What would happen if the Body of Christ were told that there was an enemy. Particularly one that was created to be an enemy to each of us individually. Would we learn how to overcome this enemy or ignore the warning? Most likely we would want to know who this enemy is, and then we would want to learn about any other enemies we might have to deal with. There is one being noted in the Bible as a “prick or a goad”. What we know is that he is a one of a kind being, there are none other like him. We also know that he was a chief of Yahweh’s creation that was made to sport with the angels. Why? Yahweh Elohim cannot tempt us with evil. Therefore there has to be a being that can tempt us with evil. Prior to the fall, the adam and Eve did not know the difference between good and evil. If all beings are neutral, would we make a decision to serve Yahweh or some other being. Once there is knowledge of good and evil which do we choose? It might really have been a paradise to not know good and evil for the adam, however the other sons of God knew good and evil. The dragon, Drakōn, was created to challenge sons of God. How we respond tells us who our allegiance is to, Yahweh or Satanas. Drakōn’s sole purpose is to push us. Drakōn is the standard and measure that we look at and then we should do the opposite. Job never did anything wrong, yet he was pushed, challenged, and proved to be dedicated to Yahweh. While we might think that this is a new idea, the book of Job was written by Moses some time around 1532 BCE, or 3,554 years ago, so it is not a new topic, just one we have not understood.
In our churches we teach this idea backwards. This is because it is a strategy of the enemy to promote the opposite of the truth. We say that “God is testing us”. Using the term “Elohim”, meaning three or more, which is also used for Satanas, demons, and men, we have distorted our understanding as to who the “god” is that is testing us. It is not Yahweh, the Father, or the Holy Spirit testing us, it is Drakōn and Satanas, and Satanas’ rulers. But the job of testing was originally Drakōns. So quite often we think that Yahweh is testing us and punishing us for our failures, which is not the case. It is a strategy that keeps the real pricks undercover so that they can blame Yahweh instead of being exposed. As we know, Job’s mistake was to think that the dragon, Drakōn, had already been slain.
Job 26:13 G2806.1 And the bolts G1161 G3772 of heaven G1165.1 are in awe G1473 of him; G4366.2 [3order G1161 1and G1473 2by his] G2289 he put to death G1404 the dragon G647.3 defector.
Job 26:13 (Brenton) And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
Drakōn is an apostate according to Job but that is not completely true, as Yahweh tells Job later that Drakōn was “created to be a prick”. He is meant to entice others. He is supposed to push us and spar with us. We have to play the game. We have to learn that there is a game. Then we can learn to play the game.
Now just to think this through, Moses wrote the book of Job before the Exodus, while in exile. Therefore, in the wilderness, the Israelites had the knowledge of a created being whose job it is to prick and goad others. Did they keep this in mind while passing through Moab? No they completely forgot about it. James says this.
James 1:14 G1538 But each G1161 G3985 is tested G5259 by G3588 his own G2398 G1939 desire, G1828 being dragged away G2532 and G1185 being entrapped.
The word desire is the word epithumia, meaning “longing for what is forbidden”. The word exelkō means "entice to sin” and deleazō means “entrap”. James is saying that people long for what is forbidden and then are enticed and entrapped. Twenty four thousand Israelites fell by plague and sword for being carried away by their own lusts.
Let’s remember, in our age all things are allowed but not all things are advantageous. Jesus covered our sin by his blood. We are no longer judged as to sin. We are judged in righteousness.
1 Corinthians 6:12 G3956 All things G1473 to me G1832 are allowed, G235 but G3756 not G3956 all G4851 advantageous; G3956 all things G1473 to me G1832 are allowed, G235 but G3756 [3not G1473 1I G1850 2shall] be brought under the authority G5259 by G5100 any.
If we realize that Jesus did away with sin for us, that we are not judged by our sins, and that it is the Holy Spirit who writes the contract of Yahweh on our heart, we realize that the only trap we will live under is our own misunderstanding. This is why we are incorrect when all we do as Christians is condemn one another for what we perceive as sin. This then is another opposite of truth that we are fed which is not contractually true. Whoever the Son sets free is truly free.
Therefore if the age we live in is not based on sin, our tactics and our strategy should be different. But if we think something is sin and our enemy knows we think something is sin, he will exploit our misunderstanding. He will condemn us according to our own misunderstanding and we will then condemn ourselves and put ourselves into our own mental prison. Sly. We are the law now, because the Holy Spirit is writing the contract on our heart. There is no basis for accusation of sin unless we can be fooled and punish ourselves.
Job 40:19 G5123 This is G746 the beginning G4110 of the thing shaped G2962 by the lord; G4160 being made G1460.1 to be mocked G5259 by G3588 G32 his angels. G1473
Job 40:19 (40:14) (Brenton) This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
The word mocked εγκαταπαίζεσθαι means to “thrust firmly in”. It is the idea of “pricked in” or “goaded in” which is why the Septuagint uses the word sported or played with. The devil, Drakōn, was created to be a prick. He was created for a specific purpose, to goad or sport with the angels. What about us? We see that Job was harassed by the devil, diabolos, Drakōn, and he didn’t know why because Job mistakenly thought that the dragon defector had already been slain. If Job didn’t know that Drakōn was an enemy how would he understand his predicament?
Drakōn is an archē, a “chief ruler” or a “first ruler”. He is the first and only being created to sport with other created beings. The fallen beings like Satanas and his principalities and powers, were first taunted, pricked, and goaded, by Drakōn. Once they fell, they created their own group of fallen beings to attack the first man, the adam. Then having won rulership over humanity, becoming the god of this world and having some spiritual authority, Satanas and his rulers do exactly what Drakōn does, they prick, goad, and trick humans. But the first one, the one created to do this, is Drakōn.
Unlike Satanas and the other fallen sons of God, Drakōn is a one and only, a first and only, and a singular being. He is an original. He himself is not a fallen being, his purpose was to prick and goad. Drakōn had some limitations as we see with Job. Drakōn has successfully goaded about one third of the heavenly host into mutiny from Yahweh. Yahweh’s plan was to create a race of manfaced to which they would all be judged by. Now humanity’s time on earth is really about the fallen sons of God’s judgment, not our own. This is why, as Paul tells us, we will judge angels. Instead of seeing ourselves as lowly humans, we are their judges. We have to rise up in this understanding so that we are not deceived by them.
Job 41:33 G3756 There is not G1510.2.3 G3762 anything G1909 upon G3588 the G1093 earth G3664 likened G1473 to him, G4160 being made, G1460.1 to be mocked at G5259 by G3588 G32 my angels. G1473
Job 41:33 (41:24) (Brenton) There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.
Yahweh does not lament Drakōn’s creation. He elevates him. However, at the end of our age we find out that Drakōn is cast down to the earth along with Satanas and his angels. This tells us that there is something that happened to cause Drakōn (who was a chief of creation) to be disposed of. Job was correct in calling him an apostate. We see that in the tribulation times after Drakōn is cast down to earth that people will worship him. Is it possible that Drakōn has not only goaded but also tricked the fallen sons of God into worshipping Him? In the tribulation humans will worship him, so it seems that Drakōn did his job of sporting so well that he created his own worshippers in an attempt to overthrow creation? He is an apostate, he left his created purpose. Satanas is loosed after one thousand years to go out and deceive the nations, but Drakōn is cast into the lake of fire. This is when Job’s understanding of the dragon being an apostate and being slain comes to pass. Understanding this, we see that we are still in the midst of the time of sporting, pricking, and goading.
When will Drakōn be cast down to the earth? Around the midpoint of the tribulation, when the seven thunders utter their voices. John was not allowed to write what the thunders said. At this point the two witnesses are killed and they go up to the coronation of Jesus. At that time Drakōn, Satanas, and the rest, will have their opportunity to literally rule the world. We know that at that time the son of perdition will sit in the holy of holies and claim to be god, then the beast will kill Babylon. Then the beast, Drakōn, will try to attack the Lamb of God and his armies. Drakōn will attempt to steal creation. Drakōn will have an end. Satanas and his angels will also have their end at the white throne judgment.
Here we are in the middle of a battle that we did’t know was taking place. The battle is for people’s souls. Realistically the battle is over how many souls will not go to heaven. The more people who are deceived then the less resistance Drakōn has on the earth. Yet just like the Israelites we may know this information but not know what to do with it. While the Israelites should not have defiled themselves because they were the tribe that was to bring forth the Messiah, we have to understand that the pressure or pushing or oppressing we feel is not from Yahweh, it is from Drakōn. And unlike the Israelites our age is an age of grace and righteousness. Therefore the test is different.
1 Corinthians 10:13 G3986 A test G1473 [3you G3756 1has not G2983 2taken] G1508 except G442 what belongs to a human; G4103 [3is trustworthy G1161 1but G3588 G2316 2God], G3739 who G3756 will not G1439 allow G1473 you G3985 to be tested G5228 above G3739 what G1410 you are able; G235 but G4160 will make G4862 with G3588 the G3986 test G2532 also G3588 the G1545 way out, G3588 G1410 [2to be able G1473 1for you] G5297 to endure.
“Test you not received if not humans but the Elohim trustworthy that not permit you test over that strong enough otherwise make along with the testing and the way out the strong enough you bear up under.”
Yahweh wants us to know that the idea of testing is not new or unusual. It is because we serve Yahweh that we are pricked, goaded, and sported with. In the same way that Job didn’t do anything wrong to deserve the hardships that he was tested with we are not tested because we do things wrong. We are pressured because we do things right. Yet there is a lie that we are told that says life should be easy or “like heaven” and if something is wrong then we must be sinning. That is incorrect. Yahweh is not punishing us and if there is a case against us for sin then we have the right to claim the blood of Jesus over us. However Drakōn will sport with us, make us think that we did something wrong, then blame Yahweh for our distress. We all go through testing, but it should make us stronger, not cry babies.
James 1:2 G3956 [2all G5479 3joy G2233 1Esteem it], G80 my brethren, G1473 G3752 whenever G3986 [3tests G4045 1you should fall into G4164 2various]!
How do we walk through a test so that we can consider it a joy? We first have to know who is sporting with us. Then we recognize that there are many lies this enemy has woven into our world, societies, our families, and our churches. Those lies then have to be unraveled by us, individually. We need to realize that this is a long game, not a fifty yard dash.
Tests come in many ways or “various” or “different colors” as the word poikilos is defined. We can have tests in the areas of health, finances, relationships, or anything else. Drakōn has a lot of tricks up his sleeves. Sometimes we are blindsided by something which is how we understand peripiptō, as meaning “falling into something” or to “be surrounded with”. It is not due to something we did, it is a surprise. This means that if we drive drunk and get pulled over it is not necessarily Drakōn testing us. It could be an opportunity for Drakōn to test us, but not always. And it should not be a surprise if we get pulled over by the police. There is no “auto-protection” for us if we do foolish things.
James 1:3 G1097 knowing G3754 that G3588 the G1383 proving G1473 [3of yours G3588 1of the G4102 2belief] G2716 manufactures G5281 endurance;
The word dokimion means “proving” or “testing” but in the usage of this word it is a “trial by fire”, like gold and silver. James is pointing out that we have a trial by fire regarding our faith. As our faith is proved, it manufactures steadfastness. Our first decision in a test is to turn to Yahweh. This is how our faith grows. We are being sported with to leave our faith. Most times the biggest test we face is when we first become believers in Christ.
James 1:4 G3588 G1161 and G5281 [2endurance G2041 5work G5046 4its perfect G2192 1let 3have]! G2443 that G1510.3 you should be G5046 perfect G2532 and G3648 entire, G1722 with G3367 nothing G3007 missing.
If we think about the first century church which was under persecution from the Jews and from Rome, we realize that these people needed to have steadfastness which would turn into a complete work. They did not run away from the persecution they faced. In fact, even after being warned, Paul walked right into the nest of vipers in Jerusalem. Paul’s faith was complete. Our faith needs to become complete. What if we Christians were all rounded up for a beheading? Would we run away, hide, deny Christ, or stand steadfast? We can’t die. There is nothing that Drakōn can do to us; we have eternal life. We may leave this earth but we cannot die eternally. Therefore the trick of Drakōn to threaten us with death is a bust. James continues.
James 1:12 G3107 Blessed is G435 a man G3739 who G5278 endures G3986 test; G3754 for G1384 [2unadulterated G1096 1becoming], G2983 he shall receive G3588 the G4735 crown G3588 G2222 of life, G3739 which G1861 [3promised G3588 1the G2962 2Lord] G3588 to the ones G25 loving G1473 him.
Once we endure the testing and emerge acceptable we can receive a crown of life. We should be looking for the prize in this sporting event. The prize is a crown of life. What do we have to do to receive it? Remain steadfast.
James 1:13 G3367 [2no one G3985 3being tested G3004 1Let] say G3754 that, G575 From G2316 God G3985 I am tested! G3588 G1063 For G2316 God G551 is beyond testing G1510.2.3 G2556 by evils, G3985 [3tests G1161 1and G1473 2he himself] G3762 no one.
Here is the key point, the Elohim, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, do not test us. The Elohim is apeirastos, “incapable of being tempted” using evil. In order to be the one testing and tempting us, that one has to use bait, which would be something contrary to our behavior. The Elohim will not parade someone lustfully in front of us. The Elohim will not slyly slip us an envelope of drugs. The elohim of evil (Drakōn) will test us with evil. When we hear someone say that they are being tested by God, then they can only be tested by the god of this world, Satanas, or the god of goading, Drakōn. Correct their misunderstanding or they will cause people to think that the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth is an angry being looking for a reason to smack us down. This is another lie from Drakōn.
James 1:14 G1538 But each G1161 G3985 is tested G5259 by G3588 his own G2398 G1939 desire, G1828 being dragged away G2532 and G1185 being entrapped.
Just as we noted above, if we give in to the bait that Drakōn lays out for us then we may become dragged away by him. Yet Yahweh is not punishing us or waiting for us to fail, he has covered the payment for our sins. Yahweh is not testing us. He doesn’t need to test us because he paid for our adoption. If we reject him that is our own stupidity. Yahweh cannot and does not tempt us with evil.
Drakōn has some limitations. One limitation we saw with Job was that Drakōn was not allowed to take Job’s life. Follow this closely, Drakōn cannot kill you. That is a Hollywood lie. He cannot spin your head in circles either, because that would cause death and he is not allowed to take a righteous person’s life. Job lamented the day that he was born, and wished he hadn’t been born. Job could have taken his own life, but Drakōn cannot take the life of a righteous person. He could trick us into killing ourselves slowly like with a poor diet, or quickly by speeding down the highway, but he cannot lay a hand on us. Job was in pain, his body was in agony, but in all his torment Job did not curse Yahweh Elohim.
1 Peter 4:12 G27 Beloved, G3361 do not G3579 take it as strange G3588 the G1722 [3among G1473 4you G4451 1burning fire G4314 5to G3986 6test G1473 7you G1096 2taking place], G5613 as G3581 a strange thing G1473 happening to you; G4819
Peter says that testing is not strange or that we should not be xenizō, “startled”, by the purōsis, “burning", “fiery test”, testing us. Purōsis is like smelting, what happens is our faith becomes more pure. We get rid of the biases and religious weights by fire.
1 Peter 4:13 G235 but G2526 according to that which G2841 you participate with G3588 the G3588 [2of the G5547 3Christ G3804 1sufferings] G5463 rejoice! G2443 that G2532 also G1722 in G3588 the G602 revelation G3588 G1391 of his glory G1473 G5463 you should rejoice G21 exulting
Peter thinks that we should rejoice in suffering these tests. If we think of our suffering as being purposeful then we will rejoice. The purpose of testing is the unveiling of His glory. Peter says rejoice, rejoice exceedingly.
Paul teaches us something interesting here. He tells Timothy that the people that want to be rich fall into testing.
1 Timothy 6: 9 G3588 But the ones G1161 G1014 wanting G4147 to be rich, G1706 they fall G1519 into G3986 the test G2532 and G3803 a snare, G2532 and G1939 [5desires G4183 1many G453 2unthinking G2532 3and G983 4hurtful], G3748 which G1036 submerge G3588 the G444 men G1519 into G3639 ruin G2532 and G684 destruction.
10 G4491 For a root G1063 G3956 of all G3588 the G2556 evils G1510.2.3 is G3588 the G5365 fondness of money, G3739 of which G5100 some G3713 reaching for G635 were led astray G575 from G3588 the G4102 belief, G2532 and G1438 pierced themselves on all sides G4044 G3601 [2griefs G4183 1with many].
Think about this carefully. Those people who want to be rich or who pursue money will be tested. Why? Because the god of this world Satanas does not need millions of rich Christians to rule and reign over others. He does need people who will worship Him in exchange for riches. The people pursuing riches are snared with foolish and injurious lusts. This is how Drakōn and Satanas hook people, they are submerged into death and destruction. Not on earth, but for eternity. The people who sell their soul to Satanas for riches are plunged into eternal ruin and loss. Inevitably it does pierce them with grief, but they enjoy the money. See the test? See the trickery? Once they hook someone that person becomes their slave. On the outside it may not look that way but in reality those hooked people are servants of Drakōn and Satanas for the rest of their time on the earth.
2 Peter 2:9 G1492 but the Lord knows G2962 G2152 [2 the pious G1537 3from G3986 4tests G4506 1to rescue], G94 and the unrighteous G1161 G1519 [2for G2250 3a day G2920 4of judgment G2849 5being punished G5083 1to keep];
Yahweh knows how to deliver the God-fearing from tests. In this context Peter is speaking of the angels that sinned, Noah, and Lot. The tests that Noah and Lot faced were harsh. Noah had to build a boat, house his family and animals, and trust God for forty days and nights (and more). Lot tried to gather his family but could only get his wife and two youngest daughters to leave Sodom before it rained fire. Noah had to leave the whole world behind and Lot had to leave three daughters and their families behind. This is a very harsh test but Yahweh knows how to deliver the righteous. The unrighteous are awaiting the white throne judgment.
In the church at Smyrna we see something interesting. There are people pretending to be Jews who are from the synagogue of Satanas. The people in the Smyrna church are afflicted and they are poor. Smyrna was in Turkey, one of the churches planted by Paul. Polycarp was a leader of the church and martyred there. If the people who claimed to be Jews were truly Jews they would have behaved like Jews; instead they behaved like they were from the synagogue of Satanas. Notice what will happen to them.
Revelation 2:9 G1492 I know G1473 your G3588 G2041 works, G2532 and G3588 G2347 affliction, G2532 and G3588 G4432 poorness, G235 (but G4145 [2rich G1510.2.2 1you are]) G2532 and G3588 the G988 blasphemy G3588 of the ones G3004 calling G* [2to be Jews G1510.1 G1438 1themselves], G2532 and G3756 are not, G1510.2.6 G235 but G4864 a synagogue G3588 G4567 of Satan.
10 G3367 Do not G5399 fear G3739 the things G3195 you are about G3958 to suffer! G2400 Behold G1211 indeed, G3195 [3is about G906 4to throw G3588 1the G1228 2devil] G1537 some of G1473 you G1519 in G5438 prison, G2443 that G3985 you should be tested. G2532 And G2192 you shall have G2347 affliction G2250 [2days G1176 1ten]. G1096 Be G4103 trustworthy G891 unto G2288 death! G2532 and G1325 I will give G1473 to you G3588 the G4735 crown G3588 G2222 of life.
Jesus tells the people of the Smyrna church that Drakōn will throw some of them into prison, like Polycarp, who was martyred around 155 AD. The Smyrna church is being tested. Will they endure? Jesus says they should be trustworthy or faithful unto death. Trust God even unto death and Jesus will give a crown of life.
When we talk about the church at Philadelphia we see that this church is promised to be kept from the hour of testing. It is the only church that has this promise made to it. But if we notice why, it is because they are under heavy persecution. There was a cabal of people who said that they were Jews but they didn’t behave like Jews, instead they were from the synagogue of Satanas.
Revelation 3:9 G2400 Behold, G1325 I give G1537 from out of G3588 the G4864 synagogue G3588 G4567 of Satan G3588 of the ones G3004 saying G1438 themselves G* to be Jews, G1510.1 G2532 and G3756 are not, G1510.2.6 G235 but G5574 lie. G2400 Behold, G4160 I will make G1473 them G2443 that G2240 they shall come G2532 and G4352 do obeisance G1799 before G3588 the G4228 feet G1473 of you, G2532 and G1097 they should know G3754 that G25 I love G1473 you;
10 G3754 for G5083 you kept G3588 the G3056 word G3588 G5281 of my endurance, G1473 G2504 and I G1473 will keep you G5083 G1537 from G3588 the G5610 hour G3588 of the G3986 test, G3588 of the one G3195 about G2064 to come G1909 upon G3588 the G3611 [2world G3650 1entire], G3985 to test G3588 the ones G2730 dwelling G1909 upon G3588 the G1093 earth
Keep in mind who is doing the testing. It is not Yahweh. Yahweh knows how to deliver the righteous and in this case he knows how to keep people from the tribulation. Who is testing people in the tribulation? Drakōn and Satanas. When the seals are open men begin to kill men. When the trumpets are sounded the earth begins to kill men. When the bowls are poured out the wrath of the Father begins. The remaining people will be tested. Who will worship the beast or his image? Who will accept his mark? Who will gather to make war against the lamb?
It is understandable to see what Paul was telling Timothy. If you lust for riches then you will be ensnared by the tests of Satanas and expected to carry out his will on the earth. The Philadelphia church was losing strength dealing with the worldwide cabal. The satanic cabal infiltrated the church and tried to wear her down, but she endured and remained steadfast. They have a crown of life if they overcome.
Job was given the key to overcoming but we have not understood this section of scripture. The LXX-WH gives us a better understanding in verse 8. Do not look and do not listen to the dragon, Drakōn.
Job 41:8 (LXX-WH) [40:32] G2007 V-FAI-2Sεπιθησεις G1161 PRT δε G846 D-DSM αυτω G5495 N-ASF χειρα G3403 V-APPNS μνησθεις G4171 N-ASM πολεμον G3588 T-ASM τον G1096 V-PMPAS γινομενον G1722 PREP εν G4983 N-DSN σωματι G846 D-GSM αυτου G2532 CONJ και G3371 ADV μηκετι G1096 V-PMD-3S γινεσθω
9 [41:1] G3364 ADV ουχ G3708 V-RAI-2S εορακας G846 D-ASM αυτον G3761 CONJ ουδε G1909 PREP επι G3588 T-DPM τοις G3004 V-PMPDP λεγομενοις G2296 V-RAI-2S τεθαυμακας
“But your hand recall warfare the happening in his body and no longer happen. Not at all (double negative) look upon him, not even on the marvelous speech, not at all (double negative) look upon him.”
Job is to lay his right hand on the devil, remembering the war inside the devil, and no longer let it happen. Why is the dragon at war within himself? He was created to spar or sport with the angels, he is to entice them away from Yahweh. Yet a sickness arose in him, in his desire to be worshipped. That is his war inside himself. He is trying to make others fall away from Yahweh. Now that we know he exists we are not to look at him or listen to him at all. He’s a sly talker, he is a manipulator, he is brilliant at oration and argumentation. He’s observed us and how we behave. He can trick us easily. But we have the power of the imprecation.
We have a questionable translation of a very simple word in this verse. The word in question has three variations noted by accents. If someone mistranslated this word it would explain why we have had a hard time understanding how Job could have saved himself with his own right hand. We will cut through to the end result in the LXX-WH, the word ἀρά means curse.
Job 40:14 G3670 V-FAI-1S ομολογησω G685 PRT αρα G3754 CONJ οτι G1410 V-PMI-3S δυναται G3588 T-NSF η G1188 A-APN δεξια G4771 P-GS σου G4982 V-AAN σωσαι
“Acknowledge imprecation that powerful the right hand your rescue”
685 LSJ Gloss:ἀράa prayer
Dodson:ἀρά a prayer or prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation
a prayer; more commonly: a prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation.
TBESG:ἀρά curse
G:N-F
ἀρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אָלָה ];
__1. a prayer (MM, see word).
__2. (as in Homer) a curse, malediction: Rom.3:14 (LXX),†
(AS)
Thayer:
1) a prayer, a supplication
2) an imprecation, curse, malediction
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
ἀρά
ara ar-ah' Probably from G142; properly prayer (as lifted to Heaven), that is, (by implication) imprecation
KJV Usage: curse.
We have not understood this word ἀρά. Yahweh is saying that the imprecation, the curse, is powerful, and will deliver Job with his right hand. What is an imprecation? A Curse.
Written this way, the answer as to how Job is to save himself is written in the verse. Job is to save himself by imprecation. There is power dunamai in the right hand used with imprecations. Hands distinguish humans from all other beings on earth. The devil/dragon/Drakōn, does not have hands.
There are two things here; the right hand is an oath and the right hand as the symbol of power and strength. Job’s imprecation and the right hand in oath and power deliver him. Remember, David used imprecations liberally.
The LXX-WH identifies this word, ἀρά, eleven times in the book of Job. This gives us a new insight into what Moses was trying to tell us regarding Job. Job’s right hand and an imprecation is a powerful authority over the devil.
Notice the difference here, ἀρά ar-ah' 685 means “curse”, while ἄρα ar'-ah 686 means “perhaps” and ἆρα ar’-ah 687 means “no?”. The accents are in different places. With 686 and 687 the emphasis is on the first syllable while with 685 the emphasis is on the second syllable. This is an easy mistake to make in translation. They are the same word with different accents. This is why we have missed this understanding of Job’s right hand delivering him. It is the imprecation power and the right hand that can deliver Job.
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The power to come out from under the testing is in our own hand. Yahweh says that we are to use a prayer, a curse, an imprecation. We are to raise up our hand, meaning we are not asking Yahweh to do this for us. We don’t ask Yahweh to take the test away or help us out from under the pressure. We do it. Job thought the dragon had been slain, but Drakōn was not. This is why it took Job so long to come out from under the test. Drakōn is not dead yet. Therefore if we want to be rescued, we use the power of the imprecation.
Moses didn’t write the book of Job simply to be a literary scholar, he wrote Job’s story so that others would understand what transpired in the life of one of the wealthiest men on earth. Moses gave us the set up, Drakōn was asking to test Job. Job, in pain and misery, did not understand what he did wrong. The answer was nothing, Job did nothing wrong. Job’s friends hounded him over their assumption that he must have some secret sins that no one knew of. Job openly declares that Yahweh has slain the apostate dragon. This allowed Drakōn to operate in secret. This whole time Drakōn could get away with several attacks because he was presumed dead by Job and his friends. We know this because no one corrected Job. Then Yahweh answers Job out of a whirlwind and explains many things. One of which was that Drakōn was created to sport with the angels and be a prick or a goad. The other thing is that Job is told he could deliver himself anytime with his own power of the curse.
Yahweh does not test us with evil. Yahweh already took away our sins by his own blood. We are not bound to accusations but we are fooled by misunderstandings. This is where we need to get smart. Any type of cause and effect starts with us being foolish and allowing Drakōn to lead us away by our own desires. The people sold out to riches are slaves to Satanas. We are not slaves, but persecuted Christians, and yet steadfast in our faith. Now is the time to rise up against our enemy, use our own inherent power and curse him.
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