Creation Testifies to the Creator's Hand and Wisdom

But tonight, we're going to explore this amazing prophecy in Job 12. I think we're all familiar with Job, the book of Job, and the hardships Job had, etc. But there's an interesting chapter right there in the beginning of Job 12 that we're going to explore that I want to bring some revelation out for people, to give people inspiration, to get them into God's creation and to really get intimate with Him in His creation. I think it's very important to really understand what He loves and what He will do through His creation, not in a reckless way, but in a responsible way, to really give us revelation and inspiration and comfort and hope and all of these things, if we look at it in the right biblical lens, in the right biblical context.

So, that being said, we'll begin with this beautiful chapter, Job 12:7-12. And look at what it says. It says, "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will explain it to you. Who among all of these does not know that the hand of Yah has done this? And whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind? Does not the ear test words, and the mouth taste its food? Wisdom is with aged men, and with the length of days, understanding."

Okay, so this is an amazing scripture. Again, sometimes we have to go deep into the Bible to get some of these revelations in the book of Job, etc. But what this scripture is and is not saying is Yahweh is teaching us that creation itself bears witness to the Creator, His sovereignty, His wisdom, and His activity. It's not teaching us to practice divination through creation. Okay, that would be witchcraft. And we have to worship the Creator, not the created, who moves His creation for all of His purposes.

In Psalm 86:17 and also Matthew 12:39, I wanted to make a very big distinction as far as looking for a sign and seeking a sign. In Psalm 86:17, King David said, "Show me a sign for good." You know, that's what he prayed to the Lord is, "Show me a sign for good." He didn't say seek. He didn't say, "I'm going to seek a sign." He said, "Show me a sign for good." Okay? So that shows you the balance that we have to have with not but to show us a sign for good. There's a huge difference in that that we'll go through tonight.

In Matthew 12:39, remember Yeshua told the Jewish people, or the leadership of the Jewish people at the time, the children of Israel, that "an adulterous and evil generation seeks a sign." So there's your difference between what Yeshua said about don't seek signs like the Gentiles do, is what He told the Jewish people, and Psalm 86, King David says, "Show me a sign." So there's a huge difference again with "show me a sign for good" and also "seeking a sign," you know, like the Gentiles do. Okay.

So, in Job 12, there are four witnesses as we just read in the passage, verse 7 through verse 12. It talks about beasts, it talks about birds, it talks about the earth, and it also talks about fish as well. And then Job tells us what their testimony ultimately says: "The hand of Yah has done this." So, Job isn't saying the animals possess secret prophetic knowledge independent of Yah. Rather, creation testifies to the hand behind creation. And verse 10 goes even further, "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing?" Right? So that proves that when Job continued to write, that it says, "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing," which points it back to the Creator and not the created. In other words, the birds aren't outside of His hand. The beasts aren't outside of His hand. The fish aren't either, and the earth isn't outside of His hand either. Everything Job just told us to observe is ultimately in Yah's hand. Creation isn't the source of revelation; Yah is. And He can use what He created to reveal His hand and also His purposes for all of us.

So, what's so interesting when you look at Job 12? Job 12 points back straight back to Genesis 1, which is the days of creation, which is one of the reasons I wanted to do this on this Hebrew calendar date of Elul 25 tonight. So, let us review Job's witnesses and compare them with Genesis.

In Genesis 1:3-5, this is day number one. We remember it was the light and the darkness that Yahweh created. So He separated the light from the darkness. And creation begins communicating immediately through distinction: light, darkness, day, and night. And throughout the Holy Scriptures, these created realities become teaching imagery for spiritual truth.

In Genesis 1:6-8, day number two, He described the waters in the heavens, or He created the waters in the heavens. The firmament separated the waters. Now you have the realm in which Job's birds of the air would eventually move through.

In Genesis 1:9-13, excuse me, let me take down the banner really quick so I can read the rest of this. In Genesis 1:9-13, this is day number three. He created the earth and the vegetation. So the dry land appears on day number three. This connects remarkably directly with "speak to the earth, and it will teach you." So again, Job's reverting us back to the days of creation as well. So the dry ground emerges from the water. Then the earth produces fruit. The emergence to life to fruitfulness is the progression that we have. And that same earth later becomes a witness repeatedly throughout scripture, including Job 12.

In Genesis 1:14-19, day number four, He created the sun, moon, and stars. And the scripture explicitly gives them functions: signs, seasons, which are the moedim, which we all know, and which are days and years. So even the heavens function as an ordered testimony of Yah's appointed times. Amen.

Genesis 1:20-23, day number five, we have the fish and the birds. Now Job's language becomes almost unmistakably Genesis-like. Look at what he says: "the fowls of the air, the fishes of the sea." Those are specifically day five creatures.

In Genesis 1:24-31, which is day number six, that's when Yahweh created the beasts and mankind. And what does Job say in Job 12? "Ask now the beasts." Then Job 12:10 finishes with "the breath of all mankind," which points back to day number six. Pretty amazing. So Job's language effectively moves across the created order: earth, sea, sky, fish, birds, beasts, and human beings. And they all are declaring, "The hand of Yah hath wrought this." Pretty amazing. This is a beautiful Genesis to Job connection. Then the scripture proves that Yah does use His creation.