Job 42: "The picture moves to the exaltation of Job: [1] Job
humbles himself before Yahweh: vv 1-6. [6] Divine rebuke of Job's accusers: vv
7-9. [7] Job restored and honoured: vv 10-17. The type is before us in the
record of Job; the antitype will shortly be revealed in the return of Yahshua
the Anointed, and the elevation of his true family. Then great blessing will
come to the whole world, in fulfilment of the Abrahamic covenant"
(GEM).
Job 42:3
THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME TO KNOW: "Will you lay your
poor little insignificant present life and possessions on the scale, if God will
lay the glories of endless eternity on the other side? Does not the gracious,
marvelous prospect make you anxious to heap every possible service and sacrifice
you can on your side, to manifest your bursting and overwhelming sense of
thankfulness and awe? -- to compensate with the manifestation at least of love
and willingness for the utter nothingness of the very best you can offer? If
not, are you really a living creature, or just a piece of dead, unfeeling wood?
Does not the infinite wonder and beauty of it all fill your heart to
overflowing? A cow cannot appreciate the marvels of a sunset, and we are all
cows by nature, as to spiritual things. But God be thanked that we can learn to
be something more than cows, if we desire it above everything else, and strive
for it with all our heart" (GVG).
Job 42:6
Job sees the "shekinah" glory of God.
There is a radical distinction between natural regret and
God-given repentance. The flesh can feel remorse, acknowledge its evil deeds,
and be ashamed of itself. However, this sort of disgust with past actions can be
quickly shrugged off, and the individual can soon go back to his old wicked
ways. None of the marks of true repentance described in 2Co 7:11 are found in
his behavior. Out of a list of 11 men in the Bible who said, "I have sinned,"
poss only five actually repented. They were David (2Sa 12:13; 24:10; 1Ch 21:8;
Psa 41:4), Nehemiah (Neh 1:6), Job (Job 42:5,6), Micah (Mic 7:9), and the
prodigal son (Luk 15:18). The other (poss less sincere) instances? Pharaoh in
Exo 9:27; 10:16; Balaam in Num 22:34; Achan in Jos 7:20; Saul in 1Sa 15:24,30;
26:21; Shimei in 2Sa 19:20; Judas in Mat 27:4.
Job 42:7
The importance of sound doctrine.
"Trouble (so far from being evidence of desertion) is a means
employed in His hands to lay the foundation of future joy and blessedness. Let
His children then be comforted and strengthened to endure even the deepest and
most inexplicable affliction. Let them learn to see God in the darkness and to
feel His hand in the tempest. Let them beware of the folly of Job's three
friends rebuked of God. Let them know that this time of our pilgrimage is the
night, and that though weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning
and that joy a joy prepared by the weeping. Let them apply the consolation
Christ has given them: 'Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall be comforted'
" (WP 83).
Job 42:8
AND NOT DEAL WITH YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FOLLY: Lest I
punish you after your own doctrine of exact retribution.
YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME WHAT IS RIGHT, AS MY SERVANT JOB
HAS: Yet Job was not always right -- as God Himself says (Job 38:2; 40:2,8).
However, Job's basic philosophy of God's workings was correct, while that of his
3 friends (ie exact retribution) was incorrect.
Job 42:10
TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE: Double portion -- right
of the firstborn (Deu 21:15-17; Eze 47:13). Cp Christ, the true firstborn (Psa
89:27; Col 1:15,18).
Job 42:11
THEY COMFORTED AND CONSOLED HIM: "Trouble (so far from
being evidence of desertion) is a means employed in His hands to lay the
foundation of future joy and blessedness. Let His children then be comforted and
strengthened to endure even the deepest and most inexplicable affliction. Let
them learn to see God in the darkness and to feel His hand in the tempest. Let
them beware of the folly of Job's three friends rebuked of God. Let them know
that this time of our pilgrimage is the night, and that though weeping may
endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning and that joy a joy prepared by the
weeping. Let them apply the consolation Christ has given them: 'Blessed are ye
that weep now, for ye shall be comforted' [Mat 5:4]" (WP 83).
Job 42:12
Typ the "doubling" of Christ's flocks and herds -- Jews and
Gentiles (Joh 10:16).
Job 42:13
HE ALSO HAD SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS: Whereas Job
received wealth far greater than what he had had before, he "only" received the
same number children which he had lost. Were these in fact the same children,
raised from the dead?
Job 42:14
JEMIMAH: "Dove": the ecclesia in its innocence and
virtue (Song 5:2; 6:9). A sacrificial animal (Lev 1:14; 5:7; 12:6-8;
14:3-7,22).
KEZIAH: "Cassia" = a sweet spice, an ingredient of holy
anointing oil (Exo 30:34), sym union of Christ and bride (Song 1:3; Psa
45:8).
KEREN-HAPPUCH: "Horn of eye-paint", sym inward beauty.
Job 42:17
The LXX adds, as footnote: "And it is written that he shall
rise up again, with those whom the LORD shall raise up."