Job 21:20-21

20 His eyes [`ayin] shall see [ra'ah] his destruction [kiyd], and he shall drink [shathah] of the wrath [chemah] of the Almighty [Shadday].

21 For what pleasure [chephets] hath he in his house [bayith] after ['achar] him, when the number [micpar] of his months [chodesh] is cut off in the midst [chatsats]? KJV-Interlinear

20 'Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 'For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? NASB

Through their examples of principle, Jobs friends have suggested that Jobs problems and those of his family, have all originated because of Jobs sins. And though their principles are correct in themselves, their application against Job is challenged by Job.

The wicked person, or as we have been using the phrase, 'spiritually negative' person, in order to better clarify the broad spectrum of people to whom these principles apply, then the wicked person should see their own punishment, and know it for what it is. So says Job.

And this simply means that the punishment assigned to any given person, should belong to that person only and to no one else.

But, Job says, 'shall see' which means that during the course of everyone's life, they either recognize God and the laws of life in this life, or they ignore them.

Spiritually negative people, choose to be negative. They choose to ignore God. They choose to pursue other avenues in life. They fancy themselves as being wise in their choices. They even flatter themselves of having lived a life of their own choosing.

For some, their poor choices in life come to their attention near the end of their life, or even perhaps at some point during their life. But for most of the spiritually negative people in this world, their eyes are not opened until the moment of their death. And it is those people of whom we are studying.

They are the stubborn, the defiant, the indifferent, or the self-righteous and so forth.

The negative person has his life shortened. No matter how long they happen to live, their life would have been fuller, had they chosen for truth, rather than for the lies of the world. And additional years of life are not in view here, but the fulfillment of ones spiritual growth is cut off. And, after one dies, then to what extent do his cares for this world, exist?

All of his cares, all of his lusts, all of his agendas, all of his desires cease after the moment of his death. Then he finally sees his failures and failed life. Everything in life, which seemed so important, are now recognized as clearly a total waste of his time.

But then, the defiantly negative person will not discover this until it is too late. The real danger of all of this is that if you ignore your daily studies, then you run a very real risk of being this same kind of fool.

Now is the time to post a prayer.