THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE

In these two books, Job answers Eliphaz as well as praying to God. And wow, you really have to concentrate. You have to read, and re-read, and study each word closely to even come close to understanding. Or perhaps it is just me; maybe it is just difficult for my simple mind to comprehend. It starts off with Job basically wishing God would put an end to his misery, basically through death. He is in… Continue reading

Today, we continue where Eliphaz left off yesterday. And he starts by praising God and acknowledging all of the great things He has done. And he mentions that God does good for those who seek Him. And then, he just starts touching on an accusation, not full out an blatant accusation, that Job has done wrong or this wouldn’t have happened to him, and he needs to acknowledge his wrongdoings. 1 “Call out if you… Continue reading

And now, things get complicated. The language becomes more confusing and difficult to understand. I can come up with some assemblance of understanding for about the first half of the chapter, but the last half is beyond my ability to understand. Again I say, I’m not a smart man. It makes me want to reach out and listen to someone else to help me understand, but that defeats my objectives, of studying the Bible alone… Continue reading

Most of the Book of Job is dialogue between he and his friends, and it is set up so that one chapter is Job saying his peace, then the next chapter is a friend who is responding to what he said. This goes back and forth, chapter by chapter, Job debated with his friends. And while the Bible talks about how great a man Job was, he was not without sin and he was a… Continue reading

Now, Job has three friends that enter the picture, and here is where it gets really confusing to me. Ernest Hemingway was right, the Book of Job is a literary masterpiece, a masterpiece that hurts my head. Perhaps this time, when I study it, then put my notes and thoughts in writing, I will do better. 11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity… Continue reading

1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” 3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth,… Continue reading

I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said that the Book of Job was the greatest literary work, perhaps, of all time. My sister says the Book of Job is her favorite book of the Bible. I on the other hand, really have a hard time understanding it. At one minute it all makes perfect sense, and the next minute it seems to me the complete opposite is being said. Then again, I’m not that… Continue reading

As I stated before, we all descended from Noah’s family; they were the only survivors of the Great Flood. At face value, this scripture is just another documentation on Bible geneaology, to some of which, could be boring. But you don’t want to miss out on the important points. Shem, obviously one of Noah’s sons, and a blessed one at that, is a direct ancestor to Abram, later renamed Abraham, who was the father of… Continue reading

Even after the world was destroyed by the flood, man did not learn his lesson. We are literally born into sin; man was created perfect, righteous, sinless, but sin changed all of that. From birth, our thoughts are all sinful, starting out with selfishness, and we must be taught otherwise by the word of God. Eight people survived the flood. Eight. Everyone else was apparently of little faith or non-believers, the Bible doesn’t say. But… Continue reading

1 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. The Japhethites 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.a 5 From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. The… Continue reading