Job 27:20-21 | KingComments | STEP | The wicked rich lays down to sleep without realizing that it may be for the last time ( ). When he opens his eyes, everything is gone. The Lord Jesus tells of such a person in the parable of the rich fool ( ). His eyes, which for so long were closed to all that bears witness to God, will open in another world. The Lord Jesus tells of another rich man who lifted up his eyes in Hades, in the pains ( ), which, by the way, is not a parable, but the real condition after death. Job describes this end calmly, because he knows that this is not his end. are reminiscent of the parable the Lord Jesus tells of a house built on the sand by a fool ( ). When the floods come and winds blow and slam against it, it collapses. There is also a sudden aspect. The wicked man is suddenly struck and taken away by a scorching wind or a violent storm. The terrors overtake him, while it is impossible to avert them or resist them. It says so impressively: “And he is gone.” All these disasters are sent by God over the wicked ( ). He will want to flee quickly, but that is impossible. If God does not spare, there is no escape. Thus God has not spared His Son, but judged Him in the place of all who believe in Him. But He does not spare the stubborn sinner who continues to resist Him ( ; ). The fellowmen will be bewildered at the outcome of the prosperous wicked ( ). One will express audibly and visibly the terror that has afflicted them ( ; cf. ).

‏ Job 27:20-21

Whirled Away in His Wickedness

The wicked rich lays down to sleep without realizing that it may be for the last time (Job 27:19). When he opens his eyes, everything is gone. The Lord Jesus tells of such a person in the parable of the rich fool (Lk 12:16-21). His eyes, which for so long were closed to all that bears witness to God, will open in another world. The Lord Jesus tells of another rich man who lifted up his eyes in Hades, in the pains (Lk 16:23), which, by the way, is not a parable, but the real condition after death. Job describes this end calmly, because he knows that this is not his end.

Job 27:20-21 are reminiscent of the parable the Lord Jesus tells of a house built on the sand by a fool (Mt 7:24-27). When the floods come and winds blow and slam against it, it collapses. There is also a sudden aspect. The wicked man is suddenly struck and taken away by a scorching wind or a violent storm. The terrors overtake him, while it is impossible to avert them or resist them. It says so impressively: “And he is gone.”

All these disasters are sent by God over the wicked (Job 27:22). He will want to flee quickly, but that is impossible. If God does not spare, there is no escape. Thus God has not spared His Son, but judged Him in the place of all who believe in Him. But He does not spare the stubborn sinner who continues to resist Him (2Pet 2:4-5; Jn 3:36).

The fellowmen will be bewildered at the outcome of the prosperous wicked (Job 27:23). One will express audibly and visibly the terror that has afflicted them (Lam 2:15; cf. Rev 18:9).