12 ¶ Hast thou commanded the morning since thy
days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the
earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they
stand as a garment. 15 And from the
wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the
sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto
thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where
is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place
thereof, 20 That thou shouldest take it
to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house
thereof? 21 Knowest thou it, because
thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the
snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of
trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the
earth?
God asks Job if, since he began on
the earth, if he has controlled the start of day. Do you, Job, make the sun to rise, in a manner of
speaking? The dayspring is a reference to the morning light as it slowly
appears. Jesus is likened to that morning light. There are a lot of references
to Jesus being light and breaking through the night. These Old and New
Testament references indicate that we are living in a type of night and we
await the morning provided by Christ when He returns.
Psalm
130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more
than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the
morning.
John
13:30 He then having received the sop
went immediately out: and it was night.
Romans
13:12 The night is far spent, the day is
at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
armour of light.
Malachi
4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go
forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby
the dayspring from on high hath visited us...
2Peter
1:19 We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth
in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts...
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto
you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and
the bright and morning star.
Verse 13 shows that there is a
prophetic import to these verses in regard to Christ’s return to judge and rule
the nations of the world. God has appointed the dayspring to visit the earth as
much as He has appointed the morning to come. It is stamped with His impression
as an ancient seal of a potentate was stamped on clay asserting that earthly
ruler’s authority and power. The wicked stand as a piece of clothing ready to
be shaken out like people would do when they beat a garment to get the dirt out
of it. The wicked don’t see the light of the spiritual morning and are not
illuminated by it. Their power, their, “high arm,” shall be broken. Notice how
the Holy Spirit uses the phrase, “high arm,” as might and power.
Acts
13:17 The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the
land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
Regarding verse 16, fresh water
springs coming up from the bottom of the world’s oceans and seas have been
observed at least since the time of the ancient Phoenicians. There are now thought
to be massive fresh water aquifers under the world’s oceans in the depths where
no man of Job’s time had gone. (40)
In verse 17 God points out how Job
has no power over death and in this instance it appears that God is referring
to that place where we pass over into death. We have no power over it or, as
Solomon says, “there is no discharge in that war.”
Ecclesiastes
8:8 There is no man that hath power over
the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and
there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that
are given to it.
Only Christ had the power to lay
down His life and take it up again, being God in the flesh.
John
10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I
lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
God challenges Job in Job’s
ignorance of the source of light and darkness. Even today scientists are
uncertain if light is a wave or a particle or both and there is still much
discussion over its fundamental properties.
God referring to weather events as
treasures or coming from a treasury is also found elsewhere.
Psalm
135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend
from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the
wind out of his treasuries.
We know God used hail as a weapon
against Egypt in Exodus 9 and again against the Amorites as Joshua and his army
defended Gibeon.
Joshua 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before
Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great
stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which
died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
If indeed, Job represents an older
tradition than other books of the Bible, as I asserted in the beginning, then
God had done that previously, as well.
Finally, in verse 24, we have
discussed the synonymous relationship between the words wind and storm in the
Bible. There is a direct relationship between the light and heat generated by
the sun and weather on earth. This is well-known and needs no citation. The
earth absorbs the sun’s heat and releases it into the atmosphere, heating the
air above, and causing it to move, that being instrumental in producing wind
and even violent weather. While reducing this process to simplistic terms I
believe that is the general view of science. The ultimate source of natural light,
the paths and the house thereof, are still subjects of study and debate. There
are many mysteries regarding light and its effect and God has declared to Job
and those listening to Him that they don’t even know just how ignorant they are
of all of the mysteries of the universe, God’s universe, not Job’s. Not yours.
(40) Ethan A. Huff, “Freshwater Breakthrough As Huge
Aquifers Discovered Beneath Ocean Floor,” Natural
News, December 11, 2013, http://www.naturalnews.com/043205_freshwater_aquifers_ocean_floor.html
(accessed 1.10.2015).
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