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Job's Trials, God's Awesome Power, Our Faithful Trust
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## THE BATTLE MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE
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### **Warmest Greetings To All You SAINTS!**
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* **The Uninvited Guest:** We are diving into **Job 37 to 39**, right where God cuts through a prolonged debate between Job and his accusers. Before the Lord speaks, a young man named **Elihu** (a descendant of Abraham’s brother) crashes the party.
* **Ready to Burst:** Driven by a frantic need to speak, Elihu describes himself as *fermenting wine ready to burst out of new wineskins*. While he brilliantly sets the stage for God's grandeur, he falls into the trap of assuming Job must be guilty of hidden sin.
* **The Voice of the Roar:** Elihu’s poetry captures a majestic Creator:
> *"He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice..."*
* **No Corners Hidden:** From mighty rain downpours to ice formed by the breath of God, the entire creation is a canvas for His power. Today, with the reach of the internet, even the most remote places on earth have a window to look up and discover Jesus. Elihu challenges us to stop and consider these wonders—skies spun out *hard as a mirror of cast bronze*.
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### **The Logos is Mathematical**
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* **Out of the Whirlwind:** The Lord completely eclipses Elihu, speaking directly out of a whirlwind: *"Who is it that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me."*
* **The Simulated Reality:** God drops a profound architectural question: *"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Who marked off its dimensions?"* While top scientists today debate whether we live in a "simulated reality" or a computer program, the deeper truth is clear—the fabric of creation is fundamentally mathematical. If there were a single instance where **$2 + 2 \neq 4$**, the entire universe would instantly shatter to pieces.
* **Mind-Boggling Design:** To silence all skeptics, look at the sheer, impossible scale of the blueprints built right inside us:
| Divine Metric | The Statistical Reality |
| **Uncoiled Human DNA Length** | **74 billion kilometers**
*(Enough to travel to the Sun and back 247 times)* |
| **Random Protein Formation Odds** | **1 in 10^{272}
(A 1 followed by 272 zeros—pure statistical impossibility)* |
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* **Shouting for Joy:** This pristine mathematical order perfectly mirrors what Dr. Michael Heiser exposed in *The Unseen Realm* regarding the divine councils: *"...while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy."*
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* **The Ultimate Reality Check:** The Lord brings the absolute hammer of cosmic chastisement down on human pride:
> *"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?"*
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* **The Architecture of Light:** God demands to know if we understand the laws of heaven, the pathways of light, or who tips over the water jars of heaven when the ground turns to iron. Moving into chapter 39, He showcases His untamed glory ruling through the wild animal kingdom.
* **Charges Dropped:** Confronted by this staggering majesty, Job is left in such absolute, jaw-dropping awe that he completely drops all of his charges against God. When we face the magnitude of who He is, all arguments fade into just two words: **Awesome wonder.**
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**God bless you faithfully.**See in church Call my hair or something about it
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Meanwhile, Jezebel Lives...
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The Rhythms of Spiritual Warfare: Armor, Psalms, and the Early Dawn
### **The Rhythms of Spiritual Warfare**
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Warmest Greetings Belivers! Do you ever long for God's peace but feel caught up in chaos? Are you praising God outwardly but secretly wrestling with doubt within? We all wrestle with God. It's called spiritual warfare, and it is a massive part of the walk.
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When you are caught in that battle, read the Psalms. They are intense and immediate. David's story of warfare is ultimately our story.
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God's love *is* His justice. He created a logical, lawful universe, and when spiritual laws are broken, there are consequences. Our primary enemy in spiritual warfare is a fallen culture trying to steer us away from God. Evil simply means operating directly against God. It didn’t work out well for Satan, and it won't work out well for him in the end.
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Psalm 139 delivers a beautiful meditation on God's omniscience. He has microscopic knowledge of you from the moment of conception. Remembering that God sees your heart will keep you out of a lot of trouble. Do not let this culture steer you away. Put on the full armor of God, stay on the narrow road, and trust the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
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### **Jezebel Is Alive And Strong At The Church Of The Early Dawn**
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*Lyrics by Zeb of Virginia Beach Church*
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You say you not a believer
you say that you dont believe
in the one who attacks all righteousness
in the one who will deceive
in every opportunity of
every passing day
but you ain't been to The Church Of The Early Dawn
Or Else you could only say
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**Chorus:**
Jezebel is alive and strong at Early Dawn
You may go there for Jesus
you may go to be reborn
but Jezebel is alive and strong at Early Dawn
Never let it be said that I didnt warn
ya Jezebel is alive and strong at Early Dawn
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There just ain't no explanation
above the Earth, below the sky
that helps in understanding
the things that go awry
or the seething depths of evil
that leaves the Christians ripped and torn
except that Jezebel is alive and strong at Early Dawn
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**Bridge:**
When you step through the doors, in Jesus's name you may aspire
but don't you step uncertainly for you might stumble and fall into the lake of fire
there are things that will test you like you've not seen since you were born
know that Jezebel is alive and strong at The Church Of The Early Dawn
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Spiritual warfare
is waiting for you there
so go ahead to Early Dawn
go there if you dare
but put on God's full armor
to fend off as hell does yawn
take it from one who's been there
Jezebel is alive and strong at Early Dawn
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**PRAYER FOR WHOMSOEVERS**
Lord, we acknowledge that we are locked in daily spiritual warfare against a culture that tries to pull us from Your presence. Thank You for Your enduring mercy that follows us into the trenches. When our hearts are heavy with unspoken burdens, help us to surrender them entirely to You. Protect us from evil, keep our feet firmly planted on the narrow road, and let us rest in the comfort that You know our hearts completely. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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### 7 Short Corroborating Scripture Quotes
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* **Psalm 136:1**
*"O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."*
* **Exodus 34:14**
*"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:"*
* **Psalm 137:1**
*"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."*
* **Psalm 139:1–2**
*"O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off."*
* **Psalm 140:1**
*"Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;"*
* **John 14:6**
*"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."*
* **Matthew 7:14**
*"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."*
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