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Job 36:26
26 Behold, God ['el] is great [saggiy'], and we know [yada`] him
not, neither can the number [micpar] of his
years [shaneh] be searched out [cheqer]. KJV-Interlinear
26 'Behold, God is exalted, and
we do not know Him; The number of His
years is unsearchable. NASB
Great, means vast, infinite, beyond
comprehension. These are the boundaries
of God, which are no boundaries.
God is so vast in His essence, that humanity, or any
form of creation, can never possibly discover all that there is to God.
Moses will approach a burning bush and there will
learn the name given from Him, 'I Am,' which means simply, 'infinite resource.'
But long before Moses, perhaps a thousand years prior,
Elihu understood this concept. God is
infinite.
God never had a beginning. There was never a time when
God did not exist. God did not advance
through generations. God has no
succession.
And by the way, we are referring to all three members
of the Godhead - Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Christ is the only visible member of the
Godhead, and through seeing Christ, we see all three members, even though they
are three separate persons.
Our access to God, through Christ, makes it possible
for God to establish a plan for humanity, which rules out all of mans invented
religions, beliefs, philosophies, etc.
This plan, Christ, is the 'big' stumbling block for all other beliefs.
Jesus (the deity), was never born. He has always existed. But Jesus (the humanity), was born into our
midst, so that we could all be saved, and certainly come to know Him (Them,
God), better.
The infinite past is a concept we can never
comprehend. How can there not be a
beginning? If there was a beginning,
then how would you explain the moment prior to that beginning and the moment
prior to that one and so forth? How do
we get to now, if the beginning never began?
Take that one to bed with you tonight! But here we are.
And here is a part of Elihu's point. How can we evaluate God, when we cannot even
comprehend Him, when we have not been around as long as He has, when we know so
little about history, when we cannot even control the simplest of things within
our own generation?
Our few years, compared to Gods eternity. What is there to compare? Our efforts to end world hunger, disease,
death, compared to Gods sustaining human history when history should have ended
numerous times over - in the Garden, at the Flood, at many times in history
when famine, and, war and so forth struck.
But then, should we realize that it was never our efforts that have
sustained us, but Gods gracious support for all of humanity?
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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