With respect and affection Richard , I enjoy your posts very much . May I please draw your attention to the following verses ; Job Ch 2 V 10 , Ex Ch 32 V 14 , Deu Ch 32 V 39 , Josh Ch 23 V 15 , 1st Sam Ch 16 all of it , 2nd Kings Ch 22 V 16 , 2nd Chron Ch 18 V 22 , 2nd Chron Ch 34 V 24 , Neh Ch 13 V 18 , Isaiah Ch 45 V 7 and finally Job Ch 42 V 5-7 .
Truly a lamentable chapter. Very much like the book of Lamentations; in fact in many ways. This whole section of scripture shows Job's accusation of God bringing on the misery that He had delegated to Satan to be permitted to test Job. Not forgiving sins is an accusation that may have been the worst thing Job accused God of. It was; indeed the "accuser" Satan himself that was causing ALL this misery; from the bodily pains to the terrifying dreams. Thankfully; the transgression of verse 21 was finally taken care of at the cross. Before that time; we have righteous men such as Lazarus in paradise. After then; praise God! when absent with the Body we are present with the Lord. ( 2 Cor. 5:6). Verse 12 is surely interesting as well; reminding us of Jonah in the whale probably feeling much the same way at a much later time in recorded history.
This desire to depart from God is truly sad as well. Those who know God may have fear of Him; but it is never for their destruction if they are saved. This is a really great book for those who are overemotional in their walk and who may trust their feelings over their true status. The opposite of course is much more dangerous; for if we are expecting jubilant feelings while loving the world brings God's favor; and we aren't aware what He has saved us from or that we are enemies of God before coming to Christ; then we have to "test ourselves" ( 2 Cor. 13:5) to see if we are in the faith. Food for thought...
Why does Earth have oxygen and water - In Reply on Job 7 - 2 years ago
A Genesis Explanation
It's all over the Bible, in different places: search the words: 'upside down'. However it has NOTHING to do with "Old Earth Theory" about creation. That's a cult.
The Bible which is a record of ONE person: Jesus; the Word of God. Genesis to Revelation leads up to the end of this age. 2 Peter: earth will burn up.
What scientists have long sought to explain=
TIME, FORCE, ACTION, MATTER: explained in Genesis 1:1. How did it happen and WHO did it? The Godhead: the Father, the Word of God, the Spirit.
The First thing God created, was TIME. "In Beginning". John 1:2-5, Hebrews 1:1-16. Time began to tick for Creation and Man. For seasons and times.
God Wills it
The Son ( Hebrews 1:5), The Word, speaks it
The Holy Spirit performs it.
Mishael: this is enough to get you on track with what happened in Genesis the first day. Get a KJV study Bible that has Center Column references to further explanation (has tiny abc's imbedded in the scriptures). You don't need secular books to read this and understand better.
We know the earth itself is billions of years old. All sciences have evidence. Carbon dating.
Genesis 1:1 shows God creating TIME, first. It was created for mankind.
Maybe your daughter will become a great evangelist amongst the scientific communities? It was recently published that all planets had water on them. It was proven that the position of earth allowed perfection for life. Who did that?
Water on the other planets disappeared. Only Earth has the water needed for life.
Or she may study a named asteroid (star), WORMWOOD (named in the Bible), that is going to hit earth and turn water to be bitter and poisonous. (Book of Revelation) Until recently there were many pictures of Wormwood. Now I think NASA has taken them down to avoid mass hysteria, but they are still tracking it.
The Bible isn't opposed to science- the Bible has plenty of scientific evidence of it being true. But there's a difference between real science using the scientific method and being open to new information vs. fake science where someone may have a scientific degree, but simply uses this title 'scientist' to state his religious opinion. So, in many cases where you hear 'science vs religion', it's actually religion vs. religion. And the burden of proof isn't on Christians to prove God otherwise He doesn't exist- that is a logical fallacy. The problem is we exist and we must explain how and why we exist. The burden is on EVERYONE to explain that and Christianity has a logical explanation and atheists have an illogical explanation.
If we see a building isn't it logical to believe in a builder? If we see a painting isn't it logical to believe in a painter? If we see an amazing design, isn't it logical to believe in a designer? No 'scientists' are claiming buildings were created by a big bang and then gradually evolved to become bigger more complex buildings. But strangely 'scientists' will blindly believe a random explosion from nothing created something which had lots of sexual relations with itself until it became a human being, despite no evidence for that. No one has ever witnessed such a thing, nor can it be reproduced, nor has any kind of animal ever been witnessed changing to a different kind of animal. Yet, strangely you have a religion built around it- atheism, but they just call themselves 'scientists'. No, that violates the scientific method.
The Bible actually has plenty of scientific evidence. You can see seashell and sealife fossils in the tallest limestone mountains in the world- 10,000' level and higher. I have seen them myself. That is evidence of a global flood- just as the Bible describes. Out of space. Have a great day.
Sometimes life becomes very challenging, one thing after another so you ask yourself do I get a break? I can't continue like this, but reading Job gives hope when your at the end of the line. Hope, strength ,and clear thoughts, once we realize we're not walking alone. God is always beside us to guide us though our challenging
Verse 7~Job thought that he would not be happy again. Sometimes when we are going through trials we can't imagine things getting better, but things can change for the better just like they changed for Job.
@Sue I pray that the Almighty God will bless you and I pray this verse over your life.
Numbers 6:24-26
24
The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace
No matter what we are going through we must continue to have hope and faith in God. Only He can deliver us. Ps. 23:4 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me".
All my life I have struggled. Sexual abuse at age 6, molestation and even rape. Drug and alcohol addiction. In and out of recovery centers. 3 attempt suicide. My Dad died, 3yrs later my only child took her own life. Step Dad passed away and even my dog. In the last hospital a security guard told me to read Job I always carried a Bible when ever I tried to get help , when I was released I read Job and still today I read it . It 's going on a yr of my Mom 's passing. My husband is very sick. I refuse to lose faith . Jesus spoke to me 20 yrs ago on 4 different occasions . I went to AA , sometimes to Church. I read my Bible and any spiritual book to help me. 20 yrs clean and sober by the Grace of God.
This verse makes me feel humbled and loved. To think of our Sovereign God, Majestic perfect and High. No one can compare or come close to Him And yet He is concerned about us lowly and imperfect beings. How can we not love and serve Him
This is a response to Sue 's comment.Our natural reaction to seeing or hearing someone 's trouble should be mercy and compassion.I was moved by your situation but remember God cares and I pray that he will meet your needs.God bless You.
our FATHER alows thing to happen to us to teach us.when he is finished.its all good.most people talk to him but do we listen to him.the first comandment is listen to your creater he know better. the shame is most people dont know how to listen to him.they get up and keep doing the same thing all over again.ask him to teach you how to listen to him.and it will be he who will show you how. IF he taught me hardheaded as i was i know he can teach you
one time many yrs ago my FATHER told me if i dont stop fighing with your wife i am going to seperate the 2 of you. i heard him but i did not do what he said .results my wife lied and i was put in prison for 23 days boy did i suffer then .when i got out i when home to get my belongings she had cleaned the house of all i had but she keep my bible that she gave me .no place to live the money i had she stold the day i was put prison .she didnt even share it with me. she keep it all.that same day my FATHER gave me a house all of my own. only the floor to sleep on.for 2 wks he told me to read JOB after 2 wks i did .i did not understand nothing.but after a still solf voice spoke to me and said stop feeling sorry for your and get up clean your self up the best you can.tomorrow get out of the house then i will show you what to do. i went back home that day with 500 in my pocket.all i did was obey him he did the rest. my wife said please come back and i did .but we dont fight we love each outher. is this not what our FATHER wants us to do ?
Job inspires me to never let the bad take away my faith in our almighty God. I feel like Job filled with disaster and grief but nothing can take away my faith and love for my God. He is my rock and my salvation nothing can take away my love and belief that God will neved let me fall.
A wakeup call to the times we are living in. Eternity is on us and our activity in our churches which spills over into our homes is materialism, entertainment and leisure. Heaven and ETERNITY is real and we spend so much time preparing for the 70 years on earth. Our cry of PAIN should be Oh God Come and Change our HEARTS so that we can sense the urgency of our day, get our lives in order and alert others to the things of Heaven.
This desire to depart from God is truly sad as well. Those who know God may have fear of Him; but it is never for their destruction if they are saved. This is a really great book for those who are overemotional in their walk and who may trust their feelings over their true status. The opposite of course is much more dangerous; for if we are expecting jubilant feelings while loving the world brings God's favor; and we aren't aware what He has saved us from or that we are enemies of God before coming to Christ; then we have to "test ourselves" ( 2 Cor. 13:5) to see if we are in the faith. Food for thought...
Google Chuck Missler on Science. He does a good job on that.
It's all over the Bible, in different places: search the words: 'upside down'. However it has NOTHING to do with "Old Earth Theory" about creation. That's a cult.
The Bible which is a record of ONE person: Jesus; the Word of God. Genesis to Revelation leads up to the end of this age. 2 Peter: earth will burn up.
What scientists have long sought to explain=
TIME, FORCE, ACTION, MATTER: explained in Genesis 1:1. How did it happen and WHO did it? The Godhead: the Father, the Word of God, the Spirit.
The First thing God created, was TIME. "In Beginning". John 1:2-5, Hebrews 1:1-16. Time began to tick for Creation and Man. For seasons and times.
God Wills it
The Son ( Hebrews 1:5), The Word, speaks it
The Holy Spirit performs it.
Mishael: this is enough to get you on track with what happened in Genesis the first day. Get a KJV study Bible that has Center Column references to further explanation (has tiny abc's imbedded in the scriptures). You don't need secular books to read this and understand better.
We know the earth itself is billions of years old. All sciences have evidence. Carbon dating.
Genesis 1:1 shows God creating TIME, first. It was created for mankind.
Maybe your daughter will become a great evangelist amongst the scientific communities? It was recently published that all planets had water on them. It was proven that the position of earth allowed perfection for life. Who did that?
Water on the other planets disappeared. Only Earth has the water needed for life.
Or she may study a named asteroid (star), WORMWOOD (named in the Bible), that is going to hit earth and turn water to be bitter and poisonous. (Book of Revelation) Until recently there were many pictures of Wormwood. Now I think NASA has taken them down to avoid mass hysteria, but they are still tracking it.
Mishael
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The Bible isn't opposed to science- the Bible has plenty of scientific evidence of it being true. But there's a difference between real science using the scientific method and being open to new information vs. fake science where someone may have a scientific degree, but simply uses this title 'scientist' to state his religious opinion. So, in many cases where you hear 'science vs religion', it's actually religion vs. religion. And the burden of proof isn't on Christians to prove God otherwise He doesn't exist- that is a logical fallacy. The problem is we exist and we must explain how and why we exist. The burden is on EVERYONE to explain that and Christianity has a logical explanation and atheists have an illogical explanation.
If we see a building isn't it logical to believe in a builder? If we see a painting isn't it logical to believe in a painter? If we see an amazing design, isn't it logical to believe in a designer? No 'scientists' are claiming buildings were created by a big bang and then gradually evolved to become bigger more complex buildings. But strangely 'scientists' will blindly believe a random explosion from nothing created something which had lots of sexual relations with itself until it became a human being, despite no evidence for that. No one has ever witnessed such a thing, nor can it be reproduced, nor has any kind of animal ever been witnessed changing to a different kind of animal. Yet, strangely you have a religion built around it- atheism, but they just call themselves 'scientists'. No, that violates the scientific method.
The Bible actually has plenty of scientific evidence. You can see seashell and sealife fossils in the tallest limestone mountains in the world- 10,000' level and higher. I have seen them myself. That is evidence of a global flood- just as the Bible describes. Out of space. Have a great day.
times and rocky roads.(Job is our testimony)
The earth is the LORD and only he can heal his people and heal his land Meditate on the words of GOD and he will help you.
Our minds can sometimes be in so many directions and we feel like just quitting ask the Lord for help......
The book of Job
Love
Numbers 6:24-26
24
The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace
Ps. 23:4 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me".
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