Saturday, July 2, 2011
07/02/2011
Ok. This isn't working very well. I keep falling behind. I write out the stories and it takes me all day long to write them out. From now on, I am either going to point at a specific verse or just mention something I found interesting in either today's reading, or each chapter. Not sure yet. More to come later today.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
06/25/2011
I read from Genesis 19-24 today. Wow. In chapter 22 and 24, each chapter has a ton of symbolism. I could write a book on each chapter because it is that incredible. I will go a bit lighter then that here, because that is madness.
Chapter 19 starts with where we left off in 18. God, or 3 men, were preparing to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It starts with 2 "men" walking into town. Lot is standing at the gate. He quickly and almost forcibly invites them into his home to eat supper. Forcibly invited to a party? Wait a sec...Later that night, all the people of the city crowd around the house of Lot and demand him to bring out the men so they can "know him." Literally, rape them. Ew. This town is messed up. Lot goes out and implores them to stop. They don't listen and prepare to break the door of his house down. Suddenly, the 2 men open the door and drag Lot inside before its to late. Then they strike all the men blind. Boom! I guess these aren't normal men. These are angels. They tell Lot that they have come to destroy the city and that they are here to get Lot and his family out. Lot escapes with his wife and 2 daughters. Then fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed the cities. In the process, Lot's wife looks back wishing what was happening wasn't happening. And in her longing to go back to the city of destruction, she is turned into salt. Probably not a fun way to go. So Lot escapes with his 2 girls. And because they don't have any husbands, they decide to have sex with their dad while he is drunk so that they can continue his line. The give birth to Moab, who will become the nation of Moab, and Benammi, who becomes the nation of Ammon. Both nations trouble Israel greatly in the future. In the end, God wouldn't destroy the city because there was only 1 righteous person in it. And was he really righteous? I would probably say no if he gets so drunk his kids can have sex with him and he doesn't even know it. The real reason he was spared was this.
Genesis 19:16: And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; THE LORD BEING MERCIFUL UNTO HIM: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
The reason he spared them was more just because God is merciful. In his eyes, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. None are righteous. Not one. He spared Lot because he was merciful. That was all.
The next chapter, we go back with the adventures of Abraham. Abraham journeys to a place in the southeast called Gerar. There he does the same thing as he did in Egypt. He tells everyone he meets that Sarah is his sister. So again, the king of the land tries to take Sarah. But this time, God visits the king in a dream and says unless you give Sarah back to Abraham and he prays for you, you and all of your people will die. He gives Sarah back to Abraham and then makes a covenant with him and they become friends. Just a short little side story.
Chapter 21 begins with the birth of Isaac. God kept his promise. He always does :D But then there is some trouble with Ishmael and Isaac. Hagar, Ishmael's mother, was seen mocking Isaac. That is not a good thing. Never is polygamy an ok thing. It never really works out. So then Sarah tattles on her and tells Abraham to throw out Hagar and Ishmael out. This makes Abraham very sad. Who wants to throw his own kid out into the wild to probably die? God told Abraham though that it is ok and to do it and that he has it all under control. As usual. So Abraham sent her and Ishmael out. :( Not a happy day. Quickly she runs out of water in the wilderness, so she lies Ishmael under a bush and leaves him to die. By now, he is at least 16 years old, as he is 16 years older then Isaac. He must have been quite spent. She wanders off crying. But God comes down and keeps his promise again. His promise was that a number as the stars in the sky would be the descendants of Abraham. Abraham and Sarah had a hard time believing that, so they caused Ishmael to come alive. It wasn't God's plan, but he keeps his promise anyway. So there will be descendants from Ishmael as many as the dust of the earth too. So suddenly there was a well of water that appeared out of no where. There. Have some water. Ishmael grew up, got a wife in Egypt, and his descendants became the Muslim world.
Next is chapter 22. This is one of those chapters that I could write a book on. A very symbolism filled chapter. The chapter is about God telling Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah. Mount Moriah is the mountain where Christ was crucified. See where this is going already? I can't recall, but this ties in some how with the events in chapter 24 also, where the slave that goes and gets Rebekah is the holy spirit or something, and Rebekah represents the church, and that is a picture of Jesus bring the church back to Him back in Israel, and Isaac is Jesus. I can't remember, but I could write a book on it.
Chapter 23 is the death of Sarah :( It is just where Abraham purchases a field form the children of Heth and he buries Sarah there and the rest of his family will end p getting buried there too. Nothing too exciting.
And chapter 24 is where the chief slave goes and gets Rebekah for wife of Isaac. Isaac is now a grown man and Abraham is very old soon to die. He sends the chief slave to go and get a wife for Isaac back in the land of Abraham's birth. He goes to Abraham's brother Nahor's city. There he prays to God that the woman would be someone who when the slave asks for a drink, would get a drink for his 12 camels too. And camels could suck up a jug in one suck. So it would take a lot of water. As soon as he is done praying, Rebekah walks over to the well and gets some water. The slave rushes over and asks for a drink,:
Gen 24:19: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
So boom. That was fast. He tells her who he is and why he was there. She takes him to her father's house. The slave explains to her father again who he was and why he was there, the full story. The father excepts and says that he will let the slave take her to Isaac and Abraham. So they journey back. Isaac and Rebekah meet, and it was love at first sight. Awwwwwwww!
Chapter 19 starts with where we left off in 18. God, or 3 men, were preparing to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It starts with 2 "men" walking into town. Lot is standing at the gate. He quickly and almost forcibly invites them into his home to eat supper. Forcibly invited to a party? Wait a sec...Later that night, all the people of the city crowd around the house of Lot and demand him to bring out the men so they can "know him." Literally, rape them. Ew. This town is messed up. Lot goes out and implores them to stop. They don't listen and prepare to break the door of his house down. Suddenly, the 2 men open the door and drag Lot inside before its to late. Then they strike all the men blind. Boom! I guess these aren't normal men. These are angels. They tell Lot that they have come to destroy the city and that they are here to get Lot and his family out. Lot escapes with his wife and 2 daughters. Then fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed the cities. In the process, Lot's wife looks back wishing what was happening wasn't happening. And in her longing to go back to the city of destruction, she is turned into salt. Probably not a fun way to go. So Lot escapes with his 2 girls. And because they don't have any husbands, they decide to have sex with their dad while he is drunk so that they can continue his line. The give birth to Moab, who will become the nation of Moab, and Benammi, who becomes the nation of Ammon. Both nations trouble Israel greatly in the future. In the end, God wouldn't destroy the city because there was only 1 righteous person in it. And was he really righteous? I would probably say no if he gets so drunk his kids can have sex with him and he doesn't even know it. The real reason he was spared was this.
Genesis 19:16: And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; THE LORD BEING MERCIFUL UNTO HIM: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
The reason he spared them was more just because God is merciful. In his eyes, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. None are righteous. Not one. He spared Lot because he was merciful. That was all.
The next chapter, we go back with the adventures of Abraham. Abraham journeys to a place in the southeast called Gerar. There he does the same thing as he did in Egypt. He tells everyone he meets that Sarah is his sister. So again, the king of the land tries to take Sarah. But this time, God visits the king in a dream and says unless you give Sarah back to Abraham and he prays for you, you and all of your people will die. He gives Sarah back to Abraham and then makes a covenant with him and they become friends. Just a short little side story.
Chapter 21 begins with the birth of Isaac. God kept his promise. He always does :D But then there is some trouble with Ishmael and Isaac. Hagar, Ishmael's mother, was seen mocking Isaac. That is not a good thing. Never is polygamy an ok thing. It never really works out. So then Sarah tattles on her and tells Abraham to throw out Hagar and Ishmael out. This makes Abraham very sad. Who wants to throw his own kid out into the wild to probably die? God told Abraham though that it is ok and to do it and that he has it all under control. As usual. So Abraham sent her and Ishmael out. :( Not a happy day. Quickly she runs out of water in the wilderness, so she lies Ishmael under a bush and leaves him to die. By now, he is at least 16 years old, as he is 16 years older then Isaac. He must have been quite spent. She wanders off crying. But God comes down and keeps his promise again. His promise was that a number as the stars in the sky would be the descendants of Abraham. Abraham and Sarah had a hard time believing that, so they caused Ishmael to come alive. It wasn't God's plan, but he keeps his promise anyway. So there will be descendants from Ishmael as many as the dust of the earth too. So suddenly there was a well of water that appeared out of no where. There. Have some water. Ishmael grew up, got a wife in Egypt, and his descendants became the Muslim world.
Next is chapter 22. This is one of those chapters that I could write a book on. A very symbolism filled chapter. The chapter is about God telling Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah. Mount Moriah is the mountain where Christ was crucified. See where this is going already? I can't recall, but this ties in some how with the events in chapter 24 also, where the slave that goes and gets Rebekah is the holy spirit or something, and Rebekah represents the church, and that is a picture of Jesus bring the church back to Him back in Israel, and Isaac is Jesus. I can't remember, but I could write a book on it.
Chapter 23 is the death of Sarah :( It is just where Abraham purchases a field form the children of Heth and he buries Sarah there and the rest of his family will end p getting buried there too. Nothing too exciting.
And chapter 24 is where the chief slave goes and gets Rebekah for wife of Isaac. Isaac is now a grown man and Abraham is very old soon to die. He sends the chief slave to go and get a wife for Isaac back in the land of Abraham's birth. He goes to Abraham's brother Nahor's city. There he prays to God that the woman would be someone who when the slave asks for a drink, would get a drink for his 12 camels too. And camels could suck up a jug in one suck. So it would take a lot of water. As soon as he is done praying, Rebekah walks over to the well and gets some water. The slave rushes over and asks for a drink,:
Gen 24:19: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
So boom. That was fast. He tells her who he is and why he was there. She takes him to her father's house. The slave explains to her father again who he was and why he was there, the full story. The father excepts and says that he will let the slave take her to Isaac and Abraham. So they journey back. Isaac and Rebekah meet, and it was love at first sight. Awwwwwwww!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
06/23/2011
Today I read through Genesis 12-18, the promises of Abraham. It begins with Abraham leaving his home town at the age of 75. Wow. What? 75? Holy smokes. With his wife who is 65. Yikes. I can imagine that. "Honey, I believe God is calling us to leave here and go to another land." "Where?" "I don't know. God is going to guide us." "Which god?" "I don't know that either...and He also said He is going to make us into a great nation." "...I am 65 years old Abram." Yeah. That would be fun. He then travels several hundred miles to this new location where there is a famine going on. Yep. Off to a good start. He goes down to Egypt. "Honey, pretend you are my sister so they don't kill me." "WHY COULDN"T WE JUST STAY IN UR?!" Yep. That's what it would be like. Then he sees some of these amazing things that God promised him. When he is in Egypt, because all of the men are all hitting on his wife, the land gets cursed and all the Egyptians start getting these plagues. They kick them out of Egypt with a ton of gold and cattle and slaves. Hm. Suddenly Abram became super rich with tons of slaves. Interesting. God then speaks to him again. He explains that He is going to make him into a great nation and goes into details like "And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth..." (13:16) Interesting. By now he was probably between the ages of 80-85 and Sarai was 10 years younger then that. He was probably still a bit skeptical, but he was now a bunch more richer. Hm...He then goes into a war against 5 kings with his army of 318 armed servants and destroys the enemy armies. Hm. Blessings? And God speaks to him again.
Genesis 15:5: "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
He confirms with Abram again, you will have seed. And this time it was a bit more special. He makes a promise with Abram in blood as a real deal. He has Abram sacrifice some animals on an altar and as night comes on, "...an horror of great darkness fell upon him." (15:12) God came down and spoke with Abram. And later, as the sun goes down, fire falls from heaven and consumes the sacrifice and a lamp passed between the pieces of the sacrifice, thus sealing the deal in an ancient tradition. When you are serious about a deal, you split some animals in half, light them, then speak you promise as you pass between the burning pieces. Amram didn't pass between. He had nothing to give. But God did. He promised Abram that his seed will number the stars in the sky and the dust of the earth. Abram now must have decided that this must be legit.
Sarai still didn't really fully believe though I think. She ends up giving Abram her young house wife named Hagar. Abram reluctantly agreed. That was not God's plan. He kept his promise though. Hagar gave birth to a son name Ishmael and the boy's seed would become the Muslim nation. Numerous as the dust of the earth. He was 86 then. When he was 99, God came to him again and again reminded him of the seed he would have. And he changed his name to Abraham, father of nations, the name we know him by now. He then explained that out of him would come kings and an everlasting generation. It would be true. And that he would have another son. Abraham had been thinking that it would be Ishmael, so he laughed to himself as he was bowing, saying , "...Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" (17:17) He wanted it to be Ishmael, but God said no. It would be a son from Sarah and his name shall be Isaac, which is literally, laughter.
Later, in the middle of the day, Abraham was out in front of his tent when 3 men started walking by in the distance. Abraham brought them over to eat with him. Now Abraham knew that these men were angels or something like that. The Book reads as if they were...God. Hm. Interesting. 3. Speaking as God. Looking at the Hebrew, the word God isn't plural here. A bit confusing. The three men, or God, told him again that he would have a son. Sarah laughed. She couldn't take it anymore. The men, or God, said why is Sarah laughing? Don't believe Me? So again, his name was confirmed. Isaac. Laughter. Maddening laughter. I am going to have a child at the age of 90? This is going to be rough. God keeps his promise. The next part of the story with Abraham will have the story of Isaac coming to pass. But it isn't the next chapter.
Chapter 18 ends with the three men or God heading to Sodom and Gomorrah. Time to blow some stuff up for some bad sin stuff that is going on down there. We will see in the next chapter. Abraham has this little auction and debate with God. You see, Abraham's nephew, Lot, is down in that city. Abraham loves Lot and doesn't want him killed. So he debates with God on will he destroy the city if there was 50 righteous people in the city? God says no. He goes down to 45. Nope. 40? Nope. 30? Naw. 20? No. 10? Not even 10. God wouldn't toast the city even if there was 10 good people in it. Abraham was satisfied then. God, or the three men, start the journey towards the city. And Abraham didn't know this, but it would seem there will be only 1 righteous person in the city...
Genesis 15:5: "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
He confirms with Abram again, you will have seed. And this time it was a bit more special. He makes a promise with Abram in blood as a real deal. He has Abram sacrifice some animals on an altar and as night comes on, "...an horror of great darkness fell upon him." (15:12) God came down and spoke with Abram. And later, as the sun goes down, fire falls from heaven and consumes the sacrifice and a lamp passed between the pieces of the sacrifice, thus sealing the deal in an ancient tradition. When you are serious about a deal, you split some animals in half, light them, then speak you promise as you pass between the burning pieces. Amram didn't pass between. He had nothing to give. But God did. He promised Abram that his seed will number the stars in the sky and the dust of the earth. Abram now must have decided that this must be legit.
Sarai still didn't really fully believe though I think. She ends up giving Abram her young house wife named Hagar. Abram reluctantly agreed. That was not God's plan. He kept his promise though. Hagar gave birth to a son name Ishmael and the boy's seed would become the Muslim nation. Numerous as the dust of the earth. He was 86 then. When he was 99, God came to him again and again reminded him of the seed he would have. And he changed his name to Abraham, father of nations, the name we know him by now. He then explained that out of him would come kings and an everlasting generation. It would be true. And that he would have another son. Abraham had been thinking that it would be Ishmael, so he laughed to himself as he was bowing, saying , "...Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" (17:17) He wanted it to be Ishmael, but God said no. It would be a son from Sarah and his name shall be Isaac, which is literally, laughter.
Later, in the middle of the day, Abraham was out in front of his tent when 3 men started walking by in the distance. Abraham brought them over to eat with him. Now Abraham knew that these men were angels or something like that. The Book reads as if they were...God. Hm. Interesting. 3. Speaking as God. Looking at the Hebrew, the word God isn't plural here. A bit confusing. The three men, or God, told him again that he would have a son. Sarah laughed. She couldn't take it anymore. The men, or God, said why is Sarah laughing? Don't believe Me? So again, his name was confirmed. Isaac. Laughter. Maddening laughter. I am going to have a child at the age of 90? This is going to be rough. God keeps his promise. The next part of the story with Abraham will have the story of Isaac coming to pass. But it isn't the next chapter.
Chapter 18 ends with the three men or God heading to Sodom and Gomorrah. Time to blow some stuff up for some bad sin stuff that is going on down there. We will see in the next chapter. Abraham has this little auction and debate with God. You see, Abraham's nephew, Lot, is down in that city. Abraham loves Lot and doesn't want him killed. So he debates with God on will he destroy the city if there was 50 righteous people in the city? God says no. He goes down to 45. Nope. 40? Nope. 30? Naw. 20? No. 10? Not even 10. God wouldn't toast the city even if there was 10 good people in it. Abraham was satisfied then. God, or the three men, start the journey towards the city. And Abraham didn't know this, but it would seem there will be only 1 righteous person in the city...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
06/22/2011 #2
Alright! Job is finished! Phew! I never read so much Bible in a day in my life. Well...I don't think I have...But anyway, it is finished. Like I said in my previous post, yeah he toasted Job pretty well. I can imagine it in my mind. Elihu comes up. He explains to Job how incredible God is and that you don't understand. The last chapter is where things can get imaginative. The beginning of the chapter starts with all these awesome weather phenomenons. Thunder, snow, and whirlwinds:
Job 37:9 "Out of the south cometh the whirlwind..."
Now, when God speaks to Job in the next chapter, He speaks to him out of a whirlwind. Now...what if a whirlwind starts somewhere in the distance when Elihu says that. Then there is thunder, and lightning,
Job 37:10 "...and the breadth of the waters is straitened."
and water freezing as it sloshes around in a nearby pond. Utter chaos as the whirlwind gets closer. Now, the chapter ends and the next one begins with Elihu almost vanishing. God berates Jobs three "friends" in the end of the book, but not Elihu. You never hear from Elihu again. What if...Elihu was an angel. Wait, bare with me, and that when Elihu quit talking, and God started talking, Elihu just got sucked into the whirlwind. Pretty neat huh? I know it isn't probable, as Elihu was named with a descendance from Nahor. But it would be awesome. Gosh. I watch too many movies.
But then God comes on the scene. In a tornado. That is the beginning of God's ownage of Job. Job is sitting there in pain, whining to God, and God comes down. In a tornado. Ouch. He then goes on to say things like,
Job 38:4 "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
and,
Job 38:16 "Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?"
and best of all,
Job 38:3 "Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me."
"Pull up your pants, boy. We are going for a ride!" He then takes Job for a ride showing Job all these things so that he realizes, he is but a speck in the universe. Well, maybe he doesn't take him for a ride, but that would be more cool. He shows Job, the foundations of the world, the deeps of the ocean, then goes on to all these marvelous creatures, first the lion, then the raven, a few goats, the unicorn, or more likely, the rhino, the ostrich (notice how the creatures are getting more interesting), the war horse, or the modern day tank, the hawk and eagle, and finally the last to creatures, the behemoth and the leviathan. The behemoth seems to be most likely a Brontosaurus with their long necks and "...tail like a cedar..." (40:17). Then we have an entire chapter on the Leviathan, which to me sounds like a dragon. He seems to be some master of the ocean, a massive and invincible beast, and his mouth where "...sparks of fire leap out." (41:19) Seems like an awesome beast, something like this:
Or maybe,
After that, Job snaps. I would.
Job 42:6 "Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes."
God gets mad at Jobs two friends who were incorrect and makes them sacrifice to him. Then Job gets blesses again. His family comes to mourn with him and his lose, he gets a bunch more children, and 2x as much stuff as he had before, and he lives for a long time. A good ending.
Job 37:9 "Out of the south cometh the whirlwind..."
Now, when God speaks to Job in the next chapter, He speaks to him out of a whirlwind. Now...what if a whirlwind starts somewhere in the distance when Elihu says that. Then there is thunder, and lightning,
Job 37:10 "...and the breadth of the waters is straitened."
and water freezing as it sloshes around in a nearby pond. Utter chaos as the whirlwind gets closer. Now, the chapter ends and the next one begins with Elihu almost vanishing. God berates Jobs three "friends" in the end of the book, but not Elihu. You never hear from Elihu again. What if...Elihu was an angel. Wait, bare with me, and that when Elihu quit talking, and God started talking, Elihu just got sucked into the whirlwind. Pretty neat huh? I know it isn't probable, as Elihu was named with a descendance from Nahor. But it would be awesome. Gosh. I watch too many movies.
But then God comes on the scene. In a tornado. That is the beginning of God's ownage of Job. Job is sitting there in pain, whining to God, and God comes down. In a tornado. Ouch. He then goes on to say things like,
Job 38:4 "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
and,
Job 38:16 "Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?"
and best of all,
Job 38:3 "Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me."
"Pull up your pants, boy. We are going for a ride!" He then takes Job for a ride showing Job all these things so that he realizes, he is but a speck in the universe. Well, maybe he doesn't take him for a ride, but that would be more cool. He shows Job, the foundations of the world, the deeps of the ocean, then goes on to all these marvelous creatures, first the lion, then the raven, a few goats, the unicorn, or more likely, the rhino, the ostrich (notice how the creatures are getting more interesting), the war horse, or the modern day tank, the hawk and eagle, and finally the last to creatures, the behemoth and the leviathan. The behemoth seems to be most likely a Brontosaurus with their long necks and "...tail like a cedar..." (40:17). Then we have an entire chapter on the Leviathan, which to me sounds like a dragon. He seems to be some master of the ocean, a massive and invincible beast, and his mouth where "...sparks of fire leap out." (41:19) Seems like an awesome beast, something like this:
Or maybe,
After that, Job snaps. I would.
Job 42:6 "Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes."
God gets mad at Jobs two friends who were incorrect and makes them sacrifice to him. Then Job gets blesses again. His family comes to mourn with him and his lose, he gets a bunch more children, and 2x as much stuff as he had before, and he lives for a long time. A good ending.
06/22/2011
It has been a couple days, and I did miss a couple days, but I have been still reading, but just not posting. But now I am back. I am still going through Job. I am up to Chapter 31 now. Job seems like quite a dreary guy. He thinks to himself that he is all perfect and great and that there is no reason why he should be getting tormented so much like this. His friends all think that he must have done a great sin and that he is getting punished. We are getting closer to the big show down with God. Actually, I might finish the book today and that will be exciting. I have read this book before, so I do know how it ends. It is an exciting finish where God dominates Job. I might be posting again today.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
06/16/2011
Today I read 3 days worth in one day. I was bored. Job 10-20. 10 chapters. Phew! I couldn't find anything super exciting except one thing. In the end of Job chapter 19, Job inserts an interesting little piece of information. Here is the passage:
Job 19:23: Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Job 19:24: That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
So here it looks like Job didn't write this down. Or, he wrote it down and later laughed because he said that. So, then again maybe he wrote it, maybe he didn't. We still didn't get anywhere. Though I did see something even more interesting that I didn't see before:
Job 19:25: For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
Who is this guy? He seems to be talking about Jesus! How could he know about that?
Job 19:26: And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 19:27: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
Here he seems to be saying that even though now, worms are destroying this body (ewww), he shall one day stand before God with the body anyway, and shall see God with these eyes.
Job 19:28: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
This is the verse that really hit me. It makes me think of Jesus. Why did they persecute him when the root of the matter is in us? The whole reason he died is for the sin that is in us. He died for us, and we persecuted him. It is horrible.
After I write this all down, I see that Job was really talking about himself, but still, it is quite the beautiful picture.
Job 19:23: Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Job 19:24: That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
So here it looks like Job didn't write this down. Or, he wrote it down and later laughed because he said that. So, then again maybe he wrote it, maybe he didn't. We still didn't get anywhere. Though I did see something even more interesting that I didn't see before:
Job 19:25: For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
Who is this guy? He seems to be talking about Jesus! How could he know about that?
Job 19:26: And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 19:27: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
Here he seems to be saying that even though now, worms are destroying this body (ewww), he shall one day stand before God with the body anyway, and shall see God with these eyes.
Job 19:28: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
This is the verse that really hit me. It makes me think of Jesus. Why did they persecute him when the root of the matter is in us? The whole reason he died is for the sin that is in us. He died for us, and we persecuted him. It is horrible.
After I write this all down, I see that Job was really talking about himself, but still, it is quite the beautiful picture.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
06/15/2011
Today I did it again. I read 2 days worth instead of just one. It took a while too. Job 1-9. It jumps after the genealogies to Abraham (Abram) in Genesis to the Book of Job because most scholars are beginning to suspect that Job may have even been around before Abraham. Job is a very interesting and depressing book. It does open us up into the world of Heaven though and helps us to think about what is going on up there. Just think: the Devil isn't allowed to do anything to you unless God says OK. Interesting.
Also interesting: Who wrote the Book of Job? When we get to the end of the book, you will see that God didn't tell Job why all the horrible things happened to him. So then who was it? Some prophet? Even better, this Book is probably super old. Like I said scholar's speculate that it was written before Abraham. In the book, everyone seems closer to God and knowing all these poetic things about him. He lived to be around 140 years, so a bit before Abram probably as he lived to be 120. I think. Sorta just running off of memory :D So then who wrote it? Moses? Abraham? Maybe even one of the other prophets. It was written in Hebrew so it can't have been too too old. So, there really isn't an answer that I know. Then again, I am not a Bible scholar. If the Bible scholar's can't find the answer, how could I? :)
Also interesting: Who wrote the Book of Job? When we get to the end of the book, you will see that God didn't tell Job why all the horrible things happened to him. So then who was it? Some prophet? Even better, this Book is probably super old. Like I said scholar's speculate that it was written before Abraham. In the book, everyone seems closer to God and knowing all these poetic things about him. He lived to be around 140 years, so a bit before Abram probably as he lived to be 120. I think. Sorta just running off of memory :D So then who wrote it? Moses? Abraham? Maybe even one of the other prophets. It was written in Hebrew so it can't have been too too old. So, there really isn't an answer that I know. Then again, I am not a Bible scholar. If the Bible scholar's can't find the answer, how could I? :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)