Job 10:9-18 “Why me?”

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“Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?“

Job here asks the most profound question a man may ask if he has a mind for it. Wherefore are you or me brought to this world? Macbeth speaks of life as a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing. We need not be surprised by such an observation coming from Macbeth whose villainy found the weapon and also the force with which he could win a throne. Almost. But death of his comrade in crime naturally brings him to realize they were merely waking shadows in the make-believe world both were strutting about. They had their brief hour and in the end proved they were also very bad players. We have all seen it: a four year presidency of sound and fury but in the end what was the score? “Except…

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Job 10: 1-9 parables of Job

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Here we have Job using a parable which in the parlance of the Spirit is to instruct us the depths and riches we have in the eternal God. In a secular context one might think of the Socratic dialogue as nearest, and the Bible clearly declares no man may question God and wrest a meaningly truth by force of will or arguments.”Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?(Is.45:9). We find Abraham interceding with God with regards to the imminent judgment over Sodom. He asks,”And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” Ge.18:17-33)

The word parable is derived from the Greek word parabole and rather than go into its etymology and other allied areas…

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