Of a certainty, man's every faculty fell
at the fall. The death of disobedience came upon all men
and no organ has been left in its pre-cursed state.
"For GOD doth
know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Tragically when man made the
conscious decision to visit the
Optometrist of Eden, he left with his eyes opened to the pitch
blackness of sin and depravity. Thus, the defilement of
all flesh, as described in Genesis 3, was, and is, a comprehensive
defiling. In relation to GOD, the natural man falls
woefully short in every sense.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the SPIRIT OF
GOD: for they are foolishness unto him:"
In spite of these eternal facts, sinners
living separate from GOD have busied themselves
with the Braille of dead religion ever since Adam. Of greater burden to the Christian though,
is the handicap which persists even after we are saved:
"But as it is written,
eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which GOD hath prepared for them that
love HIM."
Job's query to GOD is two part; and the
answer is yes and no, in that order.
Question # 1:
"Hast THOU eyes of flesh?
Yes ... even after the
resurrection, this issue was perplexing to the disciples:
"Behold MY hands and MY feet, that it is I MYSELF: handle ME,
and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see ME
have."
Question # 2: "... seest THOU as man
seeth?"
No ...
"... for the LORD seeth not as man seeth;"
As JESUS walked among us and
ministered, though touched with our plight:
"That it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
HIMSELF took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses"
... it was never HIS aim to become
like us. HE was with us, but HE was not of us. HE
came not to see things as we see them, but to open our eyes that
we might see things as HE sees them.
"To open
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan unto GOD, that they may receive forgiveness
of sins, ...
And all flesh shall see the salvation of GOD."
A fast forward to
the end of Job's saga reveals that this took
with him: "I
have heard of THEE by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth THEE." ... and thus
seeing GOD in focus, Job seen himself like never before.
"Wherefore I
abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
For all, like Job, who humbly seek real sight, the PRECURSOR
will became your un-curser!
"CHRIST hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:"