"Out of the Windstorm" - Conclusion

 Jehovah knew Job's pain. And he felt pity for the man, as he always does when his beloved children suffer.  (Isaiah 63:9; Zechariah 2:8) But he knew too, that Job had been "speaking without knowledge," making his own problems worse. So, Jehovah corrected Job by questioning him extensively. "Where were you. he began, "When I founded the earth? Tell me if you think you understand." At the dawn of creation, "the morning stars," God's family of angels, shouted an applause over the wonders of creation.  (Job 38:2, 4, 7) Job, of course knew nothing of this.

Jehovah went on to speak of his creative works. In a sense, he gave Job a brief tour of what humans today might call the natural sciences, touching on subjects as astronomy, biology, geology, and physics. In particular, Jehovah described a number of animals then found in Job's part of the world-the lion, the mountain goat, the wild donkey, the wild bull, the ostrich, the horse, the falcon, the eagle, Behemoth (obviously the hippopotamus) and finally, the Leviathan (likely the crocodile). Imagine the privilege of attending a lecture about the natural world delivered by the Creator of the universe!

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