BIBLE COMMENTARY 

The basis of the book of Job and the answer to the question why Job suffered, is the misconception of Job and his friends that man can’t change. “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one" (Job 14:4). It was also a misconception of Job’s friends as we see in 15:14 and 25:4. In Job 4:12-16 we see how the false teaching entered the circle of Job and his friends. An evil spirit presenting itself as the Spirit of the Lord deceived Eliphaz “Shall mortal man be more ju

The story of Ruth is a typological symbolism of a woman who believes in Jesus and is led into the kingdom of God. In chapters 2 and 3 we are presented symbolically, the church where Jesus is the head and everything works under his will. The name Ruth means friend or companion. Her name is mentioned 12 times. The number 12 is a symbol of the church. 12 are the tribes of Israel, the number of the apostles and the number of the gates of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the symbol of the

God told Abram to leave his place of residence, Haran, and head to the land that He would show him. Haran means dry and parched. It is the place where God is absent, spiritual food is absent (dry ground without wheat, barley) and life with prayer is absent (Abram built no altar). The man who is in this state, and seeks God in his heart, does not need to make an effort to find him. God will call him and draw him near him. He only has to follow him. This is what Abram did and h