"The Hidden treasures in the book of Job"

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Written by Hugh Ross who sees in Job many allusions to the creation story, particularly in chap 38 & 39. Ross believes in an Old Earth so he is looking through that lens. He says that in Job there are over 300 questions in total and about 70 in chap 38-39.

He sees chap 38 describing the first four days of creation and chap 39 relating to the fifth and sixth days. So for example Ross believes the sun, moon and stars were created on day one and he refers to this.

"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had come out of the womb?" When i made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddling band for it." 38.7-9


Ross sees in 38.9 the cloud and thick darkness as blocking light from the sun,moon and stars from the beginning and then the light became translucent and then on day four the light became transparent and shone through. Clouds and thick darkness would block out light and God said He made it, as opposed to it happening to be dark by the absence of light.