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The Things Which Proceed Out of the MOuthMatthew 15:10-11 And he called the multitude, and said uto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Matthew 15:18-19 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Mark 7:14-16 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can deflile him; but the things which come ouf of him, those are they that defil the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
These are more for me then anyone else. Must think nice thoughts. Must say nice things! Isaiah 53:3-12New Living Translation
"He was despised and rejected- a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins! But he was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed! All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the guilt and sings of us all. He was oppressed and traeted harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. From prison and trial they led him away to his death. But who among the people realized that he was dying for their sins- that he was sufering their punishment? He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave. But it was the LOrd's good plan to crush him and fill him with grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, h e will have a multitude of children, many heirs. He will enjoy a long life, and the LOrd's plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners."
Notes from :NIV Leadership Bible (Servant Leadership)Isaiah53:3-12
In ancient religions it was commonplace for people to offer sacrifices to the gods, but the notion that a god would make a sacrifice for humanity was almost beyond imagination. The Jewish people themselves had no such concept despite the fact taht their own Scriptures predicted it. This is the reason that Jesus, after his resurrection, rebuked two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus: "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets ha v e spoke! Did not the Christ have to suffer thsee things and then enter his glory?" ( Luke 24:25-26). Since the Jews were looking for a powerful Messiah who would deliver them from their bondage to Rome, they overlooked the prophecies about the Suffering Servant who would deliver them from greater bondage to sin and guilt.
Jesus is the perfect fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy. As the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. Jesus Clearily communicated his purpose for coming to this earth: "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for man" (Mark 10:45). In his sacrfice on the cross, Jesus provides us with the ultimate illustration of servant leadership. This example of servanthood transcends any that has ever been seen, before or since: "at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungoldly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:6-9).
Christ "took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows" (53:4). If we believe this, what prevents us from serving others as he has served us? What do we have to believe about God and ourselves in order to fully embrace a servant-leadership mindset? Da Vinci's CodeI just finish reading "Cracking Da Vinci's Code" by James L.Garlow and Peter Jones. There is a large list of books out there you can read to answer any questions you might have or others might ask you. I am not sure which one is the best. I just had to read at least one of them. *chuckles* I have compiled a small list of free resources on a number of subjects related to the Da Vinci Code that one might be interested in reading to learn more about the TRUE history of Christianity and compare it along side Dan Brown's version.
I am Back!I know everyone has been wondering where I am. Several things have been going on. One this site has not allowed me to publish to it for awhile. Two my grandson was kidnapped 5 weeks ago. We just recently got him back. That when I discovered I had shingles because of stress. Looks like the shingles are healing up nicely. My grandson is doing well. I will try and post a study once or twice a week now. Thanks for everyones patient. Thanks for the prayers. First-bornFirstborn is not just the description of birth, but the status. Jesus , though not created , Is called the firstborn over all creation. This is his title it identifies the status of Christ in relation to creation. Not in relationship to his birth. Genesis 48:8-20, 1 Samuel 17:12-14, To be choosen or appointed as first born means that God symbolically adopts him and places him in the "number one" position in the family. Firstborn is thus the place of honor and leadership. Jesus is called firstborn, but also acted as firtborn. As Firstborn, Jesus is described as having a preeminent position in three spheres: Firstborn over all creation Col 1:15 Firstborn from the dead Col 1:18, Revelation 1:5 Firstborn among many brothers Romans 8:29 Jesus is first born over all creation. Doesn't mean he was born first. Col 1:15-17 Hebrews 1:2-4 Being firstborn over creation Jesus layed down his lifelife and became "firstborn" from among the dead. Through the resurrection Jesus brought many sons into glory Hebrews 2:10-11 1 Peter 3:19 Did Jesus Preach in Hell?1 Peter 3:18-20 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the boyd but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. Who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water
First Peter 3:19
says Christ" went and preached unto the spirits in prison." Many interpretations have been given for this. The time may be seen as the days of Noah (v20) and thus describe the work of the preexistent Christ or the work Christ or the work of Christ's spirit through Noah. It may be seen as immediately following Christ's ressurection. The content of His preaching may have been judgement; it may have been affirmation of His victory over "angels, authorities, and powers" (v22) It may have been release from Sheol or Hades for saints who preceded HIm. The spirits may have been the "sons of God" of Genessis 6:2, the people of Noah's day, the Old Testament sinners. Old Testament people who were true to God, fallen angels, the evil spirits or demonic powers whom Jesus contested in His earthly ministry. The prison may have been Sheol or Hades according to Old Testament thinking, a special place of captivitiy for sinners, a place of punishment for fallen angels, a place of security for such angels where they thought they could escape Christ's power, or a place on the way to heaven where the faithful of old waited to hear the message of Christ's final atoning victory. Whatever the detailed explanation of each of the phrases, the ultimate purpose is to glorify Christ for His completed work of salvation through His death, ressurection, and ascension, showing He has control of all places and powers.- Holeman Bible Dictionary 1 Peter 3:19
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in
prison. Various are the senses given of this passage: some say, that Christ, upon his death, went in his human soul to hell; either, as some, to preach to the devils and damned spirits, that they might be saved, if they would; and, as others, to let them know that he was come, and to fill them with dread and terror; but though hell may be meant by the prison, yet the text does not say that he went unto it, or preached in it; only that the spirits were in it, to whom he sometimes went, and preached; nor is his human soul, but his divine nature meant, by the Spirit, by which he went and preached to them: and as for the ends proposed, the former is impracticable and impossible; for after death follows judgment, which is an eternal one; nor is there any salvation, or hope of salvation afterwards; and the latter is absurd, vain, and needless. Others, as the Papists, imagine the sense to be, that Christ, at his death, went in his human soul, into a place they call "Limbus Patrum", which they suppose is meant by the prison here, and delivered the souls of the Old Testament saints and patriarchs from thence, and carried them with him to heaven; but this sense is also false, because, as before observed, not the human soul of Christ, but his divine nature, is designed by the Spirit; nor is there any such place as here feigned, in which the souls of Old Testament saints were, before the death of Christ; for they were in peace and rest, in the kingdom of heaven, in Abraham's bosom, inheriting the promises, and not in a prison; besides, the text says not one word of the delivering of these spirits out of prison, only of Christ's preaching to them: add to all this, and which Beza, with others, observes, the apostle speaks of such as had been disobedient, and unbelievers; a character which will not agree with righteous men, and prophets, and patriarchs, under the former dispensation: others think the words are to be understood of Christ's going to preach, by his apostles, to the Gentiles, as in (Ephesians 2:17) who were in a most miserable condition, strangers to the covenants of promise, and destitute of the hope of salvation, and sat in darkness, and the shadow of death, and, as it were, at the gates of hell; were in the bonds of iniquity, and dead in sin, and had been for long time past foolish and disobedient, serving divers lusts and pleasures, to which they were in bondage. This is, indeed, a more tolerable sense than the former; but it will be difficult to show, that men, in the present state of life, are called "spirits", which seems to be a word that relates to the souls of men, in a separate state from their bodies; and especially that carnal and unconverted men are ever so called; and besides, the apostle is speaking of such who were disobedient in the times of Noah; and therefore not of the Gentiles, in the times of the apostles: add to which, that the transition from the times of the apostles, according to this sense, to the days of Noah, is very unaccountable; this sense does not agree with the connection of the words: others are of opinion, that this is meant of the souls of the Old Testament saints, who were (en fulakh) , "in a watch", as they think the phrase may be rendered, instead of "in prison": and said to be in such a situation, because they were intent upon the hope of promised salvation, and were looking out for the Messiah, and anxiously desiring his coming, and which he, by some gracious manifestation, made known unto them: but though the word may sometimes signify a watch, yet more commonly a prison, and which sense best suits here; nor is that anxiety and uneasiness, which represents them as in a prison, so applicable to souls in a state of happiness; nor such a gracious manifestation so properly called preaching; and besides, not believers, but unbelievers, disobedient ones, are here spoken of; and though it is only said they were sometimes so, yet to what purpose should this former character be once mentioned of souls now in glory? but it would be tedious to reckon up the several different senses of this place; some referring it to such in Noah's time, to whom the Gospel was preached, and who repented; and though they suffered in their bodies, in the general deluge, yet their souls were saved; whereas the apostle calls them all, "the world of the ungodly", (2 Peter 2:5) and others, to the eight souls that were shut up in the ark, as in a prison, and were saved; though these are manifestly distinguished in the text from the disobedient spirits. The plain and easy sense of the words is, that Christ, by his Spirit, by which he was quickened, went in the ministry of Noah, the preacher of righteousness, and preached both by words and deeds, by the personal ministry of Noah, and by the building of the ark, to that generation who was then in being; and who being disobedient, and continuing so, a flood was brought upon them which destroyed them all; and whose spirits, or separate souls, were then in the prison of hell, so the Syriac version renders it, (lwyvb) , "in hell", see (Revelation 20:7) when the Apostle Peter wrote this epistle; so that Christ neither went into this prison, nor preached in it, nor to spirits that were then in it when he preached, but to persons alive in the days of Noah, and who being disobedient, when they died, their separate souls were put into prison, and there they were when the apostle wrote: from whence we learn, that Christ was, that he existed in his divine nature before he was incarnate, he was before Abraham, he was in the days of Noah; and that Christ also, under the Old Testament, acted the part of a Mediator, in his divine nature, and by his Spirit discharged that branch of it, his prophetic office, before he appeared in human nature; and that the Gospel was preached in those early times, as unto Abraham, so before him. 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KJV Verse Count 5438
Greek Word: Fulakhv Transliterated Word: phulake Book to Display: 1 Peter Verse Count: 1 1Pe 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
1.guard, watch a. a watching, keeping watch 2.to keep watch b.persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels c.of the place where captives are kept, a prison d.of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i.e. a period of time during which part of the guard was on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts, so, previous to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to the Romans, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches NIV Hebrew-Greek Keyword Study Bible
prison- Phylake; n., v5875 prison,jail, haunt, guard, watch (of the night)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 1Pe 3:19 preached unto the spirits in prison; Phulake; foo-lah-ay; from 5442; a guarding or (concr. guard) the act, the person; fig. the place:-cage, hold, (im-) prison (-ment), ward watch. Ephesians 4:9-10 Easter StudyJohn Gill's Exposition of the Bible Now that he ascended… what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of Ephesians 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended… up far above all heavens: that he might fill all things,
Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
The Christian Concept of AtonementIf my brain is working today and I have this right. Then Ransom Theory is what Word of Faith teaches on Attonement. In short Jesus sacrifice was made to Satan. Then we got The Satisfaction Theory which Jesus is a perfect sacrifice to God.
I would take a few minutes if you are visiting and read the two theories. If Jesus died "double-death" got drug to hell and suffer for our sins in hell and was reborn from hell this would be called the "Ransom Theory." But was Jesus a sacrifice to Satan or to God? Jesus Descended to Hell-Easter Topical StudiesI am guessing everyone is wondering what I am up to. It being Easter and all I thought it might be a nice idea to study the crucifixion of Jesus. So I have read the book entitled “The Day I was Crucified” by Gene Edwards. I also have read the 4 gospels. I watch the movie “The Passion.” I am going to also read “The Murder of Jesus” by John MacArthur. Of course none of this matters unless I read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John on the subject. As I was studying this I came across a group that teaches “Jesus Died Spiritually” at the cross. Without the Spiritual Death we would not be saved. They believe that Jesus died Spiritually and spent 3 days in hell. That Jesus had turn into sin. Of course most when first hearing this go into shock. Because when we are taught about the Resurrection of Jesus every year no one usually mentions a trip to hell right? So I thought this deserve some exploring. First, I plan on showing a little of my study on Hell and Jesus Descent. Then we get into other aspects of the teaching. In my opinion due to the fact that Hell has not been taught it is hard for us to discern what is truthful in this teaching and what is not. I do feel however, no matter how much of this teaching is true that they have strayed from the blood of Jesus and have put all the focus on Jesus becoming sin, dieing spiritually and descending to hell. That is the reason we all have been saved. I do not know if they feel that us who do not believe this is going to hell or not. But I do know that the focus is not on the blood of Jesus. With that said we will study about those things in question starting with hell. You can read the Power of Jesus Resurrection here by Kenneth Copeland to what you think. It goes a little over the Spiritually Dead in the hell section part of this document. I thought even though I cannot understand the how he or they come up with this.Nor exactly the purpose behind it. Maybe someone else can figure it out.
First, I had to look and see if any Churches ever taught that Jesus went to Hell besides Word of Faith, which is a modern movement so to speak that is considered Heterdox I believe is the correct term. Which if I understand is non-orthodox. With many new teachings most of us are not used to hearing. You can usually see these teachings on television. While I was checking this out I did indeed find out that the Catholics had in the Apostle's Creed that Jesus Descended to Hell. In the Catholic Encyclopedia online I found this following:
PECULIAR CUSTOMS OF EASTER TIME
1. Risus Paschalis This strange custom originated in Bavaria in the fifteenth century. The priest inserted in his sermon funny stories which would cause his hearers to laugh (Ostermärlein), e.g. a description of how the devil tries to keep the doors of hell locked against the descending Christ. Then the speaker would draw the moral from the story. This Easter laughter, giving rise to grave abuses of the word of God, was prohibited by Clement X (1670-1676) and in the eighteenth century by Maximilian III and the bishops of Bavaria (Wagner, De Risu Paschali, Königsberg, 1705; Linsemeier, Predigt in Deutschland, Munich, 1886). Quote from a Catholic: The descent of Christ into Hell is known to Christian doctrine as "the Harrowing of Hell". He went into to Hell to free the righteous souls that had been held captive there since the beginning of time. So now we have establish a history for the teaching. I then needed to find out if it was scriptural that Jesus Descend to hell.
Ephesians 4:9-10 9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first[b] descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) It believe by many that the descending is talking about grave.
1 Peter 3:18-20 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us[a] to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited[b] in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. It is my understanding that Jesus preached through Noah. He wasn't actually there. I will have to do more research on that.
Luke 23:43
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth , today you will be with me in paradise.
Jesus told the theif on the cross next to his that he would be in paradise with him.
2 Cor 12:2-4
2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.
Teaches that paradise is no longer in Hades but is now in the throne of God?
So what do you think about the following scriptures? Do you think that Jesus descended to Hell? Note:I have actually edited this. I notice I was pointing in a certian direction on the subject. I do not want to do that because I am still doing research on this subject. I haven't quite figured it all out in my mind. Job 3:7-10 - Book StudyAs you can see in in the following verses 7-10 Job continues the cursing of the day he was born. Job is saying if the day of his birth had never came then he would not have to deal with this type of pain. That the pain is so unbearable and causes even bitter sorrow.
3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are f ready to raise up their mourning.
(f) Who curse the day of their birth, let them lay that curse on this night. 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it g see the dawning of the day: (g) Let it be always night, and never see day. 3:8 The day - Their birth - day: when their afflictions move them to curse their own birth - day, let them remember mine also, and bestow some curses upon it. Mourning - Who are full of sorrow, and always ready to pour out their cries, and tears, and complaints.
3:9 The stars - Let the stars, which are the glory and beauty of the night, be covered with thick darkness, and that both in the evening twilight, when the stars begin to shine; and also in the farther progress of the night, even 'till the morning dawns. Look - Let its darkness be aggravated with the disappointment of its expectations of light. He ascribes sense or reasoning to the night, by a poetical fiction, usual in all writers. Dawning - Heb. the eye - lids of the day, the morning - star which ushers in the day, and the beginning, and progress of the morning light, let this whole natural day, consisting of night and day, be blotted out of the catalogue of days.
3:10 It - The night or the day: to which those things are ascribed which were done by others in them, as is frequent in poetical writings. Womb - That it might never have brought me forth. Nor hid - Because it did not keep me from entering into this miserable life, and seeing, or experiencing, these bitter sorrows.
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Job 3:7-10 (King James Version)
7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. 9Let 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: 10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. Job 3:7-10 (Amplified Bible) 7Yes, let that night be solitary and barren; let no joyful voice come into it. 8Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan. 9Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day's dawning, 10Because it shut not the doors of my mother's womb nor hid sorrow and trouble from my eyes. Job 3:7-10 (New International Version) 7 May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it. 8 May those who curse days [a] curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. 9 May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, 10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes. Job 3:7-10 (New Living Translation)
7Let that night be barren. Let it have no joy. 8Let those who are experts at cursing--those who are ready to rouse the sea monster[a]--curse that day. 9Let its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain; may it never see the morning light. 10Curse it for its failure to shut my mother's womb, for letting me be born to all this trouble. Find your favorite translation in these verses.
Hebrew (Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible)
Job 3:7-10 (New International Version) 7 May that night be barren; (1678) may no shout of joy(8265) be heard in it. 8 May those who curse(826) days [a] curse(7686 )that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. (4293) 9 May its morning (5974)stars become dark;(3124) may it wait(7747) for daylight(240) in vain and not see the first rays(6757) of dawn, 10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb(1061) on me to hide(6259) trouble(6662 )from my eyes.
Job 3:1-6 - Book StudyOkay we got into Chapter 3 of Job. The first two chapters were prose. This chapter is poetry and so is most of the rest of the book until the very end. Poetry is a bit harder to understand. In this Chapter Job finally speaks. He is cursing the very day he was born. You will notice he isn't cursing God.
3:1 After this opened a Job his mouth, and b cursed his day.
(a) The seven days ended, (Job 2:13).
(b) Here Job begins to feel his great imperfection in this battle between the spirit and the flesh, (Romans 7:18) and after a manner yields yet in the end he gets victory though he was in the mean time greatly wounded. 3:3 Let the day c perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived. (c) Men should not be weary of their life and curse it, because of the infinities that it is subject to, but because they are given to sin and rebellion against God. 3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God d regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. (d) Let it be put out of the number of days, and let it not have the sight of the sun to separate it from the night. 3:5 Let darkness and the e shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. (e) That is, most obscure darkness, which makes them afraid of death that they are in it. 3:1 His day - His birth - day, in vain do some endeavour to excuse this and the following speeches of Job, who afterwards is reproved by God, and severely accuseth himself for them, chap.38:2 , 40:4, , 13:3, 6.And yet he does not proceed so far as to curse God, but makes the devil a liar: but although he does not break forth into direct reproaches of God, yet he makes indirect reflections upon his providence. His curse was sinful, both because it was vain, being applied to a thing, which was not capable of blessing and cursing, and because it cast a blame upon God for bringing that day, and for giving him life on that day.
3:3 Let the day - Let the remembrance of that day be utterly lost.
3:4 Darkness - I wish the sun had never risen upon that day, or, which is all one, that it had never been; and whensoever that day returns, I wish it may be black, and gloomy, and uncomfortable. Regard - From heaven, by causing the light of the sun which is in heaven to shine upon it.
3:5 Death - A black and dark shadow like that of the place of the dead, which is a land of darkness. Slain - Take away its beauty and glory. Terrify - That is, men in it. Let it be always observed as a frightful and dismal day.
3:6 Darkness - Constant and extraordinary darkness, without the least glimmering of light from the moon or stars. Be joined - Reckoned as one, or a part of one of them.
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Job 3:1-6 (King James Version)
Job 3 1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2And Job spake, and said, 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6As 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. Job 3:1-6 (Amplified Bible)
Job 3 1AFTER THIS, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day (birthday). 2And Job said, 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which announced, There is a man-child conceived. 4Let that day be darkness! May not God above regard it, nor light shine upon it. 5Let gloom and deep darkness claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born). 6As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. Job 3:1-6 (New International Version)
Job 3
Job Speaks 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said: 3 "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!' 4 That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it. 5 May darkness and deep shadow [a] claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light. 6 That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. Job 3:1-6 (New Living Translation)
Job 3 Jobs First Speech 1At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth. 2He said: 3"Cursed be the day of my birth, and cursed be the night when I was conceived. 4Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let it be shrouded in darkness. 5Yes, let the darkness and utter gloom claim it for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it. 6Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months. Find your favorite translation in these verses.
Hebrew (Hebrew-Greek Keyword Study Bible)
Job 3:1-6 (New International Version) Job 3
Job Speaks 1 After this, Job opened his mouth(7023) and cursed(7837) the day of his birth. 2 He said: 3 "May the day(3427) of my birth perish, and the night(4326) it was said, 'A boy(1505) is born!' 4 That day—may it turn to darkness; (3125) may God(468) above not care about(2011) it; may no light(5644) shine upon it. 5 May darkness and deep shadow(7516) [a] claim(1457) it once more; may a cloud settle(8905) over it; may blackness(4025)overwhelm(1286) its light. 6 That night—may thick darkness(694) seize(4374)it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
Ye Are Gods! Jesus is just a man?I do not know any of you have read my testimony within the Word of Faith Church I attended. Anyways I had mention that they thought they were gods. Here is some evidence of such. This is Creflo Dollar saying we are Gods. He not the only WOF preacher that has said it. This is part of the teachings of WOF.
My testimony in case you missed it. I have actually removed the top part of the testimony about a certian blogger. Not because it wasn't true. Just so that incase someone wanted to mention his name. So I do not have to delete the comments. I have chosen not to reveal who the person is here on my blog but just pray for him.
Tommorrow I will get up Job 3:1-6 in my Job studies. I have to look up the hebrew words.
Creflo Dollar is echoing the second lie from the serpent in the garden of Eden, "you shall be as gods" (Gen 3:5). It is a very old lie, and blasphemy of the highest order.
http://biblelight.net/Creflo-Dollar-3.ram Click on that link to see the video of Creflo Dollar saying we are Gods.
For those who would appeal to Psalm 82:
The word translated "gods" is:
In context, Psalm 82 is addressed to the magistrates, the judges of Israel, and that is the intended meaning of the word in verse 6. Another similar use of the word is found in Exodus 21:6. The following are excerpts from Creflo Dollar's program Jesus' Growth into Sonship, dated December 8, 15, 2002. The first clip is from near the beginning of the program:
Here's what I want you to get here. If Jesus came as God, then why did God have to anoint Him? If Jesus - see God's already been anointed. If Jesus came as God, then why did God have to anoint Him? Jesus came as a man, that's why it was legal to anoint him. God doesn't need anointing, He is anointing. Jesus came as a man, and at age 30 God is now getting ready to demonstrate to us, and give us an example of what a man, with the anointing, can do. -- Creflo Dollar
Ten minutes into the program, the following is said:
Jesus didn't come as God, he came as a man, and he did not come perfect. Perfect in the sense that he didn't need to be added to. -- Creflo Dollar The Bible says Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh:
This second clip is from near the end of the program:
But Jesus didn't show up perfect, he grew into his perfection. You know Jesus, in one scripture in the Bible he went on a journey, and he was tired. You better hope God don't get tired. Isaiah 50 says, 50, 60, somewhere, says where we have a God who fainteth not, neither is weary (Isa. 40:28). But Jesus did, if he came as God and he got tired, he says he sat down by the well 'cause he was tired. Boy we're in trouble. And somebody said, well, Jesus came as God. Well how many of you know the Bible says God never sleeps, nor slumbers. And yet in the book of Mark we see Jesus asleep in the back of the boat. Y'all please listen to me, please listen to me. This ain't no heresy. I am not some false prophet, I am just reading this thing out to you the Bible. I am just telling you all these fantasy preachers have been preaching all of this stuff for all of these years and we bought the package. And the question mark was there. And we are now - faith can never go past that question mark, and we've tolerated and put it up, put up with things that we had authority over ... -- Creflo Dollar
What fantasy preachers is he talking about? I know of no Christian denomination that teaches that Jesus was God only - and NOT also man. He seems to imply that this false teaching is widespread and deceiving many. Who has taught this false doctrine about Jesus that deceived Creflo Dollar, or anyone else? What Christian preachers have taught anything other than Jesus was the God-man, fully God and fully man? He did not say. Not once did he explain that Jesus, while still fully God, did not always exercise His divine powers, but rather chose to experience our human frailties with us. Setting aside His divine power, but not His divinity, Jesus tired, slept, got hungry, and experienced the pain of suffering of dieing on the cross at the hands of fellow men. That IS the teaching of all Christian denominations that I know of, yet in his sermon Creflo Dollar seemed to reject this, apparently determined to deny the deity of Jesus Christ. However, currently on his web site in the section on Christian Fundamentals, he does briefly mention the Trinity, so Creflo Dollar apparently does believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, despite what he says, and the impression he gives in the above sermon.
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Memorize Scripture -Study TipsCleansed By God's Word
Each day in this world I must live
And yet complete devotion to God give.
Thus it is only by meditating on His Word.
That I am able to take the Scriptures I've learned
Out in the world to those in need,
So they too will the truth to God's Word heed.
Most times I'm not able to have a Bible in my hand.
Yet I must always be ready to take a godly stand.
So in order to keep my heart in tune with my Savior.
I hide His Word in my heart through memorizing
So its the last thing I think on and the first on rising.
It only takes an instant to be tricked by sin.
But with God's Word ever present victory I will win.
So I challenged you hide one verse in your heart.
And see how many times sin is forces to depart.
God is faithful and will give guidance to you.
If you will hide His Word which is always pointed to truth.
Based on Psalm 119:11
The following are helpful links to get you started.
2 Tim. 4:3-4 -Verse StudyI was on a message board and they are studying False Prophets. This was one of the scriptures shared. I wanted to look it up and see what the commentaries said. I figured since I am looking it up I would like to keep it for later incase I want to make a quick reference so here it is.
2 Tim. 4:3-4 3: For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4: And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come… when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers; having itching ears; Job Chapter 3-Book StudyJob 3 (New International Version)
Click here to read Chapter 3 in your favorite translation. Job Speaks 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said: 3 "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!' 4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it. 5 May darkness and deep shadow [a] claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light. 6 That night—may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. 7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy be heard in it. 8 May those who curse days [b] curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. 9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, 10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes. 11 "Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb? 12 Why were there knees to receive me
and breasts that I might be nursed? 13 For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest 14 with kings and counselors of the earth,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins, 15 with rulers who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day? 17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,
and there the weary are at rest. 18 Captives also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver's shout. 19 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is freed from his master. 20 "Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul, 21 to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure, 22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave? 23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? 24 For sighing comes to me instead of food;
my groans pour out like water. 25 What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded has happened to me. 26 I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil." Job 2 Summary-Book Study Job 2:1-2Job 2:3 God said, Testing of Job was not because of sin in Job’s life. Satan could not find any justifiable reason to condemn Job. Charles Swindoll (Examine the life of Job is like crawling into a crucible. For the next few moments think about that word crucible. At the core of the term is the Latin word, crux, which means “cross,” used as synonym for torture? We still use the word that way, like when we refer to “A cross one must bear.” Our English term excruciating bears a similar resemblance. In Job’s case, his crucible would mean pit of agony. Webster defines crucible, “ a severe test; a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause change or development.”
Job 2:4-6 Pastor John Brown- Satan said “Skin for Skin” That a man would give all he had for his own life. What Satan said is very true. Almost everyone if their own life was in danger would deny Christ. Matthew 10:38-39 But there are still a few who have found a greater reason for living. Satan is saying Job has not found that kind of peace in his life.
Job 2:7-8 Pastor John Brown "What you love gets your most time and attention." What are the three areas that we are the most vulnerable in our lives?
Satan struck Job in all three of these areas:
Job 2:9-10 “Curse God and die!” was exactly what Satan wanted Job to do, and Job’s wife put the temptation before her husband. Yes, Satan can work through people who are dear to us. Adam listen to Eve Gen. 3:6, 12, and Abraham listened to Sarah Gen. 16; but Job did not listen to the advice of his wife. She was wrong, of course; but in all fairness, we must consider her situation. She had lost ten children in one day, and that would be enough to devastate any mother. The family wealth was gone, and she was no longer the “leading lady” in the land. Her husband, once the greatest man in the East Job 1:3, was now sitting at the city garbage dump, suffering from a terrible disease. What did she have left? Warren Wiersbe
Job 2:11-13 When Jobs three friends -Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar heard about Job’s adversity that come upon him, they came immediately. When they saw him they did not recognize him. They threw dust over their heads toward the sky” (an ancient expression of grief) as they cried. They sat down on the ground in the dump. That what friends do. As you can see his friends had the best of intentions. They sat and mourn with him. They said nothing for seven days and seven nights. When someone is mourning the best thing we can do is not say anything. Just be there for them and listen to them. Do not argue with them. Do not even share scripture because they may not be open to it at that time. Just be there for them.
God always has a reason for what he does; doesn’t mean we will always understand or agree.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Using Folders-Study TipI am still working on the Job Interlude. I thought why not share a study tip. This is a simple enough tip. I am not sure where I learned this. On book studies it is nice to buy a simple cheap folder with both brackets and pockets. Take a marker and write the name of the book on the front of the folder. File all your studies on that book in that folder. I will be printing up Job as I go and file it away in a nice yellow folder. You could color code them by types of book if you really wanted to be organized. This way anytime I need to look up notes on a certain book I should have some filed away already since I have already done my research.
How do you rate this study tip? Elijah
I so love that name. Not just because my second grandson is named Elijah, but because Elijah was bold, energetic, and zealous and always seemed to find himself in the midst of the action. Elijah is an Old Testament prophet, a special messenger of God to the people of the day. Prayer to Elijah was like a Indiana Jone's whip, making him one not to be messed with. His prayers caused a multiyear drought in Israel to start and end and brought back a young boy from death. However, Elijah's defining moment came at a big showdown with the evil King Ahab concerning which god--------Elijah's or King Ahab's -------was real.
To determine who was the real god, Elijah challeneged King Ahab and his 450 prophets to the first ever battle of the gods between the God of Israel and their god of Baal. The challenge: Whose god could light an altar(a table that serves as the centerpiece for a religious ceremony) on Mount Carmel?
The Baal prophets went first. With Elijah smiling all the while, they worked all day, dancing and prancing, crying out to Baal but having no luck. And when that didn't work, they pulled a trick you'd expect to see in The Temple of Doom, getting so desperate that they started cutting themselves with swords and knives to get their god to listen. Unsuccessful, they finally gave up and gave Elijah his turn.
But in true Indiana Jones fashion, Elijah wasn't simply content to pray for God to light a dry altar. Instead, he made it more interesting by having his altar doused with water several times beforehand. He then thundered out a prayer (from I kings 18:36-37)
LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."
You can guess what happens next: God answered his prayer in a big and mighty way---sending first to burn up the sacrifice and everything around it. Indiana Jones would have been proud! Elijah discovered on that day that God does indeed answer prayers in visible and tangible ways.
Elijah's experience on Mount Carmel could have given him the impression that God's way of working in the world was always through lighting and thunder, but if you read on later in I Kings, you find out that God also responds to Elijah in more subtle ways with a "still small voice." Job 2:11-13Finally finish Chapter two of Job. Now on to the a nice little Intelude and on to Chapter Three. I cannot wait! In the following verses we come to realize what a real friend is. A friend is someone that comes to you in your time of need. He is there to comfort you. When Job's friends arrived they did not recognize Job. And Job was sitting in the dump? His friends still sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. They did not say a word to him because they could see he was suffering greatly.
Job’s three Friends come to comfort him.
2:11 Now when Job’s three p friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
(p) Who were men of authority, wise and learned, and as the Septuagint writes, kings, and came to comfort him, but when they saw how he was visited, they conceived an evil opinion of him, as though he was a hypocrite and so justly plagued by God for his sins. 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled q dust upon their heads toward heaven. (q) This was also a ceremony which they used in those countries as the renting of their clothes in sign of sorrow etc. 2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very r great. (r) And therefore thought that he would not have listened to their counsel. 2:11 They - Who were persons eminent for birth and quality, for wisdom and knowledge, and for the profession of the true religion, being probably of the posterity of Abraham, a - kin to Job, and living in the same country. Eliphaz descended from Teman, the grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11.Bildad probably from Shuah, Abraham's son by Keturah, Genesis 25:2.Zophar is thought to be same with Zepho, (Genesis 36:11.) a descendant from Esau. The preserving of so much wisdom and piety among those who were not children of the promise, was an happy presage of God's grace to the Gentiles, when the partition wall should be taken down.
2:13 Upon the ground - In the posture of mourners condoling with him. Seven days - Which was the usual time of mourning for the dead, and therefore proper both for Job's children, and for Job himself, who was in a manner dead, while he lived: not that they continued in this posture so long together, which the necessities of nature could not bear; but they spent the greatest part of that time in sitting with him, and silent mourning over him. None spake - About his afflictions and the causes of them. The reason of this silence was the greatness of their grief for him, and their surprize and astonishment at his condition; because they thought it convenient to give him time to vent his own sorrows, and because as yet they knew not what to say to him: for though they had ever esteemed him to be a truly good man, and came with full purpose to comfort him, yet the prodigious greatness of his miseries, and that hand of God which they perceived in them, made them now question his sincerity, so that they could not comfort him as they had intended, and yet were loth to grieve him with reproofs.
Read more commentaries at Crosswalks. Job 2:11-13 (King James Version)
11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. 12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. Job 2:11-13 (Amplified Bible) 11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, for they had made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. 12And when they looked from afar off and saw him [disfigured] beyond recognition, they lifted up their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe, and they cast dust over their heads toward the heavens. 13So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great. Job 2:11-13 (New International Version) 11 When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was. Job 2:11-13 (New Living Translation) 11Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. When they heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. 12When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to demonstrate their grief. 13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. And no one said a word, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words. Find your favorite translation in these verses.
Hebrew (Hebrew-Greek Keyword Study Bible)
Job 2:11-13 (New International Version)
11 When Job's three friends,(8276) Eliphaz(502) the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar(7436) the Naamathite, heard(9048) about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met(3585) together by agreement(3585 )to go and sympathize(5653) with him and comfort(5714) him. 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly(4242) recognize(5795) him; they began to weep aloud,(5951) and they tore their robes(5077) and sprinkled(2450) dust(6760) on their heads. (8031 ) 13 Then they sat on the ground(824) with him for seven days and seven nights.(4326) No one said(1819) a word(1821) to him, because they saw(8011) how great his suffering was.
Just for your InfoSomething you may or may not notice. The studies I do here I print out and I put in a folder for later for myself. I want to keep them. I will go into this later under a study tip. Anyways, I liked to make sure I get things right. From time to time someone might comment on something that does not sound right. I will go back and take a closer look at it or reread it to make sure I said what I thought I said. I will research it again. If I find that I am wrong I will change what is wrong. I will then place a comment that will remain there untouched and a note in the blog entry temporarily saying I changed something or deleted something. I usually remove the note after a few days or a week or so because I do not want the note in my print up. I am not here to prove I am right. I am here to get it right. I am not perfect and I make mistakes. Sometimes I get in too big of a hurry and just plain out write the wrong thing. I want to thank everyone that has kept me on my toes and for keeping me humble. Please pray that God guides me in my studies and that I will have a open heart to his Word. I just added in a prayer request with a testimony.
Note: If it is just a spelling error or a grammar correction there may not be any note. I am going to start also putting in a note at top if I am still working on something. Sometimes it freezes up and needs to be published and then I can go back in edit and move around freely.
Thank You,
Inky Job 2:9-10 , Book StudyI started putting the commentaries on top now. So we can get a look at them first before reading the verses. When taking first look at the verses one would want to say , " Did she just say what I thought she said? Did she really tell Job to curse GOD? What is she thinking?" But Job corrects her and tells her she talking like a foolish women. Job still does not sin against GOD during all this.
2:9 Then said his k wife unto him, Dost thou l still retain thine integrity? m curse God, and die.
(k) Satan uses the same instrument against Job, as he did against Adam. (l) Meaning, what do you gain from serving God, seeing he thus plagues you, as though he were your enemy? This is the most grievous temptation for the faithful, when their faith is assailed, and when Satan goes about to persuade them that they trust in God in vain. (m) For death was appointed to the blasphemer and so she meant that he would quickly be rid of his pain. 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not n receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his o lips. (n) That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just. (o) He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God. 2:9 Then said his wife - Whom Satan spared, to be a troubler and tempter to him. It is his policy, to send his temptations by the hands of those that are dear to us. We must therefore carefully watch, that we be not drawn to any evil, by them whom we love and value the most. Die - I see thou art set upon blessing of God, thou blessest God for giving, and thou blessest God for taking away, and thou art still blessing God for thy loathsome diseases, and he rewards thee accordingly, giving thee more and more of that kind of mercy for which thou blessest him. Go on therefore in thy generous course, and bless God, and die as a fool dieth. 2:10 Shall we - Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well as boasting, be forever excluded. Sin with his lips - By any reflections upon God, by any impatient or unbecoming expression.
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Job 2:9-10 (King James Version)
9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible)
9Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your blameless uprightness? Renounce God and die! 10But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:9-10 (New International Version) 9 His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" 10 He replied, "You are talking like a foolish [a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job 2:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9His wife said to him, "Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die." 10But Job replied, "You talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?" So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. Find your favorite translation in these verses.
Hebrew (Hebrew-Greek Keyword Study Bible)
Job 2:9-10 (New International Version)
9 His wife(851) said to him, "Are you still holding on(2616) to your integrity? Curse God and die!" 10 He replied, "You are talking like a foolish [a] woman. Shall we accept good(3202) from God, and not trouble?" (8273) In all this, Job did not sin(2627) in what(8557) he said.(8557)
Archaeological Study BibleCheck out the Archaeological Study Bible webpage. This bible takes you through biblical culture and history. From Genesis to the end of Revelation. It really looks interesting. The only thing is this is only in the New International Version. How Ill Was Job?
Now some of these on this list I am not so sure of. I will take a closer look at them as I get closer. One is Job 3:25 says fears and depression right? But that doesn't sound like it is a symptom of now.Maybe the depression but the fears sounds like they were already there. But I got some things to say about that scripture when we get to it. I got at least four different statements by people with four different ideas. So that should be interesting. Also Charles gives a timeline of a couple of months here. We will have to look closer to see if there is such a time line or not...
Compilation by Charles Swindoll
Warren Wiersbe describes the dreadful setting :
There the city garbage was deposited and burned, and there the city's rejects lived, begging alms from whomever pased by. At the ash heap , dogs fought over someting to eat, and the city's dung was brought and burned. The city's leading citizen was n ow living in abject poverty and shame. All that he humanly had left were his wife and three friends, even they turned against him. Job 2:4-8 Book StudyI have a list of symptoms that Job had. I think the list might be too long to add in to this topic. I will put them in my next blog most likely. I thought the list might help give a better idea to how ill Job is. In the following verses Satan claims that Job will curse God if he lost his health.
2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, e Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. (h) This sore was most vehement, with which God also plagued the Egyptians, (Exodus 9:9) and threatened to punish rebellious people, (Deuteronomy 28:27) so that this temptation was most grievous: for if Job had measured God’s favour by the vehemency of his disease, he might have thought that God had cast him off.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible
2:6 In thine hand - If God did not chain up the roaring lion, how soon would he devour us! As far as he permits the wrath of Satan and wicked men, to proceed against his people, he will make it turn to his praise and theirs, and the remainder thereof he will restrain. Job, in being thus maligned of Satan, was a type of Christ. He had permission to bruise his heel, to touch his bone and his flesh; yea, and his life also; because by dying he was to do what Job could not do, to destroy him that had the power of death. 2:7 Boils - Like those inflicted upon the Egyptians, which are expressed by the same word, and threatened to apostate Israelites, 28:27, whereby he was made loathsome to himself, and to hisnearest relations, and filled with consuming pains in his body, and no less torments and anguish in his mind. 2:8 Scrape - This he did not with soft linen clothes, either because he had not now a sufficient quantity of them; or because therein he must have had the help of others who abhorred to come near him. Nor with his own hands or fingers, which were also ulcerous, and so unfit for that use; but with potsherds, either because they were next at hand, and ready for his present use; or in token of his deep humiliation under God's hand, which made him decline all things that favoured of tenderness and delicacy. Heb. in dust or ashes, as mourners used to do. If God lay him among the ashes, there he will contentedly sit down. A low spirit becomes low circumstances, and will help to reconcile us to them.
Job 2:4-8 (King James Version) Job 2:4-8 (Amplified Bible) Job 2:4-8 (New International Version)
Job 2:4-8 (New International Version)
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