Job Chapter 10

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Job 9:
Even if I were in the right, I would not answer him.
I could only plead for mercy from my judge.

- What means being in the right in front of God?

- He is the creator of everything!

- The universe is incredible!

- We don’t know anything!

- We have everything to learn from God!

- Even the possibility to live forever in the future won’t be enough!

 

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Job 9:
They glide by like reed boats,
Like eagles that swoop down on their prey.

- Job’s mind is so clear!

- His images are so precise!

- What a man!

- Who in such a situation would be able to stand mentally straight!

- He always fights back!

- Nobody can stop him speaking and opening his mind!

 

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Job 10:
Do you have eyes of flesh,
Or do you see as mortal man does?

- Of course, God is not human!

- Of course, God has a different vision, a different mind!

- Of course, he is the creator!

- Of course, he understands perfectly his creation!

- WHATEVER HE DOES OR DOESN’T IS ON PURPOSE!

- EVERY ACTION FROM HIS PART IS BALANCED!

 

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Job 10
If I raise my head up, you hunt me like a
lion
And again show your power against me.

- Yes, but it is the devil and not God!

- Think about Job, God and the devil!

- The devil has nothing to lose because he is a liar so one more lie doesn’t make a big difference!

- God knows Job’s faithfulness and he wants to make it clear to all the angels!

- Job is completely lost because he doesn’t understand what’s on but he keeps his faithfulness that’s LOYAL LOVE to God!

 

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Job 10
However, ask, please, the animals, and they will
instruct you;
Also the birds of the heavens, and they will
tell you;
Or give consideration to the earth, and it will
instruct you;
And the fish of the sea will declare it to you.
Who among all these does not knowledge
That the hand of God has done this?

- Yes, Job answers back!

- And he says that God’s creation tells us about God!

- God’s creation is an open Book of God’s wisdom!

- What a difference with man!

- He is only a copier and a bad one!

- Look at what he has done of the earth!

- And the more the time passes the worst it is!

- And he seems to be proud of!

- And more people talk about a plan B!

- But there is no plan B!

 

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Job 12
He takes away the understanding of the
leaders of the people
And makes them wander in trackless
wastelands.
They grope in darkness, where there is no
light;
He makes them wander about like drunken
men.

- First, it comes in my mind the case of Nebuchanezzar!

- But we can think of all the great empires of which the Bible speaks about and how they were crushed and their powerful men with them!

- And all history is full of these powerful and proud men!

- All that for that!

- Poor humanity!

- History is mankind’s testimony of its inability to learn anything!

- That’s why we are where we are on the verge of collapsing!

 

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Job 13
Who will contend with me?
I would die if I were to stay silent!

- Here we are: Job is ready to defend himself at any cost!

- There is nothing more valuable than his reputation in front of God!

- He will never keep silent!

- In fact, he will keep silent but only after having Fought with all his strength!

- Then he can keep silent!

- But not before!

 

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Job 14
If its root grows old in the ground
And its stump dies in the soil,
At the scent of water it will sprout;
And it will produce branches like a new plant.

- Yes, we need to see our hope grow!

- We must not let despair grow!

- We must fight like Job whatever happen!

- And if we die, God can bring us back through resurrection!

- But we must build up our relationship with God!

- We mustn’t let it die or diminish to become a pea!

 

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Job 16
His anger has torn me to pieces, and he harbors
animosity against me.
He grinds his teeth against me;
My adversary pierces me with his eyes.
They have opened their mouth wide against
me,
And they have scornfully struck my cheeks;
In large numbers they gather against me.

- How lucid Job is!

- But he speaks about his devils!

- And the three individuals are his adversaries!

- And they are used by the devil!

- How insiduous it is!

- And they use words like weapons to destroy him!

- Or to finish him!

- Or to get him knockout!

 

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Job 17
From anguish my eyes grow dim,
And all my limbs are but a shadow.
Upright people stare in amazement at this,
And the innocent one is disturbed over the
godless.
The righteous one keeps holding fast to his way,
And the one with clean hands grows
stronger.

- Job is but a shadow of himself!

- Upright people won’t understand!

- Job doesn’t understand himself!

- But he keeps faithful!

- And the faithful does the same!

- Job is down but his faithfulness is up!

 

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Job 19
He breaks me down on all sides until I perish;
My hope he uproots like a tree.
His anger burns against me,
And he views me as his enemy.

- Oh yes, that what the devil thinks!

- And he is in RAGE!

- How is it possible that a MERE MAN can resist him?

- And he strikes him with all the arms he has!

- So think about!

- it is not a small business!

- Because all the angels are watching!

- And the devil is showing himself RIDICULOUS§

- He against a mere man!

- He must be kidding!

- But he is not, that’s the problem for him!

- Because all the angels are watching!

- And there are NUMEROUS!

- WHAT A SHAME FOR HIM!

- And shame is far away from what he really feels!

 

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- Get away from this old world of Chaos and prepare for the New World!

- don’t do like the Israelites who stayed in the old world and died!

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Job 23
Job said in reply:
“Even today I will complain stubbornly;
My strength is exhausted because of my sighing.
If only I knew where to find God!
I would go to his place of dwelling.
I would present my case before him
And fill my mouth with arguments;
I would learn how he would answer me
And take note of what he says to me.

- Complain stubbornly : Job can only complain !

- It means to keep being alive !

- Or feeling alive !

- He is looking for God !

- He wants to speak to God !

- And defend himself in front of him !

- But he is also ready to listen to God !

- And take into account his opinion !

 

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- Get away from this old world of Chaos and prepare for the New World!
- don’t do like the Israelites who stayed in the old world and died!
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Job 24
The poor forage for food like wild donkeys
in the wilderness;
They seek food in the desert for their children.
They must harvest in another’s field
And glean from the vineyard of the wicked.

- Job is in trouble so he can see injustice!

- When he was fine, he would do his best to help all kinds of people!

- Of course, it’s different when you can see injustice through your body and your brain!

- People are in trouble all around the world!

- It can happen to any of us at any time!

- Usually there is no alarm!

- When there is an alarm it’s another story!

- It’s like global warming and other stuff!

- We know it’s happening!

- Of course, there are always crazy saying nothing is happening!

- And most of the time we wait when we are in trouble!

- It’s always difficult for man to react before getting into trouble!

- That’s why we need God’s world to take actions and to be told to take actions and do the right things at the right time!

 

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- Get away from this old world of Chaos and prepare for the New World!
- don’t do like the Israelites who stayed in the old world and died!
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Job 28

“There is a place to mine silver
And a place for gold that they refine;
Iron is taken from the ground,
And copper is smelted from rocks.
Man conquers the darkness;
He probes to the limit in the gloom and darkness,
Searching for ore.
He sinks a shaft far from where people reside,
In forgotten places, far from where people walk;
Some men descend and swing suspended.
Food grows on top of the earth;
But below, there is an upheaval as if by fire.
There in the stones is sapphire,
And the dust contains gold.
No bird of prey knows the path to it;
The eye of a black kite has not seen it.
No majestic beasts have trodden on it
The young lion has not prowled there.
Man strikes the flinty rock with his hand;
He overturns the mountains at their foundation.
He cuts water channels in the rock;
His eyes spot every precious thing.
He dams up the sources of rivers
And brings what was hidden to the light.

- Man does everything he can to get precious material from below the earth!

- There is no limit!

- In fact, man is only interested in getting material wealth!

- Money! Money! Money!

- How many people died digging the soil to extract material wealth!

- Many!

- Man is greedy!

- He pollutes the earth for material wealth!

- Only God will stop them when he puts an end to this old world!

 

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- Get away from this old world of Chaos and prepare for the New World!
- don’t do like the Israelites who stayed in the old world and died!
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Job 31

“I have made a covenant with my eyes.
So how could I show improper attention to a virgin?
What, then, would be my share from God above,
What inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Does not disaster await the wrongdoer
And calamity those doing what is harmful?
Does he not see my ways
And count all my steps?
Have I ever walked in untruth?
Has my foot hurried to deceive?
Let God weigh me with accurate scales
Then he will recognize my integrity.

- Job doesn’t understand what’s on!

- He doesn’t understand what he did wrong!

- For him acting wrong is a nonsense!

- But he knows that god knows him!

- He knows that god knows his integrity!

- And he will recognize it!

- There is no other way!

 

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- Get away from this old world of Chaos and prepare for the New World!
- don’t do like the Israelites who stayed in the old world and died!
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God and Job / Job and God

Job 1:

- God is clear about Job:

- There is no one like him on the earth!

- He is an upright man of integrity!

- Fearing God and shunning what is bad!

- And there comes the devil!

- Apparently quite a lazy one!

- He has nothing better to do than accusing a faithful servant of God!

- What a shame!

- Thus he shows himself, good to nothing!

- A parasite!

 

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God and Job / Job and God

Job 10:

- He loathes his life!

- He wants to vent his complains!

- He wants to speak out in his bitter distress!

- He thinks God is against him and he doesn’t understand why!

- He speaks about dishonor and affliction!

- Yes, he keeps calling for God!

- And he will keep doing it!

- There is no other way for him!

 

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God and Job / Job and God

Job 27:

- As long as his breath is within him and spirit from God is in his nostrils, HIS LIPS WILL NOT SPEAK UNRIGHTEOUSNESS!

- HIS INTEGRITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING!

- He doesn’t care if everybody is against him!

- He will keep being faithful!

- The wicked ones will pay the price of their wickedness!

- No one can escape God!