Sunday Sermonette: Let ' s get it over with

I ' m going to post the last three chapters of Job today because we really need to move on. In chapters 40 and 41, God rants about creatures called respectively behemoth and leviathan. No-one is sure what these are supposed to be. The NIV footnote actually suggests that behemoth is a hippopotamus, and the footnote to chapter 41 suggests that leviathan is a crocodile. Neither of these solutions would seem to justify the vast powers God attributes to these creatures, but anyway, theirs existence is supposed to demonstrate the greatness of God. So Job says " Okay, I ' m just shit, " which is the answer God wants to hear, whereupon God gives everything back and more -- Job even gets prettier daughters. The End. And thank God for that.40 And theLord said to Job:2 “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?    He who argues with God, let him answer it. ”Job ’s Response to God3 Then Job answered theLord:4 “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee?    I lay my hand on my mouth.5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer;    twice, but I will proceed no further. ”God ’s Challenge to Job6 Then theLord answered Job out of the whirlwind:7 “Gird up your loins like a man;    I will question you, and you declare to me.8 Will you even put me in the wrong?    Will you condemn me that you may be justified?9 Have you an...
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