cavell
November 21st, 2007, 05:41 PM
The Book of Job is believed to be the oldest book in the Bible, yet the
major biblical themes of redemption, resurrection, and the Second Coming
are clearly expressed. This is done in perfect harmony with all that
would be declared by prophets of God in the remaining pages of
Scripture over the next 1,600 years. Consider this powerful and pointed
declaration:
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and
mine eyes shall behold, and not another....(Job 19:25-27)
Here Job clearly declares that his physical body will be resurrected,
even after being eaten by worms in the grave. He also knows that the
Redeemer who will make this possible is an eternal Being who will one
day come to earth and that he (Job), in his resurrected body, will see
the infinite God for himself. So it must be for us also. This is an
awesome, even frightening, prospect, which, were it more real to us,
would transform our lives!
Prophets who lived after Job, in writing additional Scripture, added
detail upon detail but never contradicted what was said before or what
followed later. In many cases they contributed additional Scripture
without having seen what had previously been written-and still without
contradiction. By comparison, there are no prophecies at all in the
Qur'an, the Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, sayings of Buddha or Confucius,
or in the scriptures of other religions, all of which contain many
internal contradictions.
Prophecy is unique to the Bible.
major biblical themes of redemption, resurrection, and the Second Coming
are clearly expressed. This is done in perfect harmony with all that
would be declared by prophets of God in the remaining pages of
Scripture over the next 1,600 years. Consider this powerful and pointed
declaration:
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and
mine eyes shall behold, and not another....(Job 19:25-27)
Here Job clearly declares that his physical body will be resurrected,
even after being eaten by worms in the grave. He also knows that the
Redeemer who will make this possible is an eternal Being who will one
day come to earth and that he (Job), in his resurrected body, will see
the infinite God for himself. So it must be for us also. This is an
awesome, even frightening, prospect, which, were it more real to us,
would transform our lives!
Prophets who lived after Job, in writing additional Scripture, added
detail upon detail but never contradicted what was said before or what
followed later. In many cases they contributed additional Scripture
without having seen what had previously been written-and still without
contradiction. By comparison, there are no prophecies at all in the
Qur'an, the Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, sayings of Buddha or Confucius,
or in the scriptures of other religions, all of which contain many
internal contradictions.
Prophecy is unique to the Bible.