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The Lord Continues to Challenge Job “Have you given the horse its strength, or clothed its neck with a flowing mane? Did you give it the ability to leap, like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying! It paws the earth …and rejoices, in its strength, when it charges out to battle. It laughs at fear, and is unafraid. It does not run, from the sword. The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. It paws the ground fiercely, and rushes forward, into battle, when the ram’s horn blows. It snorts, at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle, in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands, and at the noise of battle. ……….. “Is it your wisdom, that makes the hawk soar, and spread its wings toward the south? Is it at your command, that the eagle rises, to the heights, to make its nest? It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. From there, it hunts its prey, keeping watch, with piercing eyes. It’s young… gulp down blood. Where there’s a car...

The Lord’s Challenge to Job Continues “Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched, as deer are born in the wild? Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware, of the time of their delivery? They crouch down, to give birth to their young, and deliver their offspring. Their young grow up, in the open fields, then leave home, and never return. “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? I have placed it, in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. It hates the noise of the city, and has no driver, to shout at it. The mountains are its pastureland, that is where it searches for every blade of grass. “Will the wild ox consent, to be tamed? Will it spend the night, in your stall? Can you hitch a wild ox, to a plow? Will it plow a field, for you? Given its strength, …can you trust it? Can you leave, and trust, the ox to do your work? Can you rely on it, to bring home your grain, and deliver it, to your threshing floor? “The ostrich fl...

The Lord challenged Job from the whirlwind Of course you know all things! ( Don’t you, Job… the Lord said challenging him. ) For you were born, before it was all created, and you are so very experienced! “But, have you visited the storehouses of snow, …or seen the storehouses of hail? I have reserved them, as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war. The Lord warned Job . Then, He continued His challenge… Where is the path, to the source of light? Where is the home, of the east wind? “Who created a channel, for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path, for the lightning? Who makes the rain fall, on barren land, in a desert, where no one lives? Who sends rain, to satisfy the parched ground, and make the tender grass spring up? “Does the rain have a Father? Who gives birth to the dew? Who is the Mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost, from the heavens? For the water turns to ice, as hard as rock, and the surface, of the water, freezes. “Can you direct th...

The Lord Challenged Job “Who is this, that questions My wisdom… with such ignorant words? (The Lord said to Job). Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. “Where were you, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions, and Who stretched out the surveying line? What supports its foundations, and Who laid its cornerstone, as the morning stars sang together… and all the angels shouted for joy? “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries, as it burst from the womb, …and as I clothed it with clouds, and wrapped it in thick darkness? For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. I said, ‘This far, and no farther will you come. Here, your proud waves must stop!’ “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear, and caused the dawn to rise, in the east? Have you made daylight… spread to the ends of the earth, …to bring an end to the night’s wickedness? As the light approaches, the e...