Wednesday, February 12, 2020

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Job 19:1-29
If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against methen know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
All my intimate friends detest methose I love have turned against me. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see GodI myself will see him with my own eyesI, and not anotherHow my heart yearns within me!
You should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the swordand then you will know that there is judgment.
Job's friends have become his tormentors, leveling false accusations and offering no answer to his desperate questions. He is shut in on himself, despairing, utterly alone. He has become an object of loathing to those he loves most. Even pity is denied him.
Yet in his darkest moments, faith and hope still well up inside him. He is certain of vindication. One day God himself will take up his case and clear him - and he will be there to see it. Then those who have maligned him will find themselves answerable to God.
Why?
Job faced his friends attacking and his suffering was so worse, even his wife, relatives far away from him. 
If Job has any error, these sins remain are on himself. It is Job's concern.
Job has no friend on the world, but Job has faith that he will see the Lord and may stand before the Lord.
Job warned his friend, wrath from will bring punishment by the sword, this wrath is from the Lord.
Job believed judgment is existing.
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v1-7 約伯斥責他的朋友羞辱他,壓迫他。果真有錯錯在我,這也是我的事,這是我與神的事。
v7-12:認為神攻擊他,他還能如何,神有計劃的攻擊他
v13-22:他的家人,妻子,都離開他,人都辱罵他。只有耶穌和約伯一樣承受如此的污辱與痛苦。
v23-27:約伯對神仍然存著盼望。以後有機會會平反。約伯在絕望中,相信神必站立 地上審判萬民。看見神是何等親密,不是很陌生。約伯本來求死,16 章起,及現在又開始有盼望
把專注放在永恆,不是放在今生。以後神的公義會上彰顯出來。歡喜的相信。把盼望放在未來裏的盼望,不是無奈的想法,而是歡喜快樂的迎接。我們不知約伯對永生了解多少,卻在此神讓他閃出亮光,有如此有力的盼望。我們再苦也沒有約伯苦,讓我們將這樣的盼望及盼望所產生的力量賞賜給我們。
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How?
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. So I do not fear.



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