PG4Him
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 28, 2019 8:21:21 GMT -5
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. — Job 9:32-33
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! — Job 16:19-21
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God — Job 19:23-26
Teachers usually emphasize Job’s patience when they teach from this book. I’ve never seen it as a mere lesson in endurance. This is a story of humans at the mercy of spiritual/heavenly events they can’t figure out. This is our condition in the absence of a mediator.
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Post by John on Feb 28, 2019 8:33:12 GMT -5
That is an interesting thought. The accuser stood before God, but there was nobody there to act as his lawyer or mediator, where today, Jesus is our mediator! Excellent observation.
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