His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
His remembrance perishing from the earth and having no name in public places is part of Bildad's description of the final doom of the wicked. The wicked person's memory and name will disappear from the earth.
Though true about the wicked, this was misapplied to Job, for suffering does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure. God lovingly chastens His people and may use their trials for good. Job 18 belongs to the declarations of Job's misguided friends who did not speak the truth about God or about Job. Its statements about Job are not correct and reliable, and its statements about God are correct only where sustained by inspired declarations given through God's servants elsewhere. Though recorded by inspiration, its words mix error with some very good things and must be compared with other Scripture to see whether they are sustained, and rightly dividing the Word requires not treating them as verity and truth where they contradict the teachings of Scripture.
The one who rejects God's word and loses the opportunity for eternal life will have no lasting remembrance on earth. This loss of name and memory is part of sin's outcome, in contrast with eternal life as God's gift through Jesus Christ. Disgrace and oblivion follow a life devoted to self-honor and the degradation of others, as seen in Lucifer, whose name becomes an eternal disgrace and whose remembrance perishes. In contrast, Christ's selfless service earns a name honored throughout earth and heaven.
His remembrance perishing from the earth and having no name in public places is part of Bildad's description of the final doom of the wicked. The wicked person's memory and name will disappear from the earth.
Though true about the wicked, this was misapplied to Job, for suffering does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure. God lovingly chastens His people and may use their trials for good. Job 18 belongs to the declarations of Job's misguided friends who did not speak the truth about God or about Job. Its statements about Job are not correct and reliable, and its statements about God are correct only where sustained by inspired declarations given through God's servants elsewhere. Though recorded by inspiration, its words mix error with some very good things and must be compared with other Scripture to see whether they are sustained, and rightly dividing the Word requires not treating them as verity and truth where they contradict the teachings of Scripture.
The one who rejects God's word and loses the opportunity for eternal life will have no lasting remembrance on earth. This loss of name and memory is part of sin's outcome, in contrast with eternal life as God's gift through Jesus Christ. Disgrace and oblivion follow a life devoted to self-honor and the degradation of others, as seen in Lucifer, whose name becomes an eternal disgrace and whose remembrance perishes. In contrast, Christ's selfless service earns a name honored throughout earth and heaven.