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Posted by Jay at 9:30 am
Here’s a thought. What distinguishes the sons of God? Faith. What distinguishes the firstborn of God? Faithful perseverance through suffering. Compare Job 1:3 [+/-]Job 1:3
[3]He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of
oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so
that this man was the greatest of all the people of the
east. (ESV)
to Job 42:12 [+/-]Job 42:12
[12]And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more
than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels,
1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. (ESV)
. Job’s inheritance from the Lord has doubled, hinting at the double-portion received by the firstborn son. What took place between these two accountings of Job’s inheritance? A whole lot of suffering.
I can think of at least one other firstborn son who demonstrated his standing via suffering (Philippians 2:5-11 [+/-]Philippians 2:5-11
[5]Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in
Christ Jesus, [6]who, though he was in the form of God, did
not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7]but
made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being
born in the likeness of men. [8]And being found in human
form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point
of death, even death on a cross. [9]Therefore God has
highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is
above every name, [10]so that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the
earth, [11]and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (ESV)
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