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That reminds me of this Hebrew site I found sometime backi was reading Proverbs (and listening to this guy read it) and there it was. It stopped me dead in my tracks. I put the guy on pause and read it again, and yes, there it was, another "key".
"Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." ~Proverbs 2:3-5
Here, shining like a Lamp unto our feet and a Light unto our path, is another "key" in the study of the book of Job, and this man God defined as righteous and why He described Job this way.
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path". (Psalms 119:105)
"My son, my teachings you shall not forget and my commands your heart shall guard." (Proverbs 3:1)
the more that you ask about keys, the more that I am reminded about the parable where God grants the ladies request just so that she will stop bugging him.
The Widow Who Struggled Until Justice Was Done
A Parable of Jesus
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' 4For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" 6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
The Widow Who Struggled Until Justice Was Done
A Parable of Jesus
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' 4For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" 6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
I thought that that was going to be the key.
Job kept on vexing God with his demands too, until God finally got peeved enough by the constant whining to open up to Job and makes his judgment.
The keys to justice are the ones you keep poking into God's ribs until he gets riled enough to start dealing with your complaint.
That's an excellent example of persistence in seeking justice. Thank you for sharing it.
In reference to Job. Was he whining?
Originally Posted by brinny View Post
That's an excellent example of persistence in seeking justice. Thank you for sharing it.
In reference to Job. Was he whining?
To the extent that whining is one smidgen away from cursing, I would say yes.
Whining, persistence, perseverance; they are all different ways of saying pretty much the same thing as far as behavior goes. The main difference is pretty much in the eyes of the beholder who has to deal with it, and in the inferior status of the one who whines to the one to whom he is whining.
My keys inevitably relate to themes rather than words.
There is an irreverence in Jesus comparing praying to God to petitioning an evil judge. The same kind of irreverence to God is hard not to find in Job. It is hard not to see the role God plays in this story as bordering on evil, making bets on Job cracking.
But if even an evil parent will give in to his children, how much more will that be the case with the one who loves us perfectly.
Anyway I see the same persistence in Job's insistence as in the persistence that your persistence into trying to find those key words that will open up doors to deeper understanding.
That is all I meant by that. Your behavior reminded me of one of the keys.
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