SCRIPTURE: JOB 18
BILDAD (vs. 1-21))
Bildad described the picture of a wicked man as follows:
- His lamp is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. (v. 5)
- The light in his ten becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. (v. 6)
- The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. (v. 7)
- His feet thrust him into a net. and he wanders into its mesh. (v. 8)
- A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 9v. 9)
- A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. (v. 10)
- Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. (v. 11)
- Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he fails. (v. 12)
- It eats away parts of his skin’ death’s firstborn devours his limbs. (v. 13)
- He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. (v. 14)
- Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. (v. 15)
- His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. (v. 16)
- The memory of hm perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. (v. 17)
- He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. (v. 18)
- He has no offspring or descendants among his people. (v. 19)
- Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror. (v. 20)
THOUGHTS:
Description of the death of the wicked:
- It is like a lamp without light and flame full of darkness. (vs. 5-6)
- It is like his feet being trapped by a mesh in his path. (vs. 8-10)
- It is like a criminal being pursued with calamity, disasters, terrors and without security (vs. 11-15)
- It is like fire being burned with his name and memory perished from the land and banished from the world without offspring or descendants nor survivor among his people. (vs. 15-19).
Bildad saw Job as an illustration of the consequences of sin. He rejected Job’s side of the story because it did not fit in with his outlook on life. May we learn not to act the same way by insisting on our own idea.