41:1<\/strong>\u2014will you catch Leviathan with a fish hook as some ordinary fish?<\/p>\n 41:2<\/strong>\u2014can you take him captive?<\/p>\n 41:3-5<\/strong>\u2014Leviathan isn\u2019t some animal that needs to \u201cbargain\u201d with a human. He\u2019s not some pet.<\/p>\n 41:6<\/strong>\u2014you won\u2019t have Leviathan scales for sale any time soon<\/p>\n 41:7<\/strong>\u2014You can\u2019t bring him down like a large fish<\/p>\n 41:8<\/strong>\u2014he can\u2019t be touched<\/p>\n 41:9-10<\/strong>\u2014man is so terrified of him, he loses hope at the sight of Leviathan. He\u2019s an animal that God made so who can stand before GOD if people are terrified of something he created?<\/p>\n 41:11<\/strong>\u2014God owes nothing to people. He made it, it\u2019s all his anyway (Psalm 24:1, Psalm 50:10<\/strong>)<\/p>\n 41:12<\/strong>\u2014God will speak more about Leviathan since he\u2019s so strong and impressive<\/p>\n 41:13<\/strong>\u2014who could bring Leviathan under their control?<\/p>\n 41:14<\/strong>\u2014scary-looking teeth<\/p>\n 41:15-17<\/strong>\u2014He is well defended on his back\u2014shields or scales\u2014protected well<\/p>\n 41:18<\/strong>–??? does he breathe fire<\/u>??<\/p>\n 41:19-20<\/strong>\u2014perhaps he does breathe fire as we would think of it; there is also smoke as a result<\/p>\n 41:23<\/strong>\u2014he is physically sturdy and well defended<\/p>\n 41:24<\/strong>\u2014he is without fear<\/p>\n 41:25<\/strong>\u2014the courageous are fearful when he makes himself known and appears<\/p>\n 41:26<\/strong>\u2014weapons do no good against him<\/p>\n 41:27-29<\/strong>\u2014He laughs off any attempt to hurt him\u2014man\u2019s strongest metals and weapons are nothing to him.<\/p>\n 41:30<\/strong>\u2014he is dangerous in many ways; even his skin is sharp and pointy underneath. He leaves a trail you can recognize in the mud.<\/p>\n 41:31-32<\/strong>\u2014it could disturb the waters, not necessarily boil as in temperature, but if it can breathe fire who knows?<\/p>\n 41:34<\/strong>\u2014Leviathan has more reason to be prideful than people<\/p>\n ***<\/strong>Why did God spend a chapter talking about a creature he made?***<\/strong><\/p>\n 42:2-6<\/strong>\u2014Job replies to God and recounts 2 things God said to him in chapter 38:2-3<\/strong>. Here he gives the proper answer to these things God has said.<\/p>\n 42:7<\/strong>\u2014Job\u2019s friends spoke wrongly about God. Job spoke what was right!<\/p>\n 42:8<\/strong>\u2014Go to my servant Job; maybe Job\u2019s friends had scattered and hid when God spoke to Job. (Adam did the same in the garden and it was from hearing God walk in the garden). Job\u2019s prayer will prevent his friends from being dealt with according to their folly, which is what they deserve. Job will pray for his friends who repeatedly insulted him and accused him of wrong. God mentions that Job\u2019s friends haven\u2019t spoken of him what is right as his servant Job has \u2014TWICE\u2014 <\/u><\/strong>so it drives the point home. God doesn\u2019t have to say it twice for it to be true, so it\u2019s probably for our benefit and instruction that he says it twice. It gets our attention.<\/p>\n 42:9<\/strong>\u2014where did Job\u2019s friends get the animals? Maybe from Job or around his land, which Job was probably happy to give. I think Job would have prayed for his friends without dragging it out. He was an upright man. Also\u2014God accepts us when we fulfill his requirements and abide by his<\/u><\/strong> terms. 6 bulls and 7 rams wouldn\u2019t have worked.<\/p>\n 42:10<\/strong>\u2014God blesses Job; he doubled what he started with. God sometimes blesses people with wealth. Don\u2019t get stuck on the thinking that wealth and riches are for greedy, evil people. If this were the case God wouldn\u2019t have blessed Job with it in the first place or DOUBLED his wealth later on. Refer to what the book of Proverbs says about wealth, the wise, and diligence to get the scriptural perspective not tainted by our cultural bias and an agenda driven by misconceptions of the mainstream media.<\/p>\n 42:11<\/strong>\u2014see chapter 2:11<\/strong><\/p>\n 42:13<\/strong>\u2014exactly the same number and breakdown of children as in the beginning<\/p>\n 42:15<\/strong>\u2014I wonder if the writer of the book of Job married one of Job\u2019s daughters (if someone other than Job wrote the book, of course). It\u2019s purely speculation but it\u2019s something I wonder about when I read the statement about how beautiful Job\u2019s daughters were. I think this makes it just as likely that Job wrote it as someone who could have married one of his daughters. Who knows, I can\u2019t help but think about all kinds of things like these because the Bible provokes my curiosity and we can ponder over it continually.<\/p>\n 42:17<\/strong>\u2014see chapter 5:26<\/strong>; Eliphaz was right about that!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJob\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Class 12, Chapters 41-42 Chapter 41, God 41:1\u2014will you catch Leviathan with a fish hook as some ordinary fish? 41:2\u2014can you take him captive? 41:3-5\u2014Leviathan isn\u2019t some animal that needs to \u201cbargain\u201d with a human. He\u2019s not some pet. 41:6\u2014you won\u2019t have Leviathan scales for sale any time soon 41:7\u2014You can\u2019t bring him down like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6604,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69447,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-isaiah\/the-revival-of-gods-vineyard\/","url_meta":{"origin":6677,"position":0},"title":"The Revival of God\u2019s Vineyard","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Revival of God's Vineyard Text: Isaiah 27 The Punishment of the Leviathan - Isaiah 27:1 The nation that causes Israel and the other nations to be destroyed will, in turn, be punished by God. 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