The Book of Job — Bible Lesson 36 The 77 Questions *God Asked Job
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The Book of Job — Bible Lesson 36
The 77 Questions
*God Asked Job —*
Their Profound Significance
In the previous post, we looked at the 77 questions God asked Job. In the posts that follow, we can meditate on the profound significance of those questions.
The First Question God Asked
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.”*
Job 38:4
The questions found in Job 38:4–10 are questions God *asked about the creation of the earth.*
These questions reveal an important truth to us. Human beings were not present at the beginning of creation, but God was there. No human being witnessed those initial events firsthand.
Job was not there when the earth was created. No other human being was there either. Therefore, human beings cannot fully explain those events by directly observing, studying, and examining them.
“Only in this divine discourse are the processes of nature described in such detail, and their mysteries portrayed so beautifully to humanity. It is an inspired commentary on the first chapter of Genesis,” says Smith, a Bible scholar of our time.
“It is an inspired commentary on the first chapter of Genesis.”
To understand the truth about creation, only the One who created it—and a human being who knows the complete truth about the Creator and has received a complete revelation from God—can explain it.
Otherwise, explanations about the creation of nature, whether through artificial intelligence or human knowledge, will continue to change from time to time. They cannot arrive at the ultimate truth.
*Questions About the Sea*
Next, God asks questions about the sea.
God asked Job about the sea:
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the recesses of the deep?”
Job 38:16
Here, the word “deep” may be understood in English as “the hidden places of the deep sea.”
The ocean floor is generally divided into three major regions:
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Ocean Floor
There are countless mountains, plateaus, rocky ranges, slopes, and valleys on the ocean floor.
Some underwater valleys are as enormous as the Grand Canyon in the United States.
The continental shelf generally extends about 30 miles from the coastline. In some places, it extends several hundred miles from the shore.
Some mountains beneath the sea are taller than Mount Everest. Mount Everest is approximately 29,000 feet high.
There are also enormous mountain ranges beneath the oceans. The most famous among them is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The depth of the ocean is also astonishing.
The deepest known part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. Its depth is approximately 36,198 feet.
Thus, scientific research confirms the existence of enormous valleys, deep regions, and mountain ranges beneath the oceans.
Nevertheless, our knowledge of the oceans is still very limited.
A study published in 1969 stated that less than 5 percent of the ocean floor had been mapped. This shows how limited our knowledge of the oceans is.
Only the Creator understands how He created everything. It is on this basis that God refers to the depths of the sea.
Even after 3,000 years have passed since God spoke with Job, the discoveries we have made about the depths of the sea remain very limited. This is the truth we must understand here.
If that is so, we are amazed at how knowledgeable and scientifically accurate these words are.
In the upcoming posts, we will learn many more truths related to the questions God asked.
All this information is based on the book
“God's Matchless Question” by Warren Apologetics Center.
In the service of God,