From 6cbd23dfbe6e8772adf016ec99509a446f7eb167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fingerskier Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:54:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] job study --- Gloss/Job/Job 8.md | 5 ++++- Gloss/Job/Job 9.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Gloss/Job/Job 9.md diff --git a/Gloss/Job/Job 8.md b/Gloss/Job/Job 8.md index aa996d8..6432d6c 100644 --- a/Gloss/Job/Job 8.md +++ b/Gloss/Job/Job 8.md @@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ Bildad joins the conversation. 19) This is a universal truth: for the godless this life is the best they will ever have; for the godly, this life is the worst they will ever have. -20-21) Ad naseum: more general truth that applies in finality, but not in the current circumstance. +20) This is an absolute truth but it comes down to what rejection and support mean: when the righteous falter they are still accepted by God; when the godless prosper they are still rejected by God. + It is important to dissociate prosperity from God's favor. + +21-22) Not necessarily true: the godless may outlive the good even though good wins in the end. diff --git a/Gloss/Job/Job 9.md b/Gloss/Job/Job 9.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4439a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Gloss/Job/Job 9.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Job 9 + +Job's response to Bildad. + +2) Job gives us another angle: that God truly only blesses the righteous but that God gives righteous. + + +9) Interesting that Job was aware of the southern hemisphere constellations. + + +11) True that we don't know God's face: we only know Him by His capability. + + +13) Rahab means pride and is likely a reference to a sea monster: a symbol of chaos. \ No newline at end of file