1. As the head of all authority. “Dominion and fear are with Him.”
2. As the maintainer of all peace. “He maketh peace in His high places.” Who maintains the order of the stellar universe? He is peaceful in His own nature, and peaceful in all His operations.
3. As the commander of all forces. “Is there any number of His armies?” What forces there are in the universe, material, mental, moral!
4. As the Fountain of all light. “Upon whom doth not His light arise?” He is the Father of lights.
5. As the perfection of all holiness. “How then can man be justified with God?” In this chapter Bildad gives--
II. Most humbling ideas of man. He represents him--
1. As morally degenerate. “How can he be clean that is born of a woman?”
2. As essentially insignificant. He is a “worm.” How frail in body! He is crushed before the moth. How frail his intellectual powers! Morally he is “without strength.” Conclusion--
1. The glorious light of nature. There is no reason to believe that Bildad had any special revelation from God.
2. The unsatisfactoriness of religious controversy. What has been the effect of all the arguments on Job? Not correction of mistakes, but great irritation and annoyance. (Homilist.)
