SECRETS HIDDEN FOR SOME 3000 YEARS.
"DARK SAYINGS" and "SECRETS" REVEALED,
HIDDEN IN ALLEGORIES, METAPHORS AND SIMILITUDES
FOUND IN THE BOOKS OF JOB,
JONAH, JOEL, AND
ISAIAH.
TREASURY SITE MAP By Keith Hepworth
INTRODUCTION
Believe it or not, The Book of Job is allegorical. The story disguises the much more important story of Jesus trying to explain why His Father had "forsaken" Him, as He clearly thought and asked while on the cross. I know, you are probably thinking, So what? I already believe in Jesus Christ, I'm a Christian. I don't need any more evidence. That's terrific, but even so this is new earth shattering news for Christians, and this most important book explains so much more of the future that you will be shocked when you fully understand it. Let me explain:
Isaiah spoke about such a thing being "shewed" to the Jews at a time when there was "no strange god among them" and why it was given to them before they "turned away backward,"
clearly indicating that there would be an apostasy (which was later lamented by Jeremiah, Ezekiel and others), during which time
the words of their false prophets could not be trusted; and then finally a time
of restoration or "gathering" of the Jews, which, in my view, will be accelerated by "this thing,"
i.e. The Book of Job, which was "shewed" them anciently,
before they lost the truth and went astray.
"this thing,"was designed to restore them to the truth. Isaiah
explained it:
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee:
before it came to pass I shewed it thee:
lest thou shouldest say,
Mine idol hath done them,
and my graven image, hath commanded them." (Isaiah 48:5)
In other words, the Book of Job was given to the Jews anciently ("from the
beginning") so that now, when it is allowed to be understood, the source
is certain and undeniable, leaving the Jews and the world with clear evidence of Christ's
Divinity. This would certainly explain why scholars have been blinded from seeing the
truth about this little book for so long. Think about that for a moment and realize just what God has done. He gave proof that Jesus is the Christ by telling about the crucifixion long before it happened but didn't allow
the Jews to
understand it for another 3000 years or so. What a "strange work" to do; but on
the other hand, how effective it should be in turning His children back to
the truth, after they went "whoring after other gods," such as golden calves. And now, how can
they dispute with their very own Bible? The Lord told them this
would happen in Isaiah 29:
10 For the LORD hath poured upon you the spirit of
deep sleep;
For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and rejected the prophets,
And your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your
iniquity.
And it shall come to pass then that the Lord God shall bring forth
unto you,
The words of a book, and they shall be the words of them which have
been slumbering.
When they learn this truth about the Book of Job,
that Jesus Christ was their expected Messiah, it is bound to be a very big shock, even as a "great earthquake" so to speak.
Then, it will mark the beginning of their restoration back to the truth that they once had when they
were guided by true prophets and were great
in the eyes of God. In light
of these great truths, how mislead, yea, how absurd and silly are those
who have asked, Is God dead? The Lord said of this:
"For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim,
he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon,
that he may do his work, his strange work;
and bring to pass his act, his strange act" (Isaiah 28:21).
Indeed, it is a strange act. Furthermore, now the following words of Isaiah take on a new meaning of how Israel will be an effective witness for the LORD to all the nations concerning their God, the true and living
God, even Jesus Christ.
Isaiah explains it:
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled:
who among them can declare this, and shew us former things?
let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified:
or [when they cannot] let them hear [these words], and say, It is truth.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:
before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me
there is no saviour.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,
when there was no strange god among you:
therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
(emphasis added)
Isaiah 43:9-12
This "great and marvelous work," prophesying "out of the dust" so to speak, was
almost certainly
designed by God to "gather the dispersed of Judah" in these latter days,
back to Zion-- and not just physically back to Zion, but more importantly, spiritually. Stay and broaden your knowledge of our God,
and even Jesus Christ too. I promise that you will be greatly enriched and even surprised, finding great "secrets," even
hidden treasures
of knowledge without costing you any money.
If you stay and "drink" of these truths, you will find "living waters" that will astound you and thrill your heart. "Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk
[living waters] without money and without price" (Isaiah 55:1,
clarification added).
"So shall he sprinkle [with living waters] many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they
consider" (Isaiah 52:15 with clarification added).
After Job, you will begin to read the Old Testament with more understanding and grow a deeper appreciation for Jesus Christ then ever before, with many "dark sayings," or difficult to
understand sayings (secrets if you will) giving up their truths to strengthen your testimony.
(A noteworthy example from Isaiah is explained example here.)
These are very bold claims, for sure, but after having studied this premise for over twenty-five years, there is no doubt left. It is really true. After carefully examining hundreds of difficult verses in the Book of Job we have to conclude that it gives us proof that Jesus Christ was and is the Son of God, even the great Messiah. The books of Jonah, Joel, and Isaiah also support this conclusion and will be examined after a close look at the Book of Job.
There are
many verses in the Book of Job to start your thinking in this new
direction. This first verse is impossible to understand in terms of
Job but is most revealing about Jesus. The King James Version of Job
13:27 reads: "Thou settest a print
upon the heels/soles of my feet." What could this verse mean to Job? Keil and Delitzsch's commentary
explains that "the Hebrew version means much more than the English translation conveys, such as
wounds "digged" into the soles of his feet, even circular wounds filled with metal
and blood"
(See K&D, Vol.4, pgs.220-222). It's hard to
understand why great scholars like Keil and Delitzsch failed to make
a connection between Job and Jesus when it is plain to see that this verse
describes Jesus' feet with the nails driven through them.
What would a "circular wounds" "digged" into Job's feet have to do with anything?
Another great verse is the punishment
that Job
suggests he should receive if he were actually guilty of any sin; that is, the description of
the great pain in
the bones and sinews of his arms, even causing him to suggest that they be broken from their sockets. He said, "Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade. And mine arm
be broken from its channel bone." (Job 31:22). Is that about
Job, or Jesus talking about the terrible pains in his arms that are a result of
the crucifixion? The Bible really does
hide secrets or mysteries, which are referred to within its pages as
"God's secrets, dark sayings, and words of the wise.
are they not? But again
they have no relevance to the story of Job. Many scholars have said that
most of the Book of Job makes very little sense, and if we had to explain the
above verses only in terms of Job we would have to agree. Some have
even suggested that the fault lies with too many "cooks," that many errors have
crept in over the years from all of the hand copying done by scribes or
overzealous copyists who made changes where they thought there were errors.
Later you will see more than one hundred verses in the Book of Job that parallel verses in the Book of Psalms, all of which have to do with Jesus.
And we know the Psalms are about
Jesus; Jesus told us this himself (see Luke 24:44). Martin Buber, a German scholar,
also knew this very well; for he said: "We read Psalms that seems to be nothing but the cry for help lifted
upwards by a man in torment: yet we need only listen carefully to see that the speaker is not just any man but a man standing in the presence of revelation, and witnessing revelation
even in his cries and shouts." Dr. Buber is suggesting that King David witnessed the crucifixion through revelation
and his words reflect what he saw, especially during Jesus' final trials. A
prime example supporting this conclusion is Psalm 22, not to mention Psalm 17 and 35
(see Psalms 22 here).
Everyone should see the obvious parallels to Jesus in these well-known Psalms. If you approach the Book of Job
in the same way, with Jesus in mind, little by little, verse by verse, the pieces fall into place. And like any puzzle, it is only after one piece is in
place that you can see where the next one fits--precept upon precept, if you will.
Continue on, and you will
also see several more verses explained (like the tomb one discussed above), which are more clear in the Hebrew
version of the
Bible than they are in the Christian versions, which is a little surprising and
at the same time ironic, since the Jews fail to see Jesus as the Messiah and the
Son of God (but that should change soon).
The next
big problem is trying to think of Job being
pinned up like a target with nails, or more precisely in the language of
Job, "a mark" "plastered
or stuck up" by "arrows in array" (Job
6:4); or,
being "lifted up to ride on the wind" (Job 30:22),
very much like a shirt on a clothes line,
pinned up by "arrows in array," by the cuffs to dry.
Another unusual verse is about the iron weapon (spear) being drawn out of his body:
"He shall flee from the iron weapon,
and the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn; and cometh out of his body" (Job
20:24,25). Did Job have a spear thrust into his side? No, Jesus did.
These verses could easily be understood if Job were
hanging on a cross with his arms and shoulders being torn apart by the
weight of his body, not to
mention the spear slashing into his side. In
other words, if he were being crucified on a cross like Jesus was. But for
the story of Job these verses simply don't belong, and they leave us confused as to what they
could possibly mean, especially since Job didn't die for another hundred and forty
years (Job 42). To see fifty more verses like these from Job, with brief explanations
that directly
refer to Jesus, go here.
Morris Jastrow Jr., Ph.D., LL.D., actually rearranged the book,
verse-by-verse, freely swapping verses, even chapters, around in an attempt
to have it make sense. He even said there were not ten consecutive verses
without an error. Happily however, when we put aside
these kinds of opinions and search more diligently ourselves, and just as it
is, we find that it can be read on a second, deeper level. This deeper level of
understanding reveals that the Book of Job does have more to do with Jesus than it
does to the cover story of Job as the above verses suggest; and then
with this new understanding the rest of the confusion and contradictions
begin to make sense.
In the end, the Book of Job turns out to be two stories in
one, which makes it allegorical, even a most
extraordinary
allegory that has remained hidden from our understanding for thousands of years. Think about the story of Job for a moment and surely you will see several parallels between Job and Jesus for yourself, very much like the
following:
1. Both lost everything, friends and position,
in virtually one day.
2. Both had to endure great
mental and physical pain,
including open
wounds or sores.
3. Both lived perfect, upright,
God-fearing lives
(verse 1).
4. Both felt that they had been forsaken by God, and said
so,
over and over.
5. Both questioned the
unfairness of their predicament on the basis of
their purity.
6. Both were absolutely sure of their
purity
from any transgression.
7. Both in the end "were
raised" to much greater things.
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Hopefully, by now you are beginning to see the similarities
between Job and Jesus and realize how the story of Job, at the very least,
is an excellent choice to make into an allegory for the suffering Jesus and will
continue reading. You will see
many internal contradictions to the story of Job cleared up and explained, all
in terms of Jesus. For example the following verse from the Hebrew translation reads:
"Yet shall he be brought to the grave,
while a watch is kept at his tomb" (Job 21:32 Hebrew
version).
What sense does this make when we know Job was not "brought to the grave," at least not
concurrently with the story? And there is nothing in the story to
explain the need for a watch at his tomb when he finally did go to his grave--
one hundred and forty two years later (Job 42:16). Really confusing isn't it,
especially
since we read that Job was destitute and abandoned by everyone including his close friends
(See Job 19)? But for
Many people think Jesus died of a broken heart, and according to the Book of Job
it's true; but what could have disappointed him so much that it would
break his heart, and I mean literally? Was it because God really did
forsake him, just as he suggested himself with his dispiriting question
from the cross? "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
Oh, but what reason could there have been for God to do such a thing, to his
Only Begotten Son, especially since we know he had completed his mission perfectly?
Think for a minute, how a broken heart could explain his death and what it would
mean in terms of an infinite sacrifice and atonement. What else but
disappointment could have broken his heart? Think of what this means in
terms of proof of his love for us if he died of a broken heart because he
thought he had failed to save all his beloved brothers and sisters. The eternal ramifications
for trillions of God's children would be staggering if he
had failed. That would certainly be enough to break his heart in view of
his love for us. What else
could take his life, especially since we know his life was completely in his own
hands? He could lay it down or take it up as he chose (John 10:17-18); but there
was no reason to prolong his life if he had failed all of us in his most important
mission. This view also explains just how long he had to suffer to qualify for
an infinite atonement. Answers to these questions and more are brought to
light by this amazing little book.
Also included in this site is a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Job,
with nearly every verse explained in terms of Jesus.
A side note: All along the way in this site you will see the most astounding
patterns in the length of the lines of the scriptures (probably a form of
chiasmus), which I first discovered in the books of Job and Isaiah, and
then later in all the other scriptures. These patterns seem to authenticate the
revealed word of God and certainly will confound the evolutionists that fail to
find intelligent design in any of the creations of God. Talk about
Intelligent Design or Divine Design, it's even found in all of God's revealed
words . Now they will never be able to claim that
it just took millions and
millions of years of time for the scriptures to come into existence with these "intelligent
designs," as they have claimed in the past. Maybe they will claim
that all the prophets of old were part of a great conspiracy but kept it a
secret for thousands of years. (see Patterns) God is wonderfully amazing!
For sure, with so much evidence
that the story of Job is really allegorical for Jesus Christ, any counterclaims
of "reaching" or "coincidence" can easily be dismissed.
Yet you might be
wondering why you haven't heard of this before, especially if you have been an
ardent student of the Bible. The answer is not perfectly clear yet, but an
early conclusion would be that the deeper meanings of the Book of Job have been
kept hidden from our understanding until these last days, at the time of the
promised "restitution of all things," when this powerful
testimony that Jesus is the Christ will be instrumental in turning God's children back to the truth, meaning all mankind, both the
wayward Jews and the
wayward Gentiles.
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existence. This site points out from The Old Testament that Jesus was and
is the Christ, profoundly so. Its main focus is on the Book of Job. Then,
several other books of the Old Testament are explained which point out some of
the things that will happen very soon based upon the words of Isaiah (Job being
the catalyst). These are bold claims for sure, but stay no
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