?


²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
 ²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

They do not.  I saw an expert hawk trainer lose control of his hawk.  God does not have that problem.  He can tell the hawk to bring fish and bread to Elijah and they will obey His command; but I don't know if Job, you or I can do that.

Job 40

 ¹Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
 ²Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
 ³Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
 ⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
 ⁵Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Job was floored; I'm floored reading the accounts of this event; so I cannot image what it was like for him.  When we feel righteous and want to ask God; why and all that stuff that emotions make us do; we need to read chapter 38-39 and put our hands over our mouths.

Still the Lord responds to Job again: ¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. Who is at the right hand of God that can save?  JESUS!  Do you see how He is in every book and did not just start with Mary?

Job 41

 ¹Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
 ²Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Here we read of some thing God can do that man cannot.  You know how hurricane Katrina destroyed the city; and God sends men to rebuild it.  We learn that God is powerful and man is not.  We must not become over righteous and we must remain humble to the Lord and let Him lift us up.

This concludes today's reading.  It is exciting and refreshing to read about the power of GOD, although we see it everyday we look out of our windows, even the windows of the soul.  See you tomorrow.


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Day 15 of Daily Bible Food

Good morning; today we are reading from Deuteronomy 24 up to 34, the end of Deuteronomy.  Today's reading begins with a man divorcing his wife.  

Even though this was written by Moses, Jesus came in the flesh and reversed this saying a man cannot divorce his wife because they were made one in the beginning; thus they remain together.  

Moses put this in because of the hardness of the men's heart and they were abusing their wives; so it was the lessor of the evils to command a divorce.

Deuteronomy 25 mainly talks about if a brother passes and one had no child that the brother that live

s shall give seed unto the wife of the brother that passed; to keep his name alive in the land of Israel.  Chapter 26 reminds Israel to remember to give the first and best fruits unto the Lord our God because Israel's father who was a Syrian (Abraham) went into Egypt and came out a populated people into a land flowing of milk and honey.  Thus shall we do the commandments with all our heart and soul.  Israel are a peculiar people and holy unto God forever.

If any man do any of these abominations in chapter 27, he shall b

e cursed and all the people shall say amen.  ²¹Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²⁶Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 28 gives the curses and blessing in detail and it will identify who the children of Israel are today.  If the children of Israel keep the commandments of God, they shall be blessed in the city and in the country, they will have healthy beautiful babies, the Lord will cause their enemies to be smitten, the Lord will bless their businesses, and establish them as a holy people.

All people will see they are called by the name of the LORD (Israel) and want to do as the children of Israel do to attain the blessings they receive; they shall lend to many nations and not borrow; and they shall be the head and not the tail; all this if they keep the commandments of the Lord.  But if they do not keep the commandments, cursed they shall be in the city and in the country, the fruit of their body, land, and cattle shall be cursed.

All they set their hand to do shall be cursed.  They shall get diseases and sickness until they perish.  Their enemies shall smite them and REMOVE them into all nations in the earth.  The Lord will smite them with blindness, and no prosperity, they will not receive help from any man nor nation.  

They will have a wife; but others will sleep with them.  Their kids will go into slavery and they will have no might to do anything about it.  They will build up lands for other nations and not get anything for it.  The will be taken captive into other nations and in these nations they will serve other gods, wood and stone.

The stranger with thee will come up very high and Israel very low until they are destroyed because they simply didn't keep the commandments.   ⁴⁶And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
 ⁴⁷Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
 ⁴⁸Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Husband and wife will be evil towards each other, and even unto her children (domestic violence high in who ever these people are today, and child neglect and abuse is highest in this group of people as well).  
The Lord will bring all the diseases and evilness that He brought into Egypt.  All this for not obeying the voice of the Lord.  Israel will find no ease in the nations they are brought in and they will doubt and their life will hang in doubt also.

The Lord will bring them into Egypt again in ships and be sold into slavery as male and females again and no man shall buy them out of this slavery or captivity. 
 Egypt meant slavery to the children of Israel, not a literal return into Egypt.  So in reading this chapter all we must do is find out which one Israel fell under, the blessings or the curses, and we can easily see who Israel is today.
In Deuteronomy chapter 29; it tells other nations why the land will be as it is and the people rooted out.  It is because they did not keep the covenant the Lord set before Israel when He took them out of Egypt.
In chapter 30; after all the curses have happened (I guess the Lord predicted they will transgress against Him); and they are in the countries where He scattered them and they seek the Lord, then He will RETURN, and gather them from all the countries they are captive in.
³That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Israel was reminded that the Word is very near to them; and Moses set before the children of Israel life and death, good and evil that they should choose life and live.  ¹⁹I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
In chapter 31, Moses gets ready to pass the torch to Joshua to take the people into the land and gives more admonition to fear God and keep His laws and commandments.  
¹⁵And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
 ¹⁶And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
 ¹⁷Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
 ¹⁸And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
 ¹⁹Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
I had to place these scriptures in here that you may know that God knew the children of Israel will rebel against Him and He would have to chastise them.  And He gave them a song that will testify against them; and Moses wrote the song and gave it to Israel.
²⁶Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
 ²⁷For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Moses knew that they would be evil after he died because they were so rebellious while he was yet alive.
In chapter 32 the song God had Moses give to Israel; it is a detailed song of what God is and how He operates; it is a great song about the Lord.  Moses was told to go up into the Mt Abarim in the land of Moab and view the land; in that mount; and there he will die.  
Moses was king over Israel (unofficial king), and high priest, he was the prototype of Jesus unto this people as Jesus will be to this people Israel, and to the world.  Thus making Jesus the prophet like unto Moses...
In chapter 34; the Lord shows the land to Moses: ⁵So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
 ⁶And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
 ⁷And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
 ⁸And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
No prophet has rose in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord dealt with face to face.  Moses was indeed a great prophet unto the Lord.  So great that the Lord buried Moses Himself.  He didn't want anyone to deal with his body.  
Thus our reading of the first five books are completed (in 15 days) and really we've read the bible because Moses covered everything we need; but the rest of the bible gives details and testimonials that Moses was indeed true and a true man of God in his dealings.
I thank you for reading and we will resume tomorrow in Joshua 1 through chapter 14, with the ventures of Israel under the hand of God and leadership of Joshua, Moses' successor.  Peace and grace.
DD
  
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