DAY 25 Read Job 36 through 39.
Today's reading: God answers the wordy arguments of these five men: Job, his three friends, and the young man Elihu. God shows how slight is man's wisdom compared to the mighty Creator's power.
Memory gem: "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding" (Job 38:4).
Thought for today:
Three thousand years ago we find God asking Job if he could do what God is doing every day. He asked Job if he knew what God was doing to "bind the sweet influences of Pleiades" (Job 38:31), or "the cluster of the Pleiades" (RV), so holding them together as a unit. This was an astronomical fact, but no one on earth knew it at that time, unless it was revealed to him by God.
What does science say today? While most of the constellations are gradually drifting through space in different directions, and even changing their shape because of motions of which we know little, this is not true of the Pleiades. Photographs now reveal at least 250 blazing suns in this cluster, all traveling together in a common direction, all sharing in a common motion and drifting through space together.
So, when you look up at the Pleiades tonight, just remember that they are preaching a mighty sermon. They are pointing to the Creator of the universe, who is able to "bind the sweet influences of Pleiades" and keep them together through unimaginable ages as they sweep on in silence toward some common goal, or around some great center.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Job 39:9. "Unicorn"--wild ox, not a horse with one horn.
Job 39:13. "Peacock"--probably ostrich.
Today's reading: God answers the wordy arguments of these five men: Job, his three friends, and the young man Elihu. God shows how slight is man's wisdom compared to the mighty Creator's power.
Memory gem: "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding" (Job 38:4).
Thought for today:
Three thousand years ago we find God asking Job if he could do what God is doing every day. He asked Job if he knew what God was doing to "bind the sweet influences of Pleiades" (Job 38:31), or "the cluster of the Pleiades" (RV), so holding them together as a unit. This was an astronomical fact, but no one on earth knew it at that time, unless it was revealed to him by God.
What does science say today? While most of the constellations are gradually drifting through space in different directions, and even changing their shape because of motions of which we know little, this is not true of the Pleiades. Photographs now reveal at least 250 blazing suns in this cluster, all traveling together in a common direction, all sharing in a common motion and drifting through space together.
So, when you look up at the Pleiades tonight, just remember that they are preaching a mighty sermon. They are pointing to the Creator of the universe, who is able to "bind the sweet influences of Pleiades" and keep them together through unimaginable ages as they sweep on in silence toward some common goal, or around some great center.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Job 39:9. "Unicorn"--wild ox, not a horse with one horn.
Job 39:13. "Peacock"--probably ostrich.
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