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Job 36:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] also proceeded [yacaph], and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in generalities, as he implies that Job has violated many fundamental truths resulting in the continuation of his suffering.
And though Elihu is applying these truths in error, we have the opportunity to learn what folks back in those ancient times believed, and simultaneously how God works His policies toward mankind.
Elihu's points in this chapter are that God will always administer impartial justice toward mankind.
Elihu points out that it is a general truth that God favors those who are righteous. Those righteous, being those who have believed in Him, and have established a pattern of life consistent with the principles which God teaches. That those whom He favors will enjoy all manner of prosperity, while at the same time may be subjected to His divine discipline.
If a person maintains a stubborn attitude toward God, then they may be subjected to greater disciplinary actions during their life, and most certainly at the end of their life.
The Christian life is a unique life belonging only to those who have believed in Jesus Christ. All unbelievers are specifically excluded from the Christian life.
The Christian spiritual life is a unique life belonging only to those who maintain a fellowship relationship with God. Fellowship is maintained through the function of confession which results from a consistent monitoring of ones sins and attitude in life.
Those who reside in fellowship enjoy an active spiritual relationship with God. Those who do not reside in fellowship, imitate unbelievers and do not enjoy an active relationship with God.
The spiritual life functions only while you are in fellowship. When you are out of fellowship, your spiritual life is disabled, even though you are still saved.
And though you may incur Gods discipline while stumbling along in your spiritual life, you still reside in this devils world. And the devils world being inherently evil, is full of trouble and turmoil which inevitably will fall into each of our individual lives.
God deals with this devils world while still maintaining His forward progress in His divine plan, and simultaneously dealing with each of our individual needs and wants. You will never find perfection or peace in this world, but you will find it within your spiritual life.
The objective of history is to get all who have believed in Christ, into heavens eternity, and to get all who have advanced in their spiritual lives the greatest of blessings beyond imagination. This current world was never designed to go on forever, and it won't.
