Apples and Oranges! - - Job had questioned God's motives, while we, on the other hand, are being obedient in studying his ages and appointed times as he commanded us to do. If you do not understand his times, how can you do the job that he has set forth for you to do? How can you watch for his coming on the day that he told us he would come, if you don't examine the evidence he gave us, and declare it to be irrelevent?
>>”If this righteous man was basically given the “And who are you to question me?” treatment, then shouldn’t we be a bit more cautious on these questions?”
>Apples and Oranges!
How so?
>Job had questioned God’s motives,
Which is still questioning God.
>while we, on the other hand, are being obedient in studying his ages and appointed times as he commanded us to do.
Reference Please. Also, see 2 pet 3:8
— http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20pet%203:8&version=31
>If you do not understand his times, how can you do the job that he has set forth for you to do?
Oh, I agree. But also we must understand what God is communicating, right? When Jesus said that the time of harvest had come and the fields were ready, did that indicate to his deciples that they should go into the fields and literally reap?
>How can you watch for his coming on the day that he told us he would come, if you don’t examine the evidence he gave us, and declare it to be irrelevant?
But “No man knoweth the hour” right? I’m not saying we shouldn’t be aware, but I am saying that we need to act intelligently.