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Job 35:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] spake [`anah] moreover, and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in general truths, making it very clear that God is so far above man, that there is nothing in mans power that will allow humanity to climb to the level of God. That man is so far behind God in knowledge, that humanity will never in a million years and beyond, learn all there is to learn.
And even if that were possible, our generation would never benefit from that advancement, because we will long since be dead and gone from this earth.
So what good is it for us if humanity discovers more marvelous things after we are dead?
What have we accomplished in sin, by committing transgressions against God, such as to advance ourselves?
What can we add to Gods existence if we are righteous?
Human history gains nothing for itself by accomplishing anything. It only makes life perhaps more convenient for that contemporary generation.
Antibiotics have helped us live longer lives, but they did not help folks who lived several centuries ago. Will they get into heaven, or have a second chance at life because we have so many new discoveries and inventions now?
Will any advancement in this physical world help people to get into heaven or advance in their spiritual life?
And yet with all of our technology, and with all of our 'wise' people living on this planet, how can Gods word be so botched, dissected, misinterpreted, misapplied and so forth?
We have preachers and pastors and wise men who bastardize or weave the Bible into arguments for their own convenience. They preach hate, and poor me, and we've been taken advantage of, not so that people can learn truth, but so people can direct their hate and excuses for their own personal flaws, against others.
Elihu has three more chapters before he runs out of words, and then God will finally enter into the discussion and straighten everyone out.
Job is the only righteous person present, but no one recognizes this. These men have vast amounts of doctrine in their heads, but they have failed in the function of their spiritual life. So their failed spiritual lives lead them to interpretation and application errors of doctrine.
When personal views rank higher than truth, then in most cases, if not all cases, personal views are wrong, biased, and have tendencies to become radical.
Personal view errors can apply to anyone, but the more idealistic or radical one is, the more detached from reality and the more disastrous ones decisions can become. Facts and truth are rejected and replaced with dilusions.
