by altha-admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Articles
When confronted by the Almighty face to face, Job can express unutterable self-contempt. "Then Job answered the LORD, and said, "Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. "Once have I spoken; but I will not answer:...
by altha-admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Articles
Job did not know the Lord, which is the one thing that the Almighty longs to have with His fallen creation:"And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. "For I will take away the names of Baalim...
by altha-admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Articles
Job did many good things and had many good things, but he lived in sin, nonetheless.How is this apparent? He admits it readily:"For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. "I was not in safety,...
by altha-admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Articles
Job was a Pharisee of sorts, worrying about the sins of others, yet presuming that He himself was in good standing with God.He never stopped offering sacrifices for his sons:"And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and...
by altha-admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Articles
Job did not believe in the Lord, and so he was greatly confused about the character of God.When all the misfortunes befell him (so tragic, they almost seem comical out of their outrageous magnitude), Job blames the Lord:"Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and...
