Biblical Concept: Maker
Findings:
Elihu: Fear The Maker.
Elihu: “I
will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.”
The Maker’s
sarcasm toward a man’s power.
Psalm
95:6 Come, let us worship
and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Worship,
bow, kneel, Maker: relationship.
Blessed,
Lord, Maker: relationship.
“Let Israel
be glad in his Maker.”
“He who
oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker.”
“He who
mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.”
Lord, Maker,
rich, poor: relationship.
Maker, Holy
One, relationship.
‘what is made should say to its maker, "He did not make
me"’
“I, the
LORD, am the maker of all things”
Lord,
Redeemer, womb, maker, heavens, earth
“Woe to the
one who quarrels with his Maker.”
“the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker”
“you have forgotten the LORD your Maker”
Lord, Maker,
heavens, earth.
Husband,
Maker, Lord, Redeemer, Holy One, God of all the earth.
“Maker of
all is He”
“Israel has
forgotten his Maker”
Opponents of
God: “their Maker will not have compassion on them.”
“What profit
is the idol when its maker has carved it”
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Maker
NAS Job 4:17 'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
(Sorry comforter Eliphaz.) (See Job 16:2
"I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are
you all. See Job 42:7 - And it
came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to
Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled
against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me
what is right as My servant Job has.) (Eliphaz states the comfortless obvious.)
NAS Job 32:22 "For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon
take me away. (Elihu: Fear The Maker.) (Note Job 32:2-3 2 But
the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger
burned, because he justified himself before God. 3 And his anger burned against his
three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.)
NAS Job 35:10 "But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who
gives songs in the night,
NAS Job 36:3 "I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker. (Elihu: “I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.”)
NAS Job 40:19 "He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his
sword. (The Maker’s sarcasm toward a man’s power.) (Job
40:15-20 15 "Behold now, Behemoth,
which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox. 16 "Behold now, his strength
in his loins, And his power in the muscles of his belly. 17 "He bends his tail like a
cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together. 18 "His bones are tubes of
bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. 19 "He is the first of
the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword. 20 "Surely the mountains
bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play
there.)
NAS Psalm 95:6 Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our
Maker. (All) (Worship, bow, kneel, Maker: relationship.)
NAS Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed of the LORD, Maker of heaven
and earth. (Blessed, Lord, Maker: relationship.)
NAS Psalm 149:2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the
sons of Zion rejoice in their King. (“Let Israel be glad in his Maker.”)
NAS Proverbs 14:31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his
Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
(“He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker.”)
NAS Proverbs 17:5 He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished. (“He who mocks the poor
reproaches his Maker.”)
NAS Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The LORD is the maker of them all. (Lord, Maker, rich, poor: relationship.)
NAS Isaiah 17:7 In that day man will have regard for his
Maker, And his eyes will look to the Holy One of
Israel. (Maker, Holy One, relationship.)
NAS Isaiah 27:11 When its limbs are dry, they are broken
off; Women come and make a fire with them. For they are not a people of
discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have
compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. (Opponents
of God: “their Maker will not have compassion on them.”)
NAS Isaiah 29:16 You turn things around! Shall the
potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what
is made should say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is
formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding "? (‘what
is made should say to its maker, "He did not make me"’)
NAS Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the
one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all
things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And
spreading out the earth all alone, (“I, the LORD, am the maker of all things”)
(Lord, Redeemer, womb, maker, heavens, earth)
NAS Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to the one who quarrels
with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the
clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say,
'He has no hands '? (“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker.”)
11 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One
of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me about the things to come concerning My
sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.
(“the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker”)
NAS Isaiah 51:13 That you have forgotten the LORD your
Maker, Who stretched out the heavens, And laid the
foundations of the earth; That you fear continually all day long because of the
fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of
the oppressor? (“you have forgotten the LORD your Maker”) (Lord, Maker, heavens,
earth.)
NAS Isaiah 54:5 "For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your Redeemer is the
Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. (Husband, Maker,
Lord, Redeemer, Holy One, God of all the earth.) (Context: Isaiah
54:4-8 4
"Fear not, for you will not be put to shame; Neither feel humiliated, for
you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the shame of your youth, And the
reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. 5 "For your husband is your
Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your
Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the
earth. 6 "For the LORD
has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in
spirit, Even like a wife of one's youth
when she is rejected," Says your God.
7 "For a brief moment I forsook you, But
with great compassion I will gather you.
8 "In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a
moment; But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,"
Says the LORD your Redeemer.)
NAS Jeremiah 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; For
the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of
hosts is His name. (“Maker of all is He”)
NAS Jeremiah 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; For
the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His
inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name. (“Maker of all is He”)
NAS Hosea 8:14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has
multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may
consume its palatial dwellings. (“Israel has forgotten his Maker”)
NAS Habakkuk 2:18 "What profit is the idol when its
maker has carved it, Or an image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker
trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols. (“What
profit is the idol when its maker has carved it”)