Job teaches us to trust in God no matter what happens. This is the lesson Job learned after seeing the way our Lord Jesus was horribly abused.
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Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Jn.12:38, Isa.53:1
Isaiah 53 describes the sinful way our Lord Jesus was abused by mankind. John goes on to explain,
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. Jn.12:41
Which refers to,
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.....Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of uncleanlips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isa.6:1,5
So when Job says,
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Jb.42:5-6
He repents after seeing how Christ himself was unjustly and viscously
treated.
Isaiah 53 describes the sinful way our Lord Jesus was abused by mankind. John goes on to explain,
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. Jn.12:41
Which refers to,
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.....Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of uncleanlips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isa.6:1,5
So when Job says,
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Jb.42:5-6
He repents after seeing how Christ himself was unjustly and viscously
treated.
When Job answers God he says (Job 42:2 ,3,5/ online hebrew interlinear bible) :
« I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can, be withholden from thee. »
« Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. »
« I have heard of thee by the hearing of the hear : but now mine eye seeth thee. »
And this comes after Job 38-41 where God speaks about his creation and all his power. He can do everything and he knows everything.
« I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can, be withholden from thee. »
« Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not ; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. »
« I have heard of thee by the hearing of the hear : but now mine eye seeth thee. »
And this comes after Job 38-41 where God speaks about his creation and all his power. He can do everything and he knows everything.
What Job didn't understand was why he was suffering when he'd done nothing to deserve it, until he saw the King. That's when he clearly understood,
If the world hateyou, ye know that it hated mebefore it hated you. Jn.15:18
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. Jn.15:23
if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 1Pet.2:21-22
the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. Psa.69:9
Certainly the devil hates God and those who love him. We who love the Lord continue to love people who mistreat us as God does and as his Son gave perfect example. Jesus patiently endured the sins committed against him.
Well my sincere friend, anyone who wants to see someone curse God hates God. And our Savior warned people, but condemned no one.
- Matthew 7 :21-23 when Jesus says « Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. »
« Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? And in thy name have cast out devils ? And in thy name done many wonderful works ? »
« And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. »
« Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? And in thy name have cast out devils ? And in thy name done many wonderful works ? »
« And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. »
- Matthew 8:29-32 when Jesus deals with demons «And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? »
« and there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. »
« So the devils besought him ,saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. »
« And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine : and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. »
« and there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. »
« So the devils besought him ,saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. »
« And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine : and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. »
- Matthew 11:20-24 when Jesus says « Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not : »
« Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee, bethsaida ! For if the mighty works, which were down in you, had been done in Tyre » and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. »
« But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. »
« And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. »
« But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. »
« Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee, bethsaida ! For if the mighty works, which were down in you, had been done in Tyre » and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. »
« But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. »
« And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. »
« But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. »
- Matthew 12:41,42 « The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : because they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than jonas [is] here. »
« The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts ofv the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon ; and, behold, a greater then Solomon [is] here. »
« The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts ofv the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon ; and, behold, a greater then Solomon [is] here. »
- Matthew 13 :37-39 « he answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. »
« The field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kongdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked [one] ; »
« The enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels. »
« The field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kongdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked [one] ; »
« The enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels. »
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