Job 24
1. Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2. Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Here we are asking why do people of all ages not 'see' or understand their own day. Removing the landmarks is showing how the false teachers or wolves in sheep clothing took away the new place God had brought his people into. When the Day of Pentecost came the people were filled with the glorious new day of God. But alone came the wolves and took that away by saying it is no longer for our day. It was just for them.
In doing this they took the people back into darkness. Their LIGHT went out. They thus took away God's flocks of sheep and they fed themselves off of the sheep of God. They took their money and gave them nothing in return.
3. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Here is a shamful portrait of the modern day 'shepherds' or wolves in sheep clothing. They are willing to even take away the last dime of a poor family, telling them they are giving them eternal life for the money. This is the worst of sins. It brings honest people into the mark of the beast, trying to buy salvation with money.
4. They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
This is showing how the hirlings get to work early, ( in the first days of one's conversion; babes in Christ)-- and they go out for their prey (preying off the sheep of God)--. The 'wilderness' was where the new church fled after Pentecost = new territory with God--- therefore the false ministers took them and their children for their own 'food'; = they fed themselves off the sheep. This is how they now dwell in million dollar homes and churches.
6. They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
This shows how these greedy ministers will take from their people until they are naked. This is also spiritual, as they take the true LIGHT or understanding of the Word away with their lies and cause the sheep of God to lose their new found salvation and again be naked without the covering of God's spirit and Word.
8. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9. They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
This reveals even more or their evil, as they take new born babes in Christ away from the true Breast of the milk of the word and begin taking pledges of money from these poor of the flock. Evil beast are they!!!!
10. They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11. Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
This shows how they made the new babes in Christ to go naked without the clothing of the truth, the Word and Spirit of the Holy Ghost, by their own 'oil' which they drummed out. Thus they took away the true Water of Life, the true Word of Jesus, and made them become weary, naked, and suffering thirst from a total lack of God's true Water of Word being given to them.
12. Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13. They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
So in conclusion, we find that these false ministers, hirelings, are those who REBEL AGAINST THE LIGHT.
They rebelled against all truth as taught by Jesus Christ. This caused men to groan for their soul had been wounded by these men's lies.
So let's join together to send out the true LIGHT ONE MORE TIME.