[[Job-18]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Job-17]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Job-19]] --- ### Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won't shine. The light will be dark in his tent. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Bildad predicts the total extinction of the wicked man's influence, prosperity, and household life. *Historical context*: Theologians link this to the 'outer darkness' mentioned by Jesus ([[Matt-25#v30|Matthew 25:30]]) and the final judgment in [[Rev-20#v10|Revelation 20:10]]-15, where the 'light' (life and presence) of the unrighteous is permanently extinguished in eternal separation from God. *Related to*: ### The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts that a supreme and lethal agent of death (often interpreted as a pestilence or the 'chief' of diseases) will consume the unrighteous. *Historical context*: Scholars identify 'the firstborn of death' as a personification of the most virulent diseases. This is seen fulfilled in historical divine judgments on individuals, such as Herod Agrippa I in [[Acts-12#v23|Acts 12:23]], who was 'eaten by worms' and died, and the plague that struck the Assyrian army ([[2 Kings-19#v35|2 Kings 19:35]]). *Related to*: ### He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts that the wicked will be forcibly removed from their earthly security and brought before the personification of death/terror. *Historical context*: The 'king of terrors' is widely understood by scholars to be the devil or death personified (Mot in Ugaritic texts). This is cited in relation to [[Heb-02#v14|Hebrews 2:14]]-15, which describes Christ's mission to destroy 'him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil' and free those held in slavery by the fear of death. *Related to*: ### Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the complete desolation of the home of the unrighteous by fire and brimstone. *Historical context*: This refers to the historical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ([[Gen-19#v24|Genesis 19:24]]) as a prototype, but functions as a prophecy of the final judgment of the wicked, described in [[Rev-14#v10|Revelation 14:10]] and 21:8 as a 'lake of fire and sulfur.' *Related to*: ### He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the total eradication of the lineage and name of the ungodly man from the earth. *Historical context*: This was historically fulfilled in the total extinction of several unrighteous biblical dynasties, most notably the House of Ahab ([[2 Kings-10#v11|2 Kings 10:11]]) and the House of Jeroboam ([[1 Kings-15#v29|1 Kings 15:29]]), where every descendant was eliminated, leaving no remaining seed as predicted. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy