JOB: THE EPITOME OF HUMAN SUFFERINGS!
JOB, THE EPITOME OF HUMAN
SUFFERINGS!
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job;
and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed
evil.
The land of Uz is often associated with the land of Edom,
which was just yonder the Euphrates River, one of the main rivers which watered
and beautified the Garden of Eden. There isn't much historical background on
the life of Job, the man who eschewed evil and feared God every single day of
his life.
The Book of Job is regarded as one of the oldest Transcripts
of the Holy Bible. Bible scholars also believe that Job was the fourth or fifth
generation after Father Abraham. But, most importantly, Job was famously known
for his fear and love for God: exactly the way he was described in the very first
verse.
Job, The Epitome Of Human Sufferings: no persons dead or
alive today had suffered more than Job did! The LORD gave Satan power over
everything Job owned but he could not touch Job’s heart and soul!
Earthly possessions, money and power are only material and
never add an iota of God’s Fear in a man’s heart. For what shall it profit a
man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Job, The Epitome Of
Human Sufferings.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three
thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and
a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the
East.
If you compare the value of all his assets using US dollars:
Job was a Billionaire without a doubt. He was a Billionaire who feared God
through and through! Job feared and loved God more than his earthly
possessions!
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he
hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold,
all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.
So Satan went forth from the Presence of the LORD.
Job, The Epitome Of Human Sufferings: no persons dead or
alive today had suffered more than Job did! The LORD gave Satan power over everything
Job owned but he could not touch Job’s heart and soul!
Earthly possessions, money and power are only material and
never add an iota of God’s Fear in a man’s heart.
Job’s Calamities and Losses were staggering. His oxen and
asses were stolen by the Sabaeans, and they murdered all his servants saving
one that escaped. All his sheep and servants were killed by strange lightning. His
sons and daughters were killed by a tornado. Job virtually lost everything he
had materially, including his dear children.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his
head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out
of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return hither: the LORD gave, and the
LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. So went Satan forth from
the Presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot
unto his crown.
Job’s wife asked him
why he’s still praying to God. Why don’t you just curse God and die? Curse God
and die, the same spirit working in the mind of the wicked today! Man forgets
that when he dies his soul falls straight into God’s hands unreconciled with
Him.
Job’s three friends visited him after hearing about his sufferings:
they moaned with him for seven days and after that, they spent all their time
condemning Job and question his standing with God. Put iniquity far away: they
mocked him!
And the
LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD
gave Job twice as much as he had before. So the LORD blessed the latter of Job
more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand
camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses.
He had
also seven sons and three daughters. And in all the land were no women found so
beautiful as the daughters of Job. After this lived Job a hundred and forty
years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job
died, being old and full of days.
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