Job 15:8
Did you listen in on the council of God?
Did you take all wisdom for yourself?
I counted and I have 128 verses left to finish this. That would be a little bit after my birthday next year. That seems so far away based on how close it seems. So many thoughts I must move on.
The main difference in my sources was King James which asks “Hast thou heard the secret of God?” Wouldn’t that be interesting. The other sources make the intent a little clearer.
Apparently, I have become stale in my review of each stitch. I might have to take a break or rethink my pattern.
When I first read this verse, I was wondering if it asked if Job actually listened to what God had told him? One of the key skills in relating to others is to actually listen to what they say. (Word does not like the use of actually the way I do it.) The sentiment being that if you do not listen to God, how can you actually follow Him. I later understood that the reference was to some supposed time before the history of man that God sat and explained His plan to those celestial beings on His council. I am not really up on extra Biblical Jewish knowledge, but there is not enough in the Bible for me to accept that this actually happened.
My first impression of the second stitch was that Job somehow stole all this wisdom he overheard and didn’t allow any other man to learn it. I have no idea how this is possible, but I can at least see an attempt to paint Job as a ‘better than thou’ enemy for Eliphaz. My guess is that Job spent some effort sharing his love of God with others, and Eliphaz took this in the wrong way based on his own hardened heart.
The other night we were eating dinner and my mother-in -law ended up trying to remember all the books of the Bible in order. I certainly could not do it, but she did ok for someone of her age. My oldest has to sing it to get them all, but she certainly can. I have always thought that my brain just doesn’t work that way. I can remember the term Beatitudes, but I could only say they were in one of the Gospels and I thought it was the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. My brain cannot recite them, but I certainly know the jest of them and can discuss how they fit into the story of being a Christian. Part of the outcome for me is that I need to focus on being who God asks me to be and not reaching for all these nice to think about ideals that others put up. Knowing all the books of the Bible, having parts or the whole thing memorized, or knowing which phrases come from which book are all nice, but none of that will save me or anyone else. Being a Christian is about a personal relationship with Christ and taking responsibility for your sin. I read the Bible and everything I take is still in there for everyone else.
Written 11/26/24, Posted 12/19/24, Job 345