Friday, February 18, 2022

Are You As Strong As God?

"Are you as strong as God?"

This was in verse 9 of chapter 40, from the book of Job.

God, at first, asked Job if he still wanted to argue with the Almighty Lord.  Job was ashamed, covered his mouth, and told Him that he had said too much already, that he was nothing.

The Lord then asked Job if he was as strong as He.  God asked Job to look at Behemoth.  Now, although the Bible is not clear what kind of creature Behemoth was, the Lord described it as being like an ox, eating grass, with powerful limbs and muscles.  No human could control it.  Only the Lord could.

In chapter 41, God asked, "Can you catch Leviathan . . . ?" in verse 1.  Although it is also not clear what kind of creature this was, humans could also never control it.  It had scales that could not be penetrated, its eyes glowed, lightning and flames could lash out from its mouth.  It had a powerful neck and its flesh could not be penetrated by anything humans could have.

In the end, God created such powerful creatures, as well as entire world, and who was Job to question Him?

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