Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
There are a couple of ways that we can look at this verse. Humans are descended from the very first mother, Eve, who was deceived in the garden by the tempter. Her action, the very first transgression, introduced sin to God's perfect creation. The result of sin is death, which weakened the perfection in which God had created humanity. No longer could man live in the perfection of the garden. No longer could he have the benefits of the tree of life, which he was freely allowed to eat while occupying the garden. God cursed the ground because of Adam's and Eve's sin (Genesis 3:17).
Then other consideration for this verse is the fact that humans are descended from their own mothers, who are called the "weaker vessel" (1 Peter 3:7). The child takes this on this weakness from his mother at birth. There are inherent weaknesses in humanity (Jeremiah 51:30). These weaknesses will exist until the believer is at home with his Savior.
If you are thinking that your life should be trouble-free and painless, you are wrong. Your sin deserves justice (Romans 6:23) and the fact that God has forgiven you (Colossians 3:13) is something that you do not deserve. Life here on earth is not easy for anyone (Matthew 5:45) and certainly for the believer (John 16:33). Our adversary is going to do all he can as often as he can to come against the LORD and His people. Our hope lies in the fact that one day, God is going to make all that is wrong right! One day, God is going to take His people home to be with Him, where we will enjoy that perfection that our first parents took for granted. One day, God is going to meet us at the door of His heaven and say to us, "Well done..." (Matthew 25:21, 23).
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
There are a couple of ways that we can look at this verse. Humans are descended from the very first mother, Eve, who was deceived in the garden by the tempter. Her action, the very first transgression, introduced sin to God's perfect creation. The result of sin is death, which weakened the perfection in which God had created humanity. No longer could man live in the perfection of the garden. No longer could he have the benefits of the tree of life, which he was freely allowed to eat while occupying the garden. God cursed the ground because of Adam's and Eve's sin (Genesis 3:17).
Then other consideration for this verse is the fact that humans are descended from their own mothers, who are called the "weaker vessel" (1 Peter 3:7). The child takes this on this weakness from his mother at birth. There are inherent weaknesses in humanity (Jeremiah 51:30). These weaknesses will exist until the believer is at home with his Savior.
If you are thinking that your life should be trouble-free and painless, you are wrong. Your sin deserves justice (Romans 6:23) and the fact that God has forgiven you (Colossians 3:13) is something that you do not deserve. Life here on earth is not easy for anyone (Matthew 5:45) and certainly for the believer (John 16:33). Our adversary is going to do all he can as often as he can to come against the LORD and His people. Our hope lies in the fact that one day, God is going to make all that is wrong right! One day, God is going to take His people home to be with Him, where we will enjoy that perfection that our first parents took for granted. One day, God is going to meet us at the door of His heaven and say to us, "Well done..." (Matthew 25:21, 23).
Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
There are a couple of ways that we can look at this verse. Humans are descended from the very first mother, Eve, who was deceived in the garden by the tempter. Her action, the very first transgression, introduced sin to God's perfect creation. The result of sin is death, which weakened the perfection in which God had created humanity. No longer could man live in the perfection of the garden. No longer could he have the benefits of the tree of life, which he was freely allowed to eat while occupying the garden. God cursed the ground because of Adam's and Eve's sin (Genesis 3:17).
Then other consideration for this verse is the fact that humans are descended from their own mothers, who are called the "weaker vessel" (1 Peter 3:7). The child takes this on this weakness from his mother at birth. There are inherent weaknesses in humanity (Jeremiah 51:30). These weaknesses will exist until the believer is at home with his Savior.
If you are thinking that your life should be trouble-free and painless, you are wrong. Your sin deserves justice (Romans 6:23) and the fact that God has forgiven you (Colossians 3:13) is something that you do not deserve. Life here on earth is not easy for anyone (Matthew 5:45) and certainly for the believer (John 16:33). Our adversary is going to do all he can as often as he can to come against the LORD and His people. Our hope lies in the fact that one day, God is going to make all that is wrong right! One day, God is going to take His people home to be with Him, where we will enjoy that perfection that our first parents took for granted. One day, God is going to meet us at the door of His heaven and say to us, "Well done..." (Matthew 25:21, 23).
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