Why does God Oppress the Righteous?(Job 10-16

 Pain, an intricate sculptor of emotions, wields its power over us. Through its harsh chisel, we give voice to our most poignant sorrows. Every one of us, in a moment of soulful plea, has beseeched the heavens, praying not to be met with disdain. As descendants of the divine, we witness the Lord's hand raising the sinful, while humbling us to forge our ultimate betterment. Those in Christ have the confidence of forgiveness as Gregory the Great wrote in his Morals of the Book of Job 9.69-70 this,

 “In his heart, he questions the Judge with the result that under his visitation he is full of doubt about the merit of life. However, when the goodness of his life is brought before the eyes of the mind, it is as the Judge gave comfort to the answer whereby he never strikes to destroy but strikes sustain the innocency of life and conduct.(A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church Anterior to the Division of the East and West 18:545-46)

God created each one of us in our mother's womb. Life is a gift of God but so is suffering. He sees sinn but forgives it, also. Everyone asks why they were born. Our witness is the Lord. Man's days are few, but the Lord acts in them. Those in Yeshua when they die will be in heaven.

Pain knows no reason. Idle talk will silence no one. Our ways are not God's ways. We claim that we don't deserve what we get. If we repent and put our trust in Yeshua, we can have peace with the Lord.We can never discover the mysteries of God as the Israel Bible states on Job 11 this:

However, as Moshe is told, we cannot comprehend the ways of God and might never understand the answer to this question as long as we are living. Today as we struggle with both a pandemic and social unrest – both on scales never seen before – we must understand that through all the struggles and pains that we go through, we are only growing stronger and more worthy of  blessing. (August 17, 2023 https://theisraelbible.com/mystery-of-the-almighty/ February 26,2021)

Wisdom dies with the wise. All people have an opinion when it comes to suffering. Chysostom wrote in his “commentary on Job 13.4-5, “ Indeed, when senseless words are spoken. It is better to remain in silence, and in being silent, one will show greater wisdom then speaking.(Patristische Texte und Studien 35:109) Those who suffer are belittled objects. Pain ignores integrity. The West has a contempt for pain. Wicked appear to prosper as they appear to be secure.

Only nature will tell the truth of God as Job 12:8-9 states "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this” NASU The Lord is sovereign. The attributes of the Mystical YHVH are pitying the sinner, gracing the repentant, ruling, sympathizing to suffering, loving concern, long-suffering, abounding in mercy, verifying, remembering human merit, understanding, forgiving, atoning, and seeing guilt. .

We all have seen pain an understand it. We must humble ourselves before God and man. John Calvin preached this in Sermons by Master John Calvin Upon the Book of Job in his sermon “The xlix Sermon Which Is the First Upon the Thirteenth Chapter:”

 “Wherefore let every man think upon his own infirmities and sins: and that will make us to stoup, and to esteem those whom we have presumptuously shaken off:& let us be afraid to do God any wrong by dispelling such as are not utterly destitute of his gracious gifts .”  (Line 60-65 Pg 227  Arther Golding 1574 Lucus Harris)

Talk to God in your distress. The Lord brings pain. Man speaks unjustly and condemns wrongly. Maxims are meaningless. All people like to judge. Death does not destroy a believer. In suffering we have hope in our Messiah as Job stated in Job 19:25-26, “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed,Yet from my flesh I shall see God;” NASU Suffering demands cause. There are times The Lord's face is hidden.

We are dry branches without Him. All must treble at His Name. All humans are bound to death. Man, born of woman, has limited days like a flower in the sun. We are born out of impurity. God has fixed the number of our days. Unlike plants that re-sprouts, when we die, we wait until the End of Days.

Wind does not bring wisdom. Sin teaches our mouths to speak artistically. Our mouths stand in judgment against us. We are not the first ones to experience pain. Wisdom is not limited to one man. We drink the waters of injustice. God hides His purity from us. The wicked have pain though evil screaming in their ears. Those who stretch their hand against the lord will be judged.

Because Sherman ordered his men to rape civilian with the exact wording of the order saying  "Death is Mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better." US Army raping became the cause of the War of American Aggression regardless of the Emancipation Proclamation so s the the friend who judges another in pain. Our suffering is our own. We are surrounded by those who hat us as Micah wrote in Micah 7:5 “Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips.” NASU

 The more we speak, the more we hurt. In his anger, the Lord brings suffering. He holds our bodies. I accept my fate before the Lord. I accept His fate for me.

 

I ask ChatGPT to write a poem of Job and here it is:

In ancient lands where wisdom's light did shine,

A tale of trials and faith, divine,

The Book of Job, a story told,

Of suffering and a spirit bold.

 

A man named Job, so just and true,

Faced trials that only the heavens knew,

His wealth and health were stripped away,

Yet still he knelt and chose to pray.

 

With friends who came, both wise and proud,

They spoke of sin, their voices loud,

But Job, he questioned, sought to find,

The reason for his troubled mind.

 

He cried to heavens, asked his God,

"Why am I crushed beneath this rod?

What have I done to earn this pain,

This suffering that consumes like rain?"

 

The whirlwind came, a mighty voice,

A tempest's answer, a divine choice,

"Where were you, Job, when earth was laid,

When stars and seas in beauty swayed?"

 

With humbled heart, Job bowed his head,

He saw his limits, as truth was spread,

For in his trials, he found a key,

To deeper faith and mystery.

 

The Book of Job, a timeless song,

Of strength in trials, though days be long,

A lesson learned through tears and fire,

That faith prevails, and hope inspires.

What in Godliness Worth? (Job 1

 What is Integrity worth? Our wealth must be based on the fear of God and the intolerance of sin. Wealth is based in blessing not is one's abilities alone. Clement of Alexandria wrote, “For not a single thing that we posses is properly our own. We are properly owners of one possession, that is godliness. Death does not rob us of this when it over takes us.” (Ante Nicene Fathers 2:77) Our godliness must extent past ourselves and to family and those around us.

Each year all people, angels, etc stand before the divine in Judgment. The accuser first stands in judgment against Israel. The Righteous are exalted before the Lord. True integrity and godliness cannot be revealed until that is all one has. Honor is their relative and Japanese prefer suicide over dishonor.( honor and integrity are very different.)

Chocolate tastes good because it is both sweet and bitter. All power is given by God to bless or affliction. Satan is given power to purify, judge and tempt; however the Lord is the one who afflicts. He is the author of destruction and provision as Chrysostom wrote, “ Why did God provide us with our goods? He did not do so because we deserved them. God was absolutely free to grant us only affliction.”  (Patristische Texte und Studien 35:47-48) Life is a gift from the devine and those who put their faith in Messiah have eternal hope.

Health is different from wealth for the mind and emotions are bound to the body. (I have anxiety because of my high blood pressure.) The accuser may touch our body, but cannot take our life for that power is given to the angel of death. A true friend must comfort but not speak to the aflicted. Birth and death are before the Lord on equal footing. There is darkness in joy . A mother is haunted with joy of her children  Death of the righteous gives final tranquility. The Lord gives Light to the poor. Our completion is hidden.

Why do we speak? We have give wisdom to others to keep silent when we are in pain. Our faith in God though the messiah is our assurance as Micah 7:8-9 states

“Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy.

Though I fall I will rise;

Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

 I will bear the indignation of the LORD

Because I have sinned against Him,

Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.

He will bring me out to the light,

And I will see His righteousness.”

NASU

Our hope is on the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. The arm of flesh destroys the stupid as anger destroys the soul. Humanity does not seek justice. Fortune is a fickle mistress. What makes us human is our suffering. Our only recourse is the Lord. We must come before Him in humility as John Calvin preaches from his Sermons by Master John Calvin Upon the Book of Job in his sermon “The Seventeenth Sermon. Which is the Fourth upon the Fourth Chapter, and the First upon the first Chapter.” this:

And therefore let us not think we lose our time, when we set our minds upon this lesson :that is to wit , to know that our life is nothing, and that a hundred thousand deaths menace us in the chief lustiness that we have here by-low , when any of our kinsfolk or friends depart , or if we see any coarse go to burial : we have the wit to say, And what is mans life? (Line34-40 Pg 75)

 the final affliction is sweet to the righteus who will be in heaven Gregory the Great in his “Morals on the Book of Job 7.17” wrote, “For the soul is increasingly straitened as heavenly aspersions are enlarged. When it perceives how great is the sweetness of the eternal land, it fervently loves for the sake of the present lives bitter taste.” (A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church Anterior to the Division of the East and West 18:375-76) our suffering must be presented before the Lord alone.

All men are solders and slave to shadows . We find our lot in nights of pain. Suffering is not hidden by rest. People scorn them. In our suffering we should speak before the Lord. We must give tranquility to those who are suffering. We must ask what is man. If we sin, we sin before God alone.

God does what is righteousness. If His children sin, He will punish them. When we ask for grace, He will give it. We really know nothing because we live in the shadows. Thos whose confence is in there own hands and  mind fail. Can man be just by himself before the Almighty? God is all wise and strong. He destroys the moutains and could ordain the sun not to rise. Fate is bound to the angels whom He controls. If we are pure, we don't need pity.

When we suffer, we question our integrity. Pain happens. One cannot forget his suffering

Why Evil? (Habakkuk)

 There is a limit to grace on earth, even for the people of God. The ground cries , “violence, “ demanding justice as R. D Culver in His book “Toward a Biblical View of Civil Government” wrote this:

The unpunished crimes pollute the land, becoming a growing mortgage against all, upon which God may finally foreclose, driving some inhabitants away, destroying others and permitting different people to dwell in the land.” (Pg.93-94, Chicago:Moody 1974)

It is our wickedness that the death cry out against . Calvin wrote this in his “Commentary of the Minor Prophets Volume III” this:

There is no reason for you to enquire who are the wicked; for ye yourselves are they, even ye who are the holy people of God and God’s chosen inheritance, ye who are the race of Abraham, who flatter yourselves so much on account of your excellency; ye are the wicked, who have not hitherto ceased to provoke the vengeance of God. (Pg. 111, Christian Classics Ethereal Library)

The question rather is this of “Why does evil prosper currently?” With few exceptions perversion prospers. Even Christians have no respect for Torah. Legislative bodies and court give corrupt judgment. However, they must become worthy of the divine justice. The Lord will do to come a viler enemy. It will be God's terror. All will be abandoned to His Violence. Our greatness will be destroyed.

Our God is Holy. He is our Rock, which is why he executes justice. Those whom He raises up are instruments of His justice. His Eyes are too pure to accept badly and cannot support the affliction. Lord, you treat humans as your possession. The enemy that the Lord rises up will sin in abundance but will not be pitied by the Almighty. I will tended my post for the Lord answered.

This is important. if you pay attention. We must come to the Lord patiently an arrow is in an evil heart, but the Just receive grace for his faith. Richard D. Patterson wrote in his book “Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah” this:

While the upright pursue the path of righteousness before God, the case is different with the wicked. Such individuals refuse God's instruction and lordship and seek to gratify their own desires. (Pg. 177 Chicago:Moody 1991)

In effect, riches deceive eyes. It opens death. Wealth conquers a nation, as all are under its dominion. There is coming a day when we will mock to say that one is trying to accumulate wealth. Wealth leaves suddenly. Cursed is everyone who amasses a profit to curse his family. It destroys a nation.

Wine is a mocker. Cursed are those who drink to excess for their drunkenness brings the infamy of the nudity of body and soul. The drink the anger of God. We sculpted idols in our minds. We call but they cannot rise and save us in bad times. All are silent before the Almighty.

We need to offer ourselves before the Lord. God's city is Jerusalem. His hands bring illumination. Pestilence dies before Him. Who He regards, He raises a nation. The Holy One decapitates the House of the Wicked.