The Dragon Within and the Hardened Heart

Who is capable of accusing the mask he has donned? Who has the power to reveal and expose the dragon that dwells within? After a short while, the memory fled to the holy scriptures—to this divine book of Job. Within it, as if through a bodily transfiguration, the shameless and multifaceted complexities hidden in the mind are liberated from the outer facade, exposing the writings of the devil and the demons who are the rulers of all evil and wickedness. For he asks: 'Who will reveal the face of his clothing?'

Because this external variety is merely a surface, supported by a depth of unseen evil, he addresses the calm ones with this: Who can reveal the face of his clothing? That is, who is able to penetrate the thoughts of his heart, since they remain tightly folded up? As it is written, his heart has become like a stone and will not be shaken; it stands like a sharp, unyielding edge His heart has turned to stone and cannot be moved; it is entirely hardened and stony, refusing to be driven, refusing to follow the Word, and refusing to yield. He is hard, unyielding, and unrepentant. If a person has drawn power from the devil, they possess this same dragon-like heart—unyielding and uncontrollable. But if someone is like gold, following the Word, they will be refined like a goldsmith's work until they become a golden petal, receiving the true forms of God's writings in Christ Jesus, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. In Chapter 42, verse 10, the Lord gave Job double everything he had before. In verse 12, the Lord blessed Job's latter days, or perhaps his former ones; his livestock included forty thousand sheep , six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen. In verse 13, seven sons and three daughters were born to him. If the Lord gave double all that was before Job, after the...