Job 26:1-14
In Job 26:7, God revealed scientific truths to Job that he could not have possibly known. Astronomers have discovered a vast empty space above the North Pole. By His use of the word "hangeth" in reference to the earth, God could only have referred to the force of gravity. By His use of the word "nothing," God could only have referred to space itself. God provided these scientific truths to Job so that future readers of His Word would have a reason to believe.
In Job 26:8, Job declared a scientific truth that was easily known through observation. Everyone knew that clouds had to hold water because it rained. By this verse, God gave His consent to all of humanity to increase objective, scientific knowledge through observation and experimentation. Yet, mankind should always remember that all scientific knowledge, like everything else that God created, belongs solely to Him.
In Job 26:9, God revealed to Job that He hides His throne behind a cloud. But this word does not exactly mean clouds. The word "cloud" symbolizes a barrier between dimensions. Heaven exists at a higher dimension than does the physical universe. Jesus ascended into a cloud in Acts 1:9 to demonstrate to His followers that He was going to a higher dimension. His followers would not have understood this if He had simply disappeared from earth into the higher dimension.
Job 26:10-14 teaches about God's great creative powers. Even heaven itself trembles at the almighty power of God's rebuke. Why would God rebuke heaven? One third of God's angels followed Lucifer when he rebelled against God. For this reason, even heaven evidently retains some taint of sin within it. God must cleanse and recreate heaven as well as earth to a state of perfect righteousness in the end of the world. Revelation 21:1.
Genesis 1:1 has often been misquoted. This verse does not say "heavens" as misquoted. This verse simply says "heaven," singular. The singular word "heaven" in scripture almost always refers to the place of God's throne where He and His angels abide. The word "heavens" in scripture almost always refers to God's physical universe of galaxies and stars. But the word "heavens" can also include God's heaven. Genesis 1:1 actually means that God created His heaven and His earth long after He created His universe.
Job 26:10-14 recounts various aspects of God's Almighty Power. God created the earth and divided the sea from the land. God created the universe and made it beautiful before He created the earth. God created all life forms including serpents. God knows exactly how to completely defeat and destroy excessive pride which is the source of all evil. But Job reveals in verse 14 that humans can only know a small part of God's Almighty Power. God happens to be far greater in power than anyone can possibly imagine. I Corinthians 13:12.
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