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Yeah, God's beckoning is profound. When He beckons, Life is created. Things that shouldn't be, suddenly areGod's beckoning is quite profound isn't it, when He draws us to certain points He is makin' through one of us or otherwise.....and interestingly enough, "grace" is a powerful component to our understanding of God through the events of such profoundly inexplicable sufferings of Job
interesting that we were both gravitating towards "grace"
reminds me of this song i was just listening to.....and it somehow fits this thread, as we speak of "ruins" which describes Job inexplicably....
the song is called "Glorious Ruins"
GLORIOUS RUINS - HILLSONG LIVE (Lyric Video) - YouTube
Sitting amongst ashes....and what a way to describe "ruins", eh? as "glorious"......only God could bring life into such an unlikely description of "ruins"
...raising beauty from ashes.....
by the way, where was Job sitting?
Thank you kindly.
I'd rather delve into what the Bible says about this conversation God had about Job and to whom God had this conversation with. It would help me immensely referencing the Bible verses, since THIS is the key, right here in these verses to understanding the entire Book of Job.
Thank you kindly.
And no, you're not out of order. I appreciate all of our sharing about this most treasure of a Book, that i'm beginning to embrace more and more.
I will admit that I must be wrong to first think that Job cursed God continually, or even curse God but he was certainly cursing what had he become of this that came upon him. You must understand while Job was flipped upside down he could not think straight nor upright, it's impossible! No man may escape what God sends upon him. Albeit Job had the integrity that he was gifted, and even though he had been cursed he still retained his integrity. God knew that He could restore Job because he did have the integrity.
What do you make of chapter 3? It appears that Job did eventually curse his own life.
Job chapter 3 KJV Bible
1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Why did these calamities begin to happen to Job?
The way I take this, is that Job recognized he was bearing curses and calamities ... and he kept it personal. He didn't blame his family, his things, the LORD, or even Satan.I will admit that I must be wrong to first think that Job cursed God continually, or even curse God but he was certainly cursing what had he become of this that came upon him. You must understand while Job was flipped upside down he could not think straight nor upright, it's impossible! No man may escape what God sends upon him. Albeit Job had the integrity that he was gifted, and even though he had been cursed he still retained his integrity. God knew that He could restore Job because he did have the integrity.
What do you make of chapter 3? It appears that Job did eventually curse his own life.
Job chapter 3 KJV Bible
1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
May I first get a reply from you concerning chapter 3? You did not answer my question to you, instead you counter with another question. Thanks
Nice link. Here is another one if you and others are interested:The key to understanding chapter three lies within the very first verses in the Book of Job.
This summarizes Job, chapter 3. The title of this study is "Hitting Rock Bottom":
Wisdom for the Heart
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