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Job 38:22-24
22 Hast thou entered [bow'] into the treasures ['owtsar]
of the snow [sheleg]? or hast thou seen [ra'ah] the treasures ['owtsar] of
the hail [barad],
23 Which I have reserved [chasak] against the time [`eth] of
trouble [tsar], against the day [yowm] of battle [qarab] and war [milchamah]?
24 By what ['ay] way [derek] is the light ['owr] parted [chalaq], which scattereth [puwts]
the east wind [qadiym] upon the earth ['erets]? KJV-Interlinear
22 'Have you entered the
storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved for the time of
distress, For the day of war and battle? 24 'Where is the way that the light is
divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? NASB
As if you have not yet figured the weather out yet,
here is but another in a list of examples by which God uses the weather, the
sunlight, the various things in life, to control the progress and processes of
history.
If you have any sort of education under your belt, or
if you have ever watched the History Channel, then you have seen all of the
many examples of bad weather, as well as many other circumstances, that have
turned history on its ear.
The Norsemen discovered the upper North American
coast, but the extreme cold, possibly brought on by volcanic activity in the
500's A.D. sent them back to Europe.
That little ice age, caused masses of peoples to migrate throughout
Europe.
Arid weather pushed peoples out of the Mesopotamian
region to the four points of the compass.
A search for a short route to the Far East caused the
later discovery of the New World.
Abundant furs caused a massive migration to the New
World.
The discovery of gold caused massive migrations to the
many regions where gold was discovered.
Wars were often times decided because of bad weather.
World War II Germany fighting Russia would be a good example of extreme winter
weather that halted a certain German victory.
Throughout time, weather, resources, social ills,
diseases, and more, have served to direct the course of human history.
And here is Gods very own explanation of how something
as simple as snow or hail, are in reality, used by Himself, to serve His
historical will.
Probably the most common and known example of this
concept, are the ten plagues which brought about the release of the Israelites
from their slavery to Egypt and Pharaoh.
And as we have mentioned before, all of this global
warming issue that is making its way around the news media, and seems to be selling
almost everyone now, is really a hoax as far as to its cause.
However, that said, there is one truth to the global
warming story. It is caused by humanity
but not for the reasons stated in the news.
Spiritual deficiency is the cause, not the use of fossil fuels. One volcano eruption can produce more
atmospheric pollution than all of the human activity in all of history
combined.
And even though we all know that, who will accept it?
And we get back to the question of these verses. Where does the snow start? Where does the hail start? And by that is meant, how are the volumes of
snowfall and the locations of hail, determined?
And we add one more question to those above. Were does light get its start, but more
important, how is light perpetuated?
We all know how a bicycle runs. We push the pedals with our feet and that
turns a chain, which turns on gears which turns the wheels and so forth. We all know how the internal combustion
engine works. The fuel is inserted into
the valve, and ignited by a spark, which pushes the pistons, which turn the
rods, which turn the flywheel, which turns the gears in the transmission, and
so forth back to the wheels.
But light, how does it move. A flash or explosion causes the light. A battery causes the glowing of light, but
what propels the light along at such a great speed. Light moves at well over 186,000 miles a
second. We can't make a car go that
fast, or even a rocket. So how can a
little battery send light out of a flashlight at such a great speed?
We can come up with many scientific explanations as to
how snow and hail form, and we can even come up with explanations regarding
light, but how was the earth shrouded in darkness in Genesis 1, and then
suddenly bathed in light. Was the sun
out, and then God lit it with a huge match?
Was there a cloud of dust floating through space, blocking the sunlight?
How is it that the oil reserves, the gold deposits,
the location of the continents even their number (7), the timing of weather
patterns throughout history, came to be when and where they are?
We recently studied the Tribulation in our study of
Revelation. It is at that future time in
history, that the most extreme weather will occur. Why then?
Why not before?
Why will all of the earths severe weather suddenly
come to a halt at the Second Advent, and perfect weather will continue for a
thousand years from that moment on?
In the universities around the world, history
professors continue to search for the answer to the interpretation of history. And that interpretation has been right before
us all for as long as man has existed on this planet.
Jesus Christ is the only interpretation of
history. As goes mans attitude toward
Christ, so goes history.
A positive attitude produces blessing and prosperity. A negative attitude produces distress and
disaster.
The existence of snow and hail are not controlled by
natural phenomena alone, but by the will of God, and they are used at His
pleasure for determining the direction of history.
Today, China is getting hammered by earthquakes. The other day it was Burma that was hammered
by a massive storm. We experience storms
and disasters every year, somewhere in each of our respective countries.
One would think that people would get wise to all of
this repetition, but then people do not accept that it is God who is behind all
of this activity. People ignore God, as
a general rule, anyway. And so the
repetition continues.
And finally the wind.
We cannot see it, so we cannot determine its source or its destination. No one can follow any component of air
throughout the world, and yet air is the most common denominator for all of our
lives.
We can only begin to predict weather as we see it
developing. Through radar and satellites
we can see and measure the high and low pressure areas and cloud patterns, but
only after they begin forming. Prior to
their formation, we are clueless. Otherwise we could accurately predict the
weather for weeks, months, or years into the future. But a few days is the best we can do and even
that is a tough call.
Hummm, how then can we predict global changes decades
in advance, when we cannot even predict the current weather accurately? Do you know what will occur in this next
hurricane season?
All of life is a classroom. We can either learn from it, or fail.
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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