Commentary on the Book of Job part ninety one

                                        Job 32:1-22

Except for the ten commandments, Moses wrote all of the intricate laws that he gave to the Israelites. The fallen nature of man causes humans to attempt to create perfect societies that they think will no longer need God. Moses loved God but his fallen nature caused him to try to create a perfect society through a set of complex laws. Some of Moses' laws were good, some were bad, some were silly, and some made no sense at all. All sets of modern laws do the same. God allowed Moses to write his laws into His Holy Word in order to teach man the infallible truth that the fallen nature of man does not allow him to create perfect societies.

For a similar reason, in Acts 4:32-37, God allowed the early Church to practice communism in order to teach them that this form of economy only works when a group of people experience great peril. The early Church existed in a state of persecution which made an equal sharing of goods necessary for the Church to stick together and survive. During WWII, America came very close to practicing communism because free people had to share with each other in order to keep everyone strong in the war against those evil forces that would enslave them. But in many of His parables, Jesus taught the infallible truth that in times of peace, free enterprise has proven to be the best economic system.

God sometimes allowed fallible humans to express their feelings and thoughts in His infallible Word in order to teach the infallible truth that humans are fallible. One such example occurs in Psalm 137:9. Being in a state of extreme anguish and grief because of the Babylonian conquest and oppression of his people, the writer felt that any Jew would be happy to kill Babylonian babies by bashing them against rocks. This verse does not mean that God would ever approve of the murder of babies. This verse only expresses the fact that feelings of hatred can arise in oppressed people that lead to sinful thoughts. Similarly, the statement of the Preacher in Ecclesiastes 1:2 that "all is vanity" cannot possibly be true. This is a wholly nihilistic and atheistic statement. God allowed Solomon to write this to show that the fallen nature of even a man of God can cause him to make false statements. The Word of God consistently demonstrates that God completely understands humanity, which is an infallible truth. John 2:24-25.