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Blessed Be the Name of the Lord July 22, 2018 - Job 1 Study Notes Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord July 22, 2018 - Job 1 Job's Character and Wealth 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. (KEY central theme to the ​ book … things do NOT happen to him as punishment for some sin he committed … you are going to be asked to think that throughout most the book, and no matter how compelling the argument his friends make you must always go back to the very first verse that tells us this is NOT AT ALL why all these horrible things happen to him.) 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. 4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. Satan Allowed to Test Job 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” (KEY – AGAIN God claimed Job as His servant … ​ if God is making this claim of Job as such then his friends who suggest otherwise later in the book must be discounted … what happens is CLEARLY NOT punishment as we see with Israel and breaking the Mosaic Covenant … going to be a big theme throughout his interaction with his friends.) 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. Satan Takes Job's Property and Children 1 More study helps at www.daretoventure.org Study Notes 13 Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14 and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants[c] with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. Job 1:1–5 The function of these verses is to present Job as a uniquely righteous and blessed human being. According to the conventional view presented in the book of Proverbs, such righteousness and blessedness also mark Job as exceptionally wise. Wisdom in the ways of the world produces prosperity; wisdom in the ways of God evokes God’s blessing. This may be implied in the judgment that Job was “the greatest of all the people of the east,” who, according to 1 Kings 4:30, were renowned for their wisdom. Questions abound about these five verses. Are we to overhear the Hebrew word enemy ​ or adversary in Job’s name, which is made up of the same consonants (see Job 13:24)? Is the ​ “land of Uz” to be identified with ancient Edom (see Lam. 4:21)? Does Ezekiel 14:14, 20 suggest that we are to think of Job as a figure who, like Noah, lived in the most ancient imaginable past (compare Job 1:1 with Gen. 6:9)? Is there special significance in the fact that Job possessed herds of sheep, camels, and asses (usually associated with nomadic and seminomadic lifestyles) as well as oxen (usually associated with settled farm life)? What was the occasion of the regular feasts thrown by each of Job’s sons in turn, to which the brothers and sisters were all invited? What was the religious basis for Job’s 2 More study helps at www.daretoventure.org Study Notes rituals of purification and burnt offerings, apparently designed to ward off the evil consequences of any affront to God that may have occurred during the festivities? We simply have no definitive answers for questions of this kind, or for many other questions of language and interpretation that crop up regularly in the study of the book of Job. We may take note of them from time to time, but the goal of this book is to concentrate on what is most clearly understandable in Job, rather than on unresolved scholarly questions. On any reading of Job 1:1–5, we are invited to imagine an absolutely extraordinary human being, one who lives a flawless life before God; one who enjoys a completely blessed existence (the recurring numbers seven and three in verses 2 and 3 are almost surely to signal completeness, as they often do elsewhere in the Bible); and one whose concern for a right relation to God extends beyond his own to embrace that of his family as well. Yet we cannot escape the note of tension that intrudes in verse 5. Are we being warned that none of this blessing and prosperity is to be taken for granted, that all of it ultimately hinges on the favor of God? Job 1:6–12 If it is difficult to imagine a human being as righteous, wise, and wealthy as Job, what comes next stretches human imagination to the breaking point. Now we are invited to imagine what it might be like to be present in the very council chamber of God, to overhear conversations between God and one of the special members of God’s royal assembly, to hear decisions being taken that have enormous consequences for people on earth. Human language is clearly inadequate to describe the decision-making process of God. Yet the Bible regularly uses very human, even crude language to point to the unimaginable reality of God. It is an article of faith, in my theological tradition, to believe that God is able to use our wholly inadequate human language to bear faithful witness to God’s own truth. As John Calvin once suggested, God talks “baby talk” to us in scripture, since it is the only talk we can possibly understand. The true indicator that we have heard and understood rightly is to be found not in theological statements but in faithful praise and faithful service to God. The human language in which Job 1:6–12 is cast is not difficult to trace. People in the ancient Near East had a readily available human model for an awesome decision-making process, one that could have serious consequences for ordinary people living far away from the center of power. It was the royal court of an imperial despot who exercised absolute power over the realm. While few people ever saw the imperial court in action, there were those who could describe its grandeur and its power: the throne, the emperor, the ranks of officials and counselors who were assembled at the emperor’s command. Agents of the emperor might offer advice, make reports on the state of the realm, suggest alternative 3 More study helps at www.daretoventure.org Study Notes plans, perhaps even register points of disagreement (very carefully).
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