Yea, his
soul draweth nigh to the grave, and his life to the destroyers. [Thus
describing the miserable condition of humankind] If there be a messenger
[the Christ, the Messenger of the new covenant] with him, an
interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness,
then he [the Lord] is gracious unto him [man], and saith, Deliver him
from going down to the grave [thus showing that not all are to be sent
into death. Then man is represented as saying]: I have found a ransom.
[The result then is pictured in the next phrase when the Prophet says
concerning man:] His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall
return to the days of his youth."--Job 33:16-25.
PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED
[571]The Scriptures clearly indicate that some stubborn, proud,
disobedient ones will refuse to hear the word of the Lord and to obey
his righteous laws. The loving kindness of the Lord is manifested when
his long-suffering is shown in the fact that he does not immediately
destroy all such, but gives each one a full and fair opportunity, the
Prophet showing that each one shall have at least a hundred years of
trial; and if at the end of that time he is persistent in disobeying the
Lord, he shall be counted accursed and cut off in everlasting
destruction. (Isaiah 65:20) St. Peter corroborated this in his statement
concerning restoration times, saying: "It shall come to pass, that every
soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among
the people".
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