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Job 38:37-38
37 Who can number [caphar] the clouds [shachaq] in
wisdom [chokmah]? or who can stay [shakab] the bottles [nebel] of
heaven [shamayim],
38 When the dust [`aphar] groweth [yatsaq] into
hardness [muwtsaq], and the clods [regeb] cleave fast together [dabaq]? KJV-Interlinear
37 'Who can count the clouds by
wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, 38 When the dust hardens into a mass, And the
clods stick together? NASB
If nature were inanimate, or simply occurred by random
chance, then its cycle should repeat itself overt and over, again and again,
thus becoming predictable.
Water should simply evaporate, rise up in the
atmosphere, condense and rain. And it
should follow that process over and over again.
But, it does not.
Weather has times of famine, and times of torrential
rains. Weather has times of
inconsistent, seemingly, occurrences.
And weather often has times of great timing in history.
We have reviewed history and the weather earlier in
this chapter. For example, did you know that just a day prior to the attack on
Pearl Harbor in 1941, that the Enterprise carrier group was due into Pearl, but
was delayed because of an unusual storm. That delay had a huge impact on the
war.
Anyway, the numbering of the clouds is a reference to
the numbers of small particles, which are contained within the clouds. The tiny water particles make up the vastness
of the clouds. Can anyone count those
tiny particle components in any cloud, even a small one? And of course, no one can do that. Even in our current day of advanced
technology.
The bottles of heaven, represents the vast water
resources in heaven, that when tipped over, spill out their contents, thus
causing rain. This is symbolic of course.
But it is God who counts the particles to their exact number, and then
causes the rain when the number He desires, is reached.
Continuing from the previous verses, nature operates
from an intelligent state, not from a haphazard or inanimate routine. God is of course the intelligence behind the
function of nature, but also remember the lightning being summoned, 'You called
for me Sir?' back in verse 35.
The dust hardening and clods sticking together, is a
famine, or a region that lacks rain.
This occurs repeatedly throughout history. What does man do? He usually prays. And why?
Because it is God who brings the rain.
This idea of God controlling weather is not new. It is still believed today, although most
folks who pray, pray out of distress.
They may not actually believe that God will bring the rain, but prayer
is often used as a last resort, or out of helplessness. And, that is exactly what man is - helpless.
And that is exactly the point of all of these
verses. God controls everything. So where is mans trust?
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
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