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Job 42:10
10 And the LORD [Yahovah] turned [shuwb] the captivity [shabuwth][shabuwth] of Job ['Iyowb], when he
prayed [palal] for his friends [rea`]: also the LORD [Yahovah]
gave [yacaph] Job ['Iyowb] twice as much [mishneh] as
he had before. KJV-Interlinear
10 And the Lord restored the
fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that
Job had twofold. NASB
Captivity, is a reference to one who has been taken
from his home and homeland, and forced into slavery or captivity, in a foreign
and dangerous land.
Sin is our captivity, and the environment outside of
Gods embrace is the foreign and dangerous land in which there is only pain, and
suffering, and bitterness, and loss, and failure.
In this book, Job lived this life of suffering, as all
of humanity does when outside of Gods will.
But through the grace of God and the work of the
Savior, Jesus Christ, Job was restored from that foreign land, symbolically
speaking, to his former home of safety, and truth, and security, and
prosperity.A life within the spiritual
realm of Gods will.
The players here are Job, the representative priest,
or go-between, between man and God, and the three friends, who had slipped out
of the grace of God through their own human views.
The men brought their offering to Job, and set about
presenting the offering to God (the Father).Job prayed, to the Father, for the acceptance of the offering, and token,
and symbol of the work of the Son, the Savior, Jesus Christ.
All prayer is directed to the Father and to no one,
and to nothing else.Since the offering
represents the work of Christ, the Father accepts the offering, for He accepts
no other offering, which is not representative of the work of Christ.
Job was restored, progressively over the coming years,
to his former health, prosperity, and family.Obviously, his health would have returned relatively quickly.Probably in a matter of days, his fever, his
sores and skin wounds, his aches and pains, and such, would have faded away.He obviously recovered enough, immediately,
to be able to perform the sacrifices of his friends.
Once Gods mandates had been complied with, then the
blessings began to flow.Job was in full
compliance and therefore his blessings were doubled.Over the years he would have children during
the normal course of his life and marriage with his wife.I presume that you know how that sort of
thing works.
As for the rest of his wealth, probably many things
worked together toward his acquisition of his greater wealth, during the course
of the next several decades of his life.
But, no matter how long it took, his recovered wealth
and its doubling, began immediately after his prayer at the offering presented
by his friends.
It was Jobs compliance, and not anything which his
friends did, that brought Gods good favor to Job.
His friends continued in their life with little or no
change.They complied with Gods
mandates, certainly, but they had to be ordered to comply.Job voluntarily submitted himself to Gods
will, without having to be ordered.
His blessings were magnified accordingly.
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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