[Teachldsseminary] TEACH: Scripture Mastery: Job 19:25-26

[Tim Holder]

I believe the word 'after' refers to Job's timeline, meaning 'past' the time
when his current skins worms have completely destroyed his body unto death.

Here are a few references that may help:

Brigham Young has offered the following commentary concerning Job's
testimony of the literalness of the resurrection:

You see life in human beings and in the growing vegetation, and when that
spirit of life departs, another condition of life at once begins to operate
upon the organization which remains. By way of illustration I will quote one
passage from the book of Job, who in his afflictions was visited by several
friends, and after he had concluded that they were all miserable comforters,
he exclaimed, "Though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see
God." To make this passage clearer to your comprehension, I will paraphrase
it, though my spirit leave my body, and though worms destroy its present
organization, yet in the morning of the resurrection I shall behold the face
of my Saviour, in this same tabernacle; that is my understanding of the idea
so briefly expressed by Job. (Journal of Discourses 3:277.)

P. P. Pratt's "Voice of Warning."
"But, still astonished, you might turn to Job; and he, surprised to find one
unacquainted with so plain a subject, would exclaim, did you never read my
xix. chapter, from the 23rd to the 27th verses, where I declare, I wish my
words were printed in a book, saying, that my Redeemer would stand on the
earth in the latter day, and that I should see him in the flesh, for myself,
and not another; though worms should destroy this body !"

Homer Ellsworth, Magazines > New Era > April 1976
"Consider for a moment Job, whose name is synonymous with affliction. He
lost his lands, his wealth, his friends, his sons, his daughters. He was
covered with boils and infected with skin worms, and yet, he wavered not.
And even when his wife suggested to this tormented man that he should curse
God and die, his response was a positive reaffirmation of his faith. God did
not shield Job from misfortunes, even though this prophet had demonstrated a
high degree of faith and righteousness. God's promise to Job, as it is to
all of us, was blessings unmeasured in the eternities if he made the right
choices, kept his faith, and obeyed the commandments. God would comfort him
in his suffering, would sustain and reassure him as he held fast until
death. This promise is repeated throughout the scriptures."

Old Testament Institute Manual, 1 Kings - Malachi
""First: We must recognize without knowing exactly what it was that he
suffered from physically. From the symptoms, some have said that it appears
that he had elephantiasis. Sore boils, one of the symptoms of this disease,
had attacked 'Job's body, forming large pustules which itched so greatly
that a piece of pottery was used to scrape them. Job's face was so
disfigured that his friends could not recognize him. Worms or maggots were
bred in the sores (7:5). His breath became so foul and his body emitted such
an odor, that even his friends abhorred him (19:17ff), and he sought refuge
outside the city on the refuse heap where outcasts and lepers lived. Pain
was his constant companion (30:17, 30) as were also terrifying nightmares
(7:14).' (The Westminster Study Edition of the Holy Bible, The Westminster
Press, Philadelphia, p. 641, note.) . . "

 
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> I just had a question on the Job scripture mastery verse.   My students
> and I
> have a difference of opinion on the meaning of this  sentence:  "And
> though
> after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in  my flesh shall I see God."
> Does
> this mean...
> 
> 1) after my skin (like..coming after my skin to consume it), worms destroy
> this body?
> or...
> 2) after my skin worms (skin worms being a type of worm possessed by  Job)
> destroy this body?
> 
> I am of the first opinion, and my students of the second, although if I'm
> wrong I would surely like to know.  They have memorized the scripture, but
> this
> is an ongoing debate.  Does anyone know for sure?
>