PilotWeigh thy anchor, by adamant rode Oh how adversity prompts such odeTrepidation sighedWe have begun to sail at the tide Awake, you sleeper the tempest formed Intransigent child, why so concerned Fury drives relentless wavesTurbulences’ treacherous soak, risk cravesConducted lightning strikes the blueThe amateur’s intimidation isn’t new Helm in hand, steers the ship And by relief, there is no tipTriumph pilot, sin’s standards ceaseCaptain’s directive conquers with peace The vast expanse assures boundless phasesYeshua alone is worthy of all praisesLydia Moffitt I AM THE OUTSHININGJESUS THE QUINTESSENCE Hebrews Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heavenJob “Can you discover the essence of God?Can you find outthe perfection of the Almighty?The abstract תַּכְלִית (takhlit) from כָּלָה (kalah, “to be complete; to be perfect”) may mean the end or limit of something, perhaps to perfection. So the NIV has “can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” The LXX has: “have you come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?”COSMICIt is higher than the heavens – what can you do?The Hebrew says “heights of heaven, what can you do?” A. B. Davidson suggested this was an exclamation and should be left that way. But most commentators will repoint גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם (govhe shamayim, “heights of heaven”) to גְּבֹהָה מִשָּׁמַיִם (gevohah mishamayim, “higher than the heavens”) to match the parallel expression. The LXX may have rearranged the text: “heaven is high.”QUANTUMIt is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?Or “deeper than hell.” The word “Sheol” always poses problems for translation. Here because it is the opposite of heaven in this merism, “hell” would be a legitimate translation. It refers to the realm of the dead—the grave and beyond. The language is excessive, but the point is that God’s wisdom is immeasurable—and Job is powerless before it.MEASUREMENT BY TIERIts measure is longer than the earth,and broader than the sea.CONFINEMENT BY QUARANTINE If he comes by The verb יַחֲלֹף (yakhalof) is literally “passes by/through” (NIV “comes along” in the sense of “if it should so happen”). Many accept the emendation to יַחְתֹּף (yakhtof, “he seizes,” cf. Gordis, Driver), but there is not much support for these.and confines youThe verb is the Hiphil of סָגַר (sagar, “to close; to shut”) and so here in this context it probably means something like “to shut in; to confine.” But this is a difficult meaning, and the sentence is cryptic. E. Dhorme (Job, 162) thinks this word and the next have to be antithetical, and so he suggests from a meaning “to keep confined” the idea of keeping a matter secret; and with the next verb, “to convene an assembly,” he offers “to divulge it.”CONVENE A COURT FOR EXPOSURE and convenes a court,then who can prevent him?The denominative Hiphil of קָהָל (qahal, “an assembly”) has the idea of “to convene an assembly.” In this context there would be the legal sense of convening a court, i.e., calling Job to account (D. J. A. Clines, Job [WBC], 255). See E. Ullendorff, “The Meaning of QHLT,” VT 12 (1962): 215; he defines the verb also as “argue, rebuke.”JESUSColossians For God was pleased to have all his essence dwell in the SonCHRISTColossians For in him all the essence of deity lives in bodily form, and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority. In him you also were circumcised – not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.INGRESSIVE OR CONSTATIVE?Glorification | The Final Frontier Going Boldly Where The Last Man has Gone Before! Decrease time over target: PayPal or Venmo @clastronaut Cash App $clast