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==All Creatures of Our God & King - The Lion and the Raven==
 
==All Creatures of Our God & King - The Lion and the Raven==
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After Noah had weathered the storm for 40 days and 40 nights, after the ark landed on solid ground, and after the flood waters receded, he gave thanks to the Lord, lowered the ramp of the ark, and set all the animals free, telling them to "go forth and multiply over all the earth."  All the animals left... except for two snakes who lay quietly in the corner of the ark. "Why are you still here?" Noah asked in surprise.  "We can't go forth and multiply." said the snakes. "Why not?" asked Noah.  The snakes looked at him for a moment and said, "Because we're adders."
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With the possible exception of Genesis (where we find the creation story, and the story of Noah and the Ark), no book in the entire Bible has more to say about animals than the Book of Job.  That may seem surprising for a book that is largely about a guy named Job,
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The answer to all the rhetorical questions in Job 38 (Can you? Then Who?) is "No, but God can."  This is reminiscent of Luke 12, Verses 6 and 7: “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
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God's job is to take care of his creation, animal and human alike.
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“Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water,
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Or a path for the thunderbolt,
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To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
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A wilderness in which there is no man;
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To satisfy the desolate waste,
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And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?”
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The message is that, whatever the relationship between man and nature, God also has a purpose for nature apart from man.
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Job 12:7-8.  “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; 8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

Revision as of 19:16, 26 February 2021

Job 38:39-41 (OT p.485)

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their dens,
    or lie in wait in their covert?
41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God,
    and wander about for lack of food?

All Creatures of Our God & King - The Lion and the Raven

After Noah had weathered the storm for 40 days and 40 nights, after the ark landed on solid ground, and after the flood waters receded, he gave thanks to the Lord, lowered the ramp of the ark, and set all the animals free, telling them to "go forth and multiply over all the earth." All the animals left... except for two snakes who lay quietly in the corner of the ark. "Why are you still here?" Noah asked in surprise. "We can't go forth and multiply." said the snakes. "Why not?" asked Noah. The snakes looked at him for a moment and said, "Because we're adders."

With the possible exception of Genesis (where we find the creation story, and the story of Noah and the Ark), no book in the entire Bible has more to say about animals than the Book of Job. That may seem surprising for a book that is largely about a guy named Job,


The answer to all the rhetorical questions in Job 38 (Can you? Then Who?) is "No, but God can." This is reminiscent of Luke 12, Verses 6 and 7: “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

God's job is to take care of his creation, animal and human alike.


“Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,

To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;

To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?”

The message is that, whatever the relationship between man and nature, God also has a purpose for nature apart from man.

Job 12:7-8. “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; 8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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