Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
The verse is God's question to Job whether he can bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion, set among His majestic questions about the works of creation. It belongs to the mysteries of God revealed in nature that even the greatest intellect and most profound scholar cannot answer, setting human powerlessness against God's command over the heavens. The question was asked not to be answered but to call attention to the deep mysteries of God and to teach that human wisdom is limited, with many things in the surroundings of daily life beyond the comprehension of finite beings. God has given such mysteries in both nature and divine revelation to command faith, leaving an infinity beyond for continual searching, inquiring, and learning.
The sweet influences to be abundant in the church are bound up with God's ministers, who are to represent the love of Christ, the precious love of Christ. As the stars of heaven are under God's control, filled with light and guided and directed in their movements by Him lest they become fallen stars, so ministers are under His special care and protection as instruments in His hands, and all the good they accomplish is done through His power. The stars, governed by God's law with each influencing the others in obedience, show that God's people must draw together rather than act independently.
The verse is God's question to Job whether he can bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion, set among His majestic questions about the works of creation. It belongs to the mysteries of God revealed in nature that even the greatest intellect and most profound scholar cannot answer, setting human powerlessness against God's command over the heavens. The question was asked not to be answered but to call attention to the deep mysteries of God and to teach that human wisdom is limited, with many things in the surroundings of daily life beyond the comprehension of finite beings. God has given such mysteries in both nature and divine revelation to command faith, leaving an infinity beyond for continual searching, inquiring, and learning.
The sweet influences to be abundant in the church are bound up with God's ministers, who are to represent the love of Christ, the precious love of Christ. As the stars of heaven are under God's control, filled with light and guided and directed in their movements by Him lest they become fallen stars, so ministers are under His special care and protection as instruments in His hands, and all the good they accomplish is done through His power. The stars, governed by God's law with each influencing the others in obedience, show that God's people must draw together rather than act independently.