Job 33:12

Second division GOD’S THREE MODES OF AFFECTIONATE VISITATION OF MEN FURNISH A SUFFICIENT REPLICATION TO JOB’S FIRST CHARGE OF DIVINE INDIFFERENCE, Job 33:12-28.

a. FIRST MODE OF VISITATION IS BY THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE IN DREAMS, Job 33:12-18. Postulate: God is greater than mortal man, (enosh,) and must do right because he is great, 12, 13. This infinite superiority of God is displayed in his visitations to men in dreams. These God makes, in order that, coming close to the soul, he may awaken a consciousness of guilt, withdraw man from the commission of sin, and save him from utter destruction, Job 33:14-18.

12. God… greater than man Infinite in knowledge, God fathoms the depths of the heart, and takes cognizance of evil and of transgressions that man dreams not of. “Suffering serves to bring sin to the surface, to drive it forth, that we may know it, repent, and conquer.” Ebrard. Sin developes a moral phenomenon even this, that it is the ground and occasion of divine and affectionate visitation.