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All Hell Broke Loose! - Job 2

We don't use the word Hell , do we? Maybe we should use it more. I believe that that was what Job saw happening in his life in chapter two of his story. He had lost his health, and you know that you don't have anything if you don't have health. So in chapter two, he lost all of his earthly possessions, including his family. And all of this happened because God called Satan's attention to his sound and faithful servant. Wait? What?  As mentioned in my last blog post, just because we are God's children does not mean we will not suffer total disaster in life. I know that you have read Job's tale of whoa and have talked about the friends who came to comfort /accuse him. Job could have avoided this whole episode if God had left him alone in his little corner of the world. The Devil hadn't found that corner in his wanderings.  You may remember that scholars believe that Job walked this terrestrial ball around the time that Abraham did.  He had no Bible nor even di...

A Visit to Hell

a fire not blown shall consume him (Job 20.26) This thought may never have crossed your mind but it crossed mine this morning, “What is a day in Hell like?” I was reading in Job 20 and came across Zophar’s words in verses 12 to the end of the chapter. They are chilling. Though I imagine that chilling might be a poor choice of words when speaking of Hell. Think of the searing sting in the heart of one who awakes to find himself in this hopeless place? 9/11 brought back memories of hellish scenes from down town Manhattan. As people scrambled from the first and second towers they couldn’t believe their eyes. One man said, “I stood there looking at half a torso, an arm and other body parts and couldn't understand what had happened!” It was a horrific day that we won’t forget. What if you woke up to such a day? What would it be like? It maybe Zophar who gives us some interesting and horrifying insight into what a day in Hell might be like. Let’s look into this horrid visit to Hell. Z...