We have three particularly challenging readings today. We start reading about Job and many see the start of this book, which sets the scene for the remaining forty chapters, as a sort of parable. The question is asked, and answered in Job; do those who are richly blessed appreciate their blessings? How should those around… Read More Today’s thought “Purify our conscience from …” (December 2)
Lots of Christian who think the hell is a place of eternal torture do forget that Jesus was three days in hell and that Israel’s patriarch Jacob was convinced he would also go to hell. In this article we look at the real biblical meaning of sheol, hades or hell. According to the bible sheol or the grave is the abode or place were both righteous and wicked remain until the call of Jesus at the Last Days and the resurrection of the dead.… Read More Is Hell-fire something to fear
##### —– II KINGS 2:9-13 ELIJA and ELISHA PARTING 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 13 Elija, Elisha, Mordecai, Job, chariots and a house for God
Prayer Listening Ear God has given us His Word. In it we can find guidance and examples of communications with the Most High. In it we can see how God is willing to be with those who are willing to follow Him. God showed us the way how we can master ourselves but also how… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #7 Prayer #5 Listening Ear
Op Christadelphia wordt in enkele artikelen in gegaan op hetgeen sommige doemdenkers ons over God trachten wijs te maken. Maar het zijn niet enkel zij die ons willen opzadelen met de gedachte dat het God is die de mensen straft met de problemen die over deze wereld komen. Niet gelovigen lachen met hen die geloven… Read More Doemdenkers en ons lijden
Self inflicted misery to bear 1. The root by man For some the Book of Job offers no simple answer to the problem of suffering. But it should shed a light on how nobody can escape the problems of this world and shall be able to find himself confronted with misery at one or another… Read More Self inflicted misery #1 The root by man
As Kevin Miller writes in his blog article about Job “Job is a book of tragedy, foolish counsel, mourning, but also great strength.” For us it can be counted as such a real romantic film: Job begins and ends happy and cheery, but in-between we get drama of high calibre. By the end of the very… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #7 Epilogue
In his concluding speech in chapter 31, Job did demand that God appear before him, and in a sense, it is somewhat surprising for Elihu to appear instead. But can a man command God to appear? Do we have the right or authority to demand the Most High to appear before us? Job’s concluding remarks… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #6: chapters 38-42
We can imagine that people get scared when they hear certain preachers talking as the three friends of Job. As the wife of a Southern Baptist pastor writes in her blog that one pastor saying that all the troubles which befell Job were his fault because he spoke forth fear into his life. That alleviated some… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #5: chapters 32-37
In the previous chapters the rampant evil in the world was described by Job (Job 24:2-24) and we have heard the speeches of Job’s friends who got to accuse him of gaining his now lost wealth by robbing the poor, withholding sustenance from the hungry and even abusing the weaker ones like widows and orphans.… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #4: chapters 27-31
Job and his friends agreed that God is omnipotent, omniscient, has all the wisdom and strength, is just, and perfectly good. They could bring forwards that an omniscient being knows every way in which evils can come into existence and has the power to prevent that evil from coming into existence. God can just say… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #3: chapters 21-26
Etymologically the name Job could be related to the Hebrew word for “enemy,” with reference to either Job’s attitude to God or his response to suffering. The name might also be a contracted form of “Where is my father?” In Fragments from the Book of Job #1: chapters 1-12 we could find the blameless and upright… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #2: chapters 12-20
Fragments from the story of Job or Jobab (Job 42:17) and its numerous exegeses attempting to address the problem of evil. (Highlights ours, in purpose for the study on suffering and Gods hand in it. But please take your translation at hand and read the full chapters.) Brenton Translation 1851 by Lancelot Brenton Job Chapters… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #1: chapters 1-12
Is God de Schepper van goed en kwaad? Afgelopen zaterdag spraken wij in de dienst over het kwaad en in welke mate God het toelaat en er aldus ook meester over is. Voor diegenen die geloven dat de duivel een gevallen engel is moet het kwaad dus reeds bestaan hebben voor de zondeval van Adam… Read More God meester van goed en kwaad
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