Topic: Metaphoric Language of Job 28 in Spiritual Immunity
Greetings Sons:
Understanding how God talks and communicates to us is
important. He knows we struggle to
clearly hear Him since the fall. Since
the fall God could not speak to us Spirit to spirit so He speaks in metaphoric
language and parables because Jesus would say:
Seeing they do not see and hearing they do not hear. We can hear with our natural ear and be
completely deaf to the Spirit of God or we can differentiate between our
natural hearing and hearing the Spirit of God.
But let’s look at how God spoke through Job.
Job 28:9-11
This passage of Scripture is very unique and speaks of some
very unique attributes and accomplishments of man. This is a picture of the scientific man. Yes, think about how much we try to use
science to make our world and lives better.
We make things now that 50 years ago would have thought to be impossible. But in the next passage of Scripture God
speaks of the problem with this mentality.
Job 28:12-21
God asks the question, even with man being able to do all
those things in vs. 9-11, God asks “Where is wisdom and the place of understanding?” So man is looking for this path or this way
that provides immunity from the demonic.
The first aspect that God destroys is the fact that no money can buy
your way or help you find this path. He
destroys the thought that money will give you access. He then speaks of the precious metals and
jewels of the earth and regardless of their earthly value cannot equal this
path. In verse 20: God asks the question again “Where is wisdom
and the place of understanding?” God
speaks that this path is “hid” from the eyes of all living and kept close from
the “fowls (demonic)” of the air.
Job 28:22
This Scripture speaks that Death and Destruction have heard
the fame of this “path”. First notice
the Scripture speak of Death and destruction as “beings” and they are spirits. Also notice it says that they have “heard”
the fame of this path. This means that
death and destruction have not “walked” on this path but know that until the
Lord returns we will have a date with death but where you are, whether in
Christ or not, determines where you will be until the return of the Lord.
So as you can see the Lord speaks in various ways to us. He
uses types and shadows and metaphoric language to give us a road map to the
reality of what He is revealing.
In the next message we will talk about the path of spiritual
immunity!
Peace and Grace:
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
