Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
God commands the lightning to go forth, while human beings cannot send it forth and summon it to obey. The contrast sets divine command of lightning against human inability, emphasizing power over nature and dependence on the Creator.
The question about power over lightning is one of many divinely inspired questions concerning the mysteries of Jehovah revealed in nature. Even persons of greatest intellect and the most profound scholarship cannot answer them. The questions were not given 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. In both nature and divine revelation such mysteries have been given to command faith, revealing infinite power while leaving an infinity beyond all searching, inquiring, and learning. He is to be acknowledged as much from what He does not reveal of Himself as from what is open to limited comprehension.
God commands the lightning to go forth, while human beings cannot send it forth and summon it to obey. The contrast sets divine command of lightning against human inability, emphasizing power over nature and dependence on the Creator.
The question about power over lightning is one of many divinely inspired questions concerning the mysteries of Jehovah revealed in nature. Even persons of greatest intellect and the most profound scholarship cannot answer them. The questions were not given 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. In both nature and divine revelation such mysteries have been given to command faith, revealing infinite power while leaving an infinity beyond all searching, inquiring, and learning. He is to be acknowledged as much from what He does not reveal of Himself as from what is open to limited comprehension.