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Job 37:6-7
6 For he saith ['amar] to the snow [sheleg], Be thou [hava'] on the
earth ['erets]; likewise to the small [matar] rain [geshem], and to the
great [matar] rain [geshem] of his strength [`oz].
7 He sealeth up [chatham] the hand [yad] of every man ['adam]; that
all men ['enowsh] may know [yada`] his work [ma`aseh]. KJV-Interlinear
6 'For to the snow He says, 'Fall
on the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.' 7 'He seals the hand of every man, That all
men may know His work. NASB
And the snow, yet another characteristic of the
weather, is commanded by God. Elihu
lists these examples to show that it is God who commands the climate of the
world, not man, not chance.
And while we live in an age where liberal thought is
increasing, and liberal thought meaning any thought process which significantly
departs from truth (this has nothing to do with politics), and so people are
falling into the trap of delusional thinking.
Currently we have the global warming issue, but if you
believe in the scriptures, if you believe in the principles of dispensations,
if you believe these words of Elihu, then you know that the world will never
cook (or freeze) itself into oblivion.
You know that man can do nothing to destroy the world, whether by atom
bombs or by gas guzzling cars.
But there will always be those who will attempt to
panic the masses into adopting views that have no basis in fact. And in this particular view, the changes are
being proposed as changes that will occur far into the distant future. Something that cannot be measured, cannot be
verified, and changes that have many contradictions or exceptions.
But it is God who commands the snow. 'Fall on the earth.' And with those words from God, the snow
falls.
Furthermore, God brings about these very simple
situations such that man is sealed up.
What does that mean?
In the winter time, in the spring time, in the hottest
of the summer times, when the snows fall thus keeping man indoors, when the
rains fall as with the monsoons, when the suns heat is at its highest and man
is forced to go indoors and becomes helpless, such that man can realize his
helplessness.
Being sealed up, means being in a state of
helplessness.
And the weather, simple as it is, can force man into a
helpless state. We cannot control the
weather. We cannot control the solar
activity of the sun. We cannot control
the beat of our own heart. And so Gods
brings us back to reality from mans indifference, from mans imagination, from
mans apathy, from mans arrogance, from mans stupidity.
The hurricanes are supposed to grow stronger, and they
do not. The weather is supposed to grow warmer,
and it does not. In fact when we look at
the weather over long periods of time, even greater and more dramatic weather
changes have occurred during times when man barely occupied the planet.
God uses the simple to defeat the arrogant. God uses helplessness to demonstrate mans
weaknesses.
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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