until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
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… And he said, I had a hard time with this until, he said, until I went into the sanctuary of God and then I understood their end. I started thinking of the life of the unbeliever apart from God all the way through this life, even though he prospers, once he comes to the end of his life and faces God in judgment, it's like, uh-oh, I don't envy him anymore. Until I went into the sanctuary and understood their end. Then he turns it around. So that is the short coming in the thinking of those who are involved in the book of Job. So far be it from God that he should do wickedness or that the Almighty would commit iniquity and he gives people what they deserve. Verse 13, who gave him charge over the earth? Now what's the answer to that? No one. God is the first uncaused cause. So that answers the question when people say, well, who made God? Nobody. There has to be a first uncaused cause to have everything as it is. …
… because I'm looking at other people to get away with this stuff. But then at the end, he says, but then I entered into the sanctuary of God. He goes, when I tried to understand this, It was wearisome, but then I went into the sanctuary of God, and I discerned their end. He goes, man, I almost blew it, but then I got back in the presence of God. I got back into heaven, and I thought, oh, this is so not worth it. The punishment, everything, it's so not worth it. And he goes on, and he starts saying, you know, you set them in slippery places. You make them fall to ruin, how they're destroyed in a moment. He goes, I was brutish. I was ignorant. I was a beast towards you. He goes, nevertheless, I'm continually with you. You hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel. Afterwards, you'll receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. …
II. Then, secondly, THIS QUESTION SUGGESTS A REPROOF—"Has your Counselor perished?" It is a reproof because the child of God does not believe, doctrinally, that his Counselor has perished, but he does so practically. He at times runs of his own accord instead of waiting for the guidance of God. At other times he is afraid to move forward, even when the finger of Him who "is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working," has clearly pointed the way and made the vision so plain "that he may run that reads it." How often does the child of God nurse his difficulties as Asaph did when he said, "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me." But then he adds, "until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." O Beloved, remember how Habakkuk, in a time of danger, stood upon his watch and sat upon his tower to see what the Lord would say to him! Remember what Hezekiah did with the letter which he received from the hand of the messengers of Sennacherib, king of Assyria! When he had read it, "he went up into the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord." Alas, alas! That, your lives should be constantly vexed with trifling cares instead of "casting all your care upon God." The knowledge that "He cares for you" ought to drive all your anxious cares away! …