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Prayer
Today we will be picking back up in the book of Job.
I want to begin briefly, by reviewing some of the high points of the book of Job.
If you remember, at the beginning of Job, we are presented with a righteous man who God has said, he was blameless before him.
Although he was blameless, God presents Job before Satan.
God allows all the Job has to be taken from him.
His family,
his possessions,
his well-being,
and all that he has.
Lessons from Job
“God blesses those who do good, and he curses those who do bad.”
“If I do good, God will bless me.”
“Something bad is happening in my life, I must have sinned in some way.”
We see through this book a righteous man suffering.
A man who God declared as blameless suffering.
The pattern of the book of Job is the pattern that we have seen in Christ’s life.
But it is also seen in the pattern of humanity as a whole.
The First Adam
“The Man in the Garden”
Humanity began in the garden.
Eden was a place of perfection and beauty.
It was a place of peace and tranquility.
But when man fell, we have been in a state of death and suffering ever since.
When we think about this pattern of Job, we need to see something beyond Job.
We need to see the pattern of the Messiah.
But we also need to see the pattern of humanity.
Eden began at this heightened place of perfection.
But the fall into sin cursed everything.
Everything that you and I have ever experienced occured in this Genesis 3 reality.
Its upon this reality that I want to enter our time.
The Experience of a Third World Country....
Why the suffering?
How long will it last?
How long in the valley of death?
We live in death valley, between the gardens, the only way out is through the righteous sufferer.
The Adam of Death Valley
“Life Between the Garden’s”
Death Valley, is a valley in Southeastern, California.
It is one of the lowest points in North America.
In summer it is thought to be the hottest place on earth.
They call it death Valley for one simple reason.
If you go into it, you will die.
When we look at Death Valley, we are reminded of a parable of sorts of our own present age.
Job is that “Adam” of sorts who finds himself in this death valley.
I’m calling this Death Valley.
We all live in death valley in this sense.
We live between two gardens, the garden of Eden and the garden of the new Jerusalem.
When we first saw Job lamenting immediately after his life fell apart, his focus was on the immediate circumstances and the pain of extreme loss.
(Anderson)
All that he once had.
All that he will miss.
Which is similar to what he said in chapter 29 when he was looking back on all he once had..
Our text today shows Job is more aware of the social and spiritual underpinnings of his problem.
(Anderson)
Job is no longer hopeful and of any friendliness of others or from God. (Anderson)
He is much more aware of the brokenness of the world at large.
He is far less resistant to his situation.
“I long for a paradisal past, but all I can experience is a hellish present.”
Suffering
“Present Misery”
As one commentator said… “If chapter 29 described life under the smile of God, chapter 30 throbs with the drumbeat of the terrible wrath of God.” (Ash)
This section seems to describe what Job’s current situation is like.
Men who Job once viewed as utterly disgustful are now laughing and mocking Job.
Unruly Men
In every society, there are people who an older generation would refer to as delinquents.
These will be people who are troublesome, difficult, disobedient, and uncontrollable.
We’re not talking about people who are in a lowly position because of choice or upbringing.
But purely because they desire to be rebellious.
That word for “laugh” is the same word that is used to describe the way Job dealt with those under him.
His smile was used for blessing whereas these worthless men use their smile for mockery.
“Job has exchanged the respect of the most respectable for the contempt of the most contemptible.”
(Anderson)
These men are characterized as DESOLATE with great WANTING...
Vain
“Gnawing the Ground”
Job compares himself to the “worthless men” who he formerly perceived were under divine punishment because of their iniquity.
Job is not describing the poor.
He is describing men who are so detestable that he wouldn’t even put them over his sheep dogs.
Which are the most despised creatures in his society.
Dishonor
“Driven Out”
They are described as SENSELESS...
They are also described as NAMELESS...
Those men who are so utterly destructive that they don’t even deserve to be named.
It’s because of their speech that Job can say this…
Degenerate
“Senseless and Nameless”
He is describing men who are more highly praised then he currently is.
Job is being mocked by the degenerate of the society.
Job is being laughed at by the dishonorable.
Job is being made fun of by vain and foolish people.
Application
If you are really a Christian here today, then people will persecute you.
It may be in subtle ways, like such snide remarks.
We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men.
We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.
Like when you walk in obedience in raising your children and the disgusted remarks unbelievers make.
Or when you walk in holiness in some way and another person accuses you of being “holier than thou”
If you are a Christian, you will be persecuted.
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