Books Of Wisdom And Poetry –

We can also call it parallelism of thoughts. Two parallel thoughts go together. We especially find it in this proverb. We also find four types of this wisdom, for example:
1) Parallelism of opposite expressions – In this wisdom, two parallel but opposite thoughts go together, as
in Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the godless will perish.
Proverbs 10:1 A wise son makes his father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother’s heart.
2-Parallelism of similar expressions – Thus the second expression completes the first expression. As in Proverbs 16:3 – Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.
Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Now Nepali and other literatures are also based on this knowledge as an example:-
Now even if a thorn is sown, it does not sow, perhaps it has been pierced by the knot in the head of my Lord. O people, what I have said is true, believe it or else you will remember being roasted in the fire again and again. You say this pain is unbearable for me, remember how I must have endured it, when he beat me with a whip.
It may be difficult, when you and I are separated, it is even more difficult here when I am robbed from my relatives. Figurative parallelism – In the first sentence, figures of speech are used and the second completes its meaning. (Proverbs 11:22, 25:25, 27:17) Prosodic parallelism – In this, two separate sentences come but carrying the same meaning: (Job 38:7, Proverbs 20:15)
 The Book of Job:
This book is the oldest and greatest book of literature in the world. The ideas and vocabulary expressed in it are memorable, even today. It is also considered the oldest book in the Bible. The book of Job covers a period of about nine months.

The book of Job is about the suffering of all mankind. Job loses his 10 sons and daughters, his house is destroyed by a tornado, which was caused by Satan. He also loses his livestock, such as camels, sheep, and donkeys, and he also suffers great physical suffering. He develops a very painful boil all over his body and loses his honor. This book shows that similar storms of suffering and hardship can occur in a person’s life, but God is present in the midst of everything. Job lived to be 140 years old after his trials (Job 42:16). It is not stated how old he was when he was afflicted, but if he was only 40 years old at the time, his total age would be 180 years. This is the age of a person in the time of Abraham. Later, Moses says in Psalm 90:10 that a person’s life span will be 70 to 80 years. We also see that in this book Job does not speak of God delivering Israel from Egypt with great power, yet he repeatedly expresses the power of God. We also find no mention of the Mosaic Law. So he was before Moses.

Job is not seen as a Jew like Abraham, but as a leader or a leader who, like Enoch, like Noah, walked with God.

 In this book we find “progressive revelation.”
This is the first book of the Bible, although we could also call it a doctrinal book. As we go into the New Testament, we find even clearer doctrines, especially in the epistles. Doctrine always comes by progressive revelation, which means that over time God reveals His signs to more and more people in a more complete and detailed way.
Mark 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Here we see a principle of progression, as
in the first blade: the outline of an idea
; the second ear: the full understanding of that idea
; the third ear, the full grain; and then, after that idea, the full understanding of what God is trying to say.
From this parable we can see how God reveals things to us. First, He gave us prophets and apostles, then His Son, and now the first book of the complete Bible, which is given to us in the form of a seed or leaf.
We find this very practical for our personal lives as well. When we are seeking direction, vision, or answers from God for our lives, God first gives us a leaf, like an idea for our situation, and as we wait and pray on it, the solution becomes clearer as the ear of corn appears. And when we wait again, we see the full grain or the complete solution. The parable tells us that when the ear of corn bears full grain, we must reap. This means that when we see a clear picture, we need to make a decisive decision to solve our situation. But when we do not make a decisive decision, we can miss that opportunity.
Although the book of Job is very old, we see here a great work of deliverance that is being done in the Bible.
Knowledge and wisdom
are two words used in the Greek Bible for knowledge. One is based on facts and knowledge, while the other is based on experience.
The reason the book of Job is a theological book is because it comes from the real experiences and trials of a godly man being persecuted by another godly man. As a result, their knowledge of God and life is very theoretical and does not match Job’s real experience. It is very easy to give advice or judge someone who is suffering when they are at ease. When we are in trouble, we are judged by those who are at ease and (Psalm 123) says that our soul is filled with the scorn of the carefree and the reproach of the proud. Persecution makes us know reality.
In John 2:24-25, Jesus did not leave himself to the people because he knew all people. He also knew that human feelings are perverse, but by believing in God’s work of redemption (ṣṛṣṭakajbham dhyachap), any person can be changed. Even though people do not know what is inside them, Jesus knows it, even the disciples often thought that they knew themselves.
Peter and the other disciples thought they really knew each other after three years and said, “We will die with you.” Jesus told Peter, “You will deny me three times.” When Peter denied Jesus, he wept bitterly. And he came to Jesus with the knowledge that he had known all along. This surprised Peter, but it did not surprise Jesus. This was a time of breaking, of breaking, which changed Peter profoundly. After that, he had no confidence in his own nature. This change made him good. Even though he did not know. When we do not know something, we must depend on others. So when we do not know many things about life, we learn to trust or rely on God. In John 21 Peter is restored and God tells him about his death but when Peter said I will die for you he did not know and now he did not know about his death. God takes us through situations so that at the end of it we can have a better understanding of God and of ourselves.
Job is mentioned in the Bible.
Job is mentioned many times in the Bible. In (Ezekiel 14:14) he is mentioned with Noah and Daniel. God equates him with Daniel and Noah. Also James mentions Job in praise of him in (James 5:10-11).
Patience Patience or long-suffering is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22). We learn about patience and long-suffering in the book of Job. Jacob also introduces Job as a patient person. His patience even in the midst of great persecution and trials is also his trust in God. We find the fruit of that patience in his life (Job 42:10-16).
 The story of Job

does not tell him the reason for all the tragic events that have happened in his life, nor does it tell him about the permission of Satan taken by God. But in the end, he comes to know that the Lord is in control of everything and that He has all power and can be trusted. This also makes Job satisfied. This gives us a big lesson in our lives that many times we do not know the events that are happening in our lives, but one thing is certain: God is in control of everything. We do not have to know everything, so we should always rely on God.

 Trials and Persecutions
Persecution makes us very emotional and sad because we also think that no kind of persecution should come in our lives. But in this world you will have trouble, every person who lives a good godly life in Jesus Christ will be persecuted (because He is the truth in this time of lies and deception. The truth is always subject to punishment but it is also irrefutable that the truth is forever certain). But rejoice because I have overcome the world (John 16:33).
The foundation of life is suffering. (God is especially so.) The fall of Adam has affected every aspect of life on earth. And through the redemption of Jesus Christ, all lives have been changed, even the earth itself (Romans 8:19-21). If that were the case, Job would have already rejected God.
One of the false teachings in Christendom today is that all physical and financial prosperity is a sign of God’s blessing. This confuses our view of God and we misinterpret our situation in relation to the lives of others.
Some believers have combined Christianity with materialism so that they can interpret the biblical blessings in a modern way as success. My materialism or my lifestyle can be compared to the lives of others. God does not care about our material success but rather our obedience. Of course we receive blessings but this is not the basis of life.
Paul says I know how to be abased and how to be abound. When we read about Paul we know how difficult his life was, he worked hard, he had to face many hardships such as trials, persecutions, sorrows, hardships, sleeplessness, hunger, weakness, distractions, cold weather, imprisonment, beatings, stoning, shipwrecks, but he adjusted all these things with great skill and trust in God and moved forward in life. He was able to take life in the right direction with those trials. – 2 Corinthians 11:21-28
The way of Balaam, Balaam’s error, Balaam’s teachings Numbers 22-24
It is important for a Christian minister that he is not guided by money. A minister must be completely free from the love of money. They must keep their lives free from greed. 1 Peter 5:2
Balaam was guided by money, and he followed God’s plan for money, which shows that there was a mistake in his guidance or direction. He knew where the money was going. This is a terrible thing to happen to a minister in the ministry. Even when he sought God, if he could not get anything from there, he would not follow Him. So he sold himself out to the devil and turned away from the way of Christ and went his own way, Balaam. Instead of praying to God and waiting on Him, he went where he could get something. (This is what we need to pay attention to in the ministry. Are we walking about Christ and praying or looking for the easy way?)
If a minister goes the way of Balaam, he will soon be guided by money and soon the same things will begin to manifest in his teaching.
The Teachings of Balaam – Balak’s money led him astray and he soon began to teach immorality to God’s people (Revelation 2:14).
The Mistakes of Balaam – He sold himself, he ran away, let’s consider this (Jude 1:11).
The Way of Balaam – Not God’s Guidance but Money (2 Peter 2:15)
A Big Picture – None of us live for ourselves.
There are aspects of life that are greater than ourselves and our satisfaction that come from the blessings and good works of others. In today’s society people say that all politics is for me when it should be service. What is it? But what we need to understand is that life is not just about me but how God’s people can grow to maturity and the gospel for the lost etc. is a big picture of life. The world’s thinking needs to be different from its thinking.
1 – The psalmist’s joy is not only in his own good and he says… I will see the welfare of your chosen ones… (Psalm 106:4-5) Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness (Matthew 6:33), (Psalm 137:5-6)
2 – He has endured all for the sake of the chosen ones – (2 Timothy 2:10)
3 – Paul tells Timothy, I have no one like him who will genuinely care for your situation
4 – Nehemiah’s enemies said that a man has come who seeks the good of others. (Nehemiah 2:10)
5 – The book of Job shows that this was not only the glory of God before men but also before all heaven, although Job did not know this.

Why persecution? Job 3:37
In most parts of the book, Job himself and his friends explain or discuss from the perspective of the Tzabhayyinatha why persecution comes in a person’s life. His friends even make it clear that if persecution comes, there is a sin. There are many concepts about God in this book, but on the other hand there are also wrong ideas about Him. Which is consistent with the concepts that many people have in the world today.
Then Job curses the day he was born and begins to wish he had never been born. He also asks why he has to live in such a miserable life or situation. His physical pain is so great that he cries in that situation. He is human, so he feels pain, suffering, and suffering deeply and even this situation cannot make him leave his faith.
Primary principle – But we see that persecution can come in many ways, because of disobedience or because of obedience. Because of sin and also for spiritual eternity according to the will of God.
Jesus said I am the life. He did not say I am theology or philosophy but I am the life. This means that we have to go through a process like disappointment, happiness, sadness, joy, pain, pleasure, rain, sun, etc. But God teaches us through these things that He is not the God of our order (as in, the order of things) but that He is the God of the universe and the universe.  
Paul also tells us the elementary way of this world. When we talk about elementary school, in that school we learn very basic things like bạdẹ, but the elementary principle of the world is that if you do bạ, dạ or ẹ, then it will be good. And if you do bạdẹ, God will not do anything wrong to you. But God is sovereign and can do whatever He wants and we cannot question Him why He did it (Mbal ddẹghchẹ). However, He does not do or think anything bad for us Jeremiah 29:11 Jesus said, I am the Alpha and the Omega, I am the Beginning and the End. He can go anywhere, like bạdẹ, we cannot tell Him that you should go that way. Remember in John chapter 8, he brings a woman caught in adultery. And Jesus is asked about this – there we can see that she did not commit adultery, if we caught her red-handed, (the law says to stone her, which means we had to stone her. But God let her go and said, I will also smite you, so do not sin any more.
You are talking like a foolish woman.
We see that when Satan destroys all of Job’s wealth, he appears before God again and says. He did not curse you because you took care of his body, but if you hurt his body, he will hurt you. God says. Do not touch his soul, but hurt his body. Then Job’s body is struck with an unbearable boil, which he cannot bear, and he sits in ashes and starts to rub it with a potter’s wheel. He even shares that pain with his wife. She cannot see, so she says (Job 2:9-10).. Now curse God and die. But Job does not sin with his lips, but rebukes his wife, saying, “You are speaking like a foolish woman.” What Job is clearly saying here is that you are a believer. You are not foolish, you know God, you know Him, and yet you are reacting like a woman who does not know Him. That is what a foolish woman does. You are not foolish, but you are speaking like a foolish woman. Because the word foolish is a word used for those who do not know God. (Psalm 14:1)
And in the New Testament, Jesus Christ also addresses his disciples as having little faith or foolishness (Luke 9:41, Matthew 14:31). But He does not call us unfaithful. This means that once we have trusted Him, our trust can be shaken by time and circumstances, but it cannot be completely lost. We can weaken our trust, but He restores it.

A salty believer
When a believer is in trouble or in trouble, he needs reality, not theology. Job says, “Can that which is without taste be eaten without salt?” Or “Can the white of an egg have taste?” This is an unusual statement for a person in deep sorrow. Sometimes life is tasteless, it has no flavor, it seems boring, tasteless and meaningless. Jeremiah says, “How did gold become tarnished?” Job’s life also became tasteless, it lost its flavor, it lost its song of life. The birds flew away, the gold tarnished.
Jesus said, “Have salt in you, and you are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). Paul says, “Let our word always be seasoned with salt.” In Leviticus, all sacrifices were to have salt. Salt represents the resurrected life of Jesus Christ and the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Job wants salt. He wants something to add some flavor to his dull life. Job’s friends come who are conservative, religious, who have their own way of doing things, their principles are right but they are tasteless, their words cannot add any flavor to Job’s life. People do not like too much salt but only the right amount of salt. Salt adds flavor to the white of an egg or any other food. Even the small life of Jesus Christ brings so much good to people’s lives. A little spice, a little pepper is okay, but salt is the key to preserving the flavor and bringing flavor to food. We are the salt that brings flavor to this barren and dull, tasteless world, we are the light of the world. It does not matter how wise you are, how beautiful you are or how educated you are. But what matters is whether your heart is with Christ. Those who walk with Jesus Christ do not boast about their worldly possessions. A man like Job, who is in great distress, will say, “You are but a man, and wisdom shall die with you” (Job 12:2). Here we see that Job’s companions had some good and right principles, but they had a wrong spirit and lacked salt in them.
Literalism (Tbhhatgabashkim)
Literalism is knowing the letters written in the Bible but not knowing or acknowledging the God those letters represent. It is like bringing a book about the moon and putting it before my eyes so that I cannot see the moon. Jesus said, “My words are spirit and life.” Paul also writes that the letter kills us, but the spirit gives life. Job’s companions only brought letters that did nothing but add misery to his head. But Job knew that there is more than letters. There is more than those principles. That is why we need to have salt. (Colossians 4:6) It says, “Let your speech always be seasoned with salt, knowing how you ought to answer each person.”
Jesus said, I am the truth, truth means reality, His life is real and He did not want to get into such vague worldly questions and contradictions. As Paul tells Timothy, ‘Do not pay attention to myths and endless genealogies’ (1 Timothy 1:4, 4:6). We are
stewards

of the gospel, as well as of the grace of God. We can be right in words and err in the spirit within those words. When we are easily correct doctrinally, we can easily forgive mistakes in the spirit. We can forgive critics and harsh talkers when we are right. Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You strain out the gnat but swallow the camel” (Matthew 23:24). He was referring to their orthodoxy in keeping the law. Their lives have neither salt nor flavor. There can be no life in mere orthodoxy.
Therefore, we are not just stewards of the letter that kills, but stewards of the Spirit that gives life. Stewards of God’s grace (1 Peter 4:10). If we try to be strict denominational theologians, we are killing. The letter kills. If I have faith to move mountains, if I give all my possessions to the poor, if I have the gift of preaching, if I have all knowledge, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1-2). Knowledge puffs up, but grace builds. Therefore, we must be stewards of grace along with the gospel.
Homework
1) Why were these books written in a poetic style and not in a regular manner like other books?
2) What is progressive revelation?
3) Should theology be stewards of grace?
4) Why should we be stewards of grace?
5) How long does the book of Job cover? The principle of the relationship between
the
church and the leader and the neighbor is the same.
We are doing a brief overview of Job. If we were to study this book in detail, our classes would be very short, but we are trying not to miss out on special lessons that will be for our lives from this book. We also said in the first class that the problems in the book of Job are universal. There are many pains, sufferings, and persecutions in the lives of all people and this is an integral part of life. However, what we find specifically in this book is that it is not our possessions that sustain us in our time of perfection, but God and God alone who will be with us even in our most difficult times.
A deceptive stream. A deceptive stream
Matthew 5:23-24 If you think of the gift… sin.
The Importance of Relationships Matthew 18:15-20 If your brother sins against you…
Man was created for relationships first – with God and with his relatives. Job says that my brothers betrayed me with that brook. A brook that is a source of water, you follow that brook to reach a large source of water, but you see that the source is dry, then that brook has deceived you. Or when you needed that brook the most, then it did not give you water. It seemed that his friends also had many sources, they would give Job great refreshment, they would be a comfort in his sorrow. And it also seemed that perhaps they were talking right, but nothing good could come out of them. (Job 6:15-18)
Worldly rivers may not give us water when we are thirsty, they may deceive us, but Jesus Christ says, “Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).
Pastor Steven once said about this river, “The rivers that are on the path are very encouraging. Godly people refresh us and help us to keep our heads up. They are godly friends, brothers, sisters. They are the ones who come along the path during the battle, especially during the battle of the gospel in which Jesus Christ is involved.
Job’s despair is that in his deepest sorrow he looked to his friends, who promised to comfort him, to sympathize with him, but they seemed like a dry brook, from which instead of coolness came only more heat.
When Jesus saw the fig tree in Matthew 21:18-20, it looked as if it might bear refreshing fruit, but it had no fruit. The fig tree symbolically represents the Jews who have all kinds of theological knowledge, temple laws, sacrifices, but like leaves, there is no fruit, no mercy, no tenderness, no affection, nothing that pleases Him. But Christ has someone who refreshes Him, His friends in a house in Bethany, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, and His beloved disciples.
Jude writes in 1:12… They are like clouds without water, carried about by the wind, and trees withered, without fruit, twice dead, uprooted. They seem to have hope for water and fruit, but in reality they have nothing.
We see this in Romans 16, which is a very large theological book, but in chapter 16 we see not only his divine wisdom but also deep connections where Paul addresses about 30 people by name. His address was to God’s chosen ones and those who are dear to him.
The only home in the world
Once a celebrity was asked in a television interview that if one day you found yourself alone in this world, what would you do? The person replied that I would commit suicide. Loneliness makes a person anxious.
Once the President of the United States said that the world is the only house in the world. Because there is no other position above the position of the President, there was no other person or position that could understand his burden. There was no one above him, to praise him when he did good. But this was not the case with the apostles, they had friends, they had companionship, they could be an encouragement to each other and they could come to the house of God where their brothers and sisters were a family to them.
Jesus said the same thing, “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother” (Matthew 12:50). After Peter and John were released from prison, they went to their friends (Acts 4:23). God has given us a group of friends who can be a source of refreshment for us when we need it. Spiritual companions and friends are like a river of refreshing water that never fails.
Sometimes we need to go alone to God to find refreshment. As the psalmist wrote, “He is my rock and my salvation, my high tower.” (Psalm 62:2) And again, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God.” So there are times when only God can provide refreshment, and nothing else can. However, God has made it so that we can be refreshed through spiritual companions. God dried up the river for Elijah and used the widow to provide refreshment before the people (1 Kings 17:7-9).
God has given us the body of Jesus Christ as the church, where every part is connected (Colossians 3:23; Ephesians 4:16). Thank God that He has given the church as a source of refreshment or a river for a battlefield when we are thirsty, so that we can drink from it and lift up our heads. Many Christian leaders, pastors, their wives, and other ministry teams struggle, and think that they are not doing enough for their church family. To some extent this is true, but there are prayer fellowship, the Word, and many other things where we can participate for one another and encourage one another. If a leader loses these things, he will suffer. Again, remember the life of Paul, although he was an apostle, he did not live his life like a president who lived in a secluded house in the world, but he established a personal relationship with each person and had a large list of friends who could refresh him in times of need. His home was a table prepared for fellowship.
Leave me alone until I swallow my spittle. (Job 7:19)
Job sometimes became very distressed by his suffering and wandered in his sorrow, yet he felt God’s constant presence. He thought of himself as a lonely man and said to God, “Am I a sea or a whale that you watch over me?” (Job 7:12) Who am I that God pays such close attention to my actions and my thoughts and the smallest details of my life? (Job 7:17-19)
The psalmist also asks Job the same question twice, “What is man that you care about him?” (Psalm 8:4, 144:3). Why do you love one person so much when you have the whole world, the whole creation, and the entire universe before you? Why do you love him so much? When he is like a worm. Why have you prepared heaven for him?
In this question we can think of one thing, in God’s view man is a very important creature, along with He wants to establish a personal relationship with each person and He wants to reach every part of his life. This is a very good thing (Jibvigitabh).
Job was feeling the constant presence of God, so he was saying, “Leave me alone so that I can swallow my saliva.” He could not even swallow his own saliva because of the deep feeling of God’s presence. Such a feeling comes when you feel deep and see yourself helpless. And you are alone and you are immersed in your body and life. But thank God that He never leaves you alone.
God abandons or gives up. Job 7:19
We see in Romans 1 such godless people who always try to suppress the truth by bringing their atheism, Gnosticism, and ideology to their lives so that God’s thoughts will not be in their lives. After a long wait, God abandons them to their own vain desires and meaningless lives. Three times in the book of Romans, God uses the phrase “he forsook them.” As a result, they engage in a grievous course of sin and bring trouble to their bodies and souls (Romans 1:24,26,28).
In Psalm 2, the godless say in verse 3, “Let us break their chains and cast away their cords from us.” They want to be like unbridled horses who do not want to be within the divine law but enjoy roaming here and there like wild horses. They want to remove from themselves the control of Christian morality and the Holy Spirit. But just as a child does not have his parents give him everything he asks for, knowing that it will harm him. In the same way, God controls this world by the Holy Spirit and grace. After the rapture, the intervention of the Holy Spirit will be lifted from this world and the great tribulation will begin with the arrival of the Messiah (2 Thessalonians 2:6-8). But before that, He will not abandon us in any way (Hebrews 13:5).
When Job cried out to be left alone, he did not want to be alone like in Romans 1 or Psalm 2, but he wanted to be alone because of the pain he was feeling inside. But God did not leave him alone.
In all these things, good will happen to the good and bad to the bad (Job 8:20). Now I say that good will happen to the good and bad to the bad, how many of you agree with this? Almost everyone? One of Job’s friends, Bildad, says. Job 8:20 God will never abandon the righteous, nor will he support evildoers. Matthew 9:12 .. But it is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick.
Jesus Christ corrected this in the gospels and in his letters, saying that those who walk with Christ will have tribulation, and in this world you will have tribulation; but take courage, I have overcome the world. And in Romans 8:28 Paul says that all things work together for good and in all these things we are more than conquerors. (Romans 8:37) By all these things Paul is referring to persecutions such as tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword, etc. In all these things we are more than conquerors. God has not kept us isolated or safe from these aspects of life but has given us peace within them. And Psalms 37, 49 and 73 show how a person progresses.
The Bible is not a guide on how to make life prosperous, prosperous, but it is about the message of how we can get rid of sin and save our souls.
Even during the time of persecution, Job did not let himself be influenced by the opinions of others, but remained steadfast in his faith and trust in the Lord who led him to progress.
Why labor in vain (Job 9:29)
  Job faces exactly the same frustration that Paul faced in Romans 7 and says, “If I am evil, why do I labor in vain? This means that if there is nothing good in my flesh, why do I labor in vain for righteousness, which is impossible?”
Then Job says, “Even if I wash myself with snow water and make my hands completely clean, you will plunge me into the pit.”