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Job 37:9-10
9 Out of the south [cheder] cometh [bow'] the whirlwind
[cuwphah]: and cold [qarah] out of the north [mazareh].
10 By the breath [nashamah] of God ['el] frost [qerach] is given [nathan]: and the
breadth [rochab] of the waters [mayim] is straitened [muwtsaq]. KJV-Interlinear
9 'Out of the south comes the
storm, And out of the north the cold. 10
'From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen. NASB
Does God lean down and swirl his hands through the
atmosphere to cause weather patterns?
No. He has created a storehouse of
energy which helps drive the weather.
'Out of the south,' is a phrase referring to a
storehouse, a chamber in the feminine as in a womans private bedroom. Here the energy of the storm is built up and
stored until such time as it is called upon.
'Out of the north,' refers to a scattering. Here the winds of the north scatter,
disburse, agitate, stir up the weather patterns.
Elihu most likely did not understand the role played
by the energy of the sun, the role of the oceans absorbing that heat energy,
the role of the north polar regions, the role of the high altitude jet stream
winds, the role of the deep ocean currents that circumnavigate the planet and
so forth.
But Elihu did understand that God in His creative
wisdom, had created storehouses and systems that gathered and carried out the
many weather patterns and cycles that he, Elihu, had observed during his
lifetime.
He did not attribute these things to natural
phenomena, or events of chance, or things which occurred apart from Gods
consent or will.
'From the breath of God,' refers to His will and
power.
The storms of planet earth are heated up, stirred up,
freeze and thaw, not on their own, but by the will of God and for no other
reason.
The 'expanse' of the waters is a reference to the
freezing of water, snow, rivers, lakes and so forth. The weather can become so cold that rivers
and lakes or large bodies of water can freeze solid.
The whole point of all of this, is that nothing can
happen unless God wills or permits it to happen.
Weather is the most common event that everyone around
the world can be familiar with, and so everyone who reads this chapter of Job,
must be able to relate to weather patterns.
Likewise, every person on the planet is able to see
the magnitude of giant weather events, and know that no human being is capable
of duplicating anything weather related.
Man (rainmakers included) simply does not possess that capability of
causing weather, let alone controlling the various storehouses of energy and
activity that drive weather or climate trends.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
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