Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
The question about entering the treasures of snow and seeing the treasures of hail is one of God's poetic questions that places snow and hail among the wonders of creation and the natural world. The figure of treasures or hidden stores teaches that the workings, forces and processes of snow and hail are known and governed by God. They lie beyond human command and experience and beyond human understanding. The questions thus expose the limits of human wisdom and the greatness of God's power.
They call for faith rather than confidence that people can comprehend everything in nature, since the works of nature contain deep mysteries. God keeps snow and hail under His control and reserves them as weapons for a time of trouble, battle and war. He can summon the forces of nature to defeat His enemies and to carry out His purposes. The reserved hail points to destruction in the final scenes of earth's history. As part of Job 38-40, the verse is to be read as proof from the Word that man was created last after the image of God and Christ and took no part in the creation of the world or of anything that has the breath of life.
The question about entering the treasures of snow and seeing the treasures of hail is one of God's poetic questions that places snow and hail among the wonders of creation and the natural world. The figure of treasures or hidden stores teaches that the workings, forces and processes of snow and hail are known and governed by God. They lie beyond human command and experience and beyond human understanding. The questions thus expose the limits of human wisdom and the greatness of God's power.
They call for faith rather than confidence that people can comprehend everything in nature, since the works of nature contain deep mysteries. God keeps snow and hail under His control and reserves them as weapons for a time of trouble, battle and war. He can summon the forces of nature to defeat His enemies and to carry out His purposes. The reserved hail points to destruction in the final scenes of earth's history. As part of Job 38-40, the verse is to be read as proof from the Word that man was created last after the image of God and Christ and took no part in the creation of the world or of anything that has the breath of life.