I’m pretty sure that if Bildad was my friend, that friendship would’ve ended with this speech of his. He starts off by saying, in essence, “Are you through yet? You are talking nonsense.” Granted, I’m not in Job’s position right now, but I was, to a lesser extent a couple years ago. I’ll get to…
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Oh my goodness. Job’s despair is palpable in these two chapters, isn’t it? His physical pain is unbearable, but that’s only part of the pain he is suffering. His spirit is broken, too. He had to sit and listen as his so-called friend said that he must have done something to deserve the calamities that…
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Don’t you just love it when someone starts a conversation with you by saying, “Can I say something to you without you getting mad?” You know it’s going to be one of those conversations. That’s how Eliphaz, one of three friends that came to visit Job, began his discourse. That’s just how I would want…
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I want to focus on the exchange between Job and his wife in chapter 2, verses 9 and 10. It said: “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and…
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Let’s talk for just a minute about the background of the book of Job, which is unique. There is no other book like it in the Bible, but we do know that it belongs here and it is a factual book, because 1) it is quoted in other parts of scripture (namely James 5:11 and…
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The Book of Job ends today, and we begin the New Testament book of Galatians. The Apostle Paul asserts emphatically that is is faith that saves a person, not adhering to the law.
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Elihu finishes and God begins. This response from God is awesome.
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Elihu begins sharing his wisdom with Job and his friends.
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Job now talks about his present misery and contrasts it with the past. Then he vindicates himself once more before speaking his final piece. At this point, a young man named Elihu, who has heretofore remained silent, in deference to the older men, speaks up. He’s frustrated with the elder men, and feels as if…
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