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Part 2: Three Cycles of Speeches Chapters 3-31
JOB 70 Part 2: Three Cycles of Speeches Chapters 3-31 In the long second section of Job, we will look at a of his conception. Job wishes his mother’s womb had set of three speeches or conversations. become his tomb. • First cycle of speeches (Chapters 3-14) Verses 20-23. Commenting on these verses, Barbara • Second cycle of speeches (Chapters 15-21) Reid, O.P., writes: • Third cycle of speeches (Chapters 22-31) “Job continues his lament in 3:20-23 with vivid imagery. Having been robbed of all he previously FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES (Chapters 3-14) treasured, he speaks of wanting death so badly that this is now the hidden treasure for which he earnestly CHAPTER 3: Job curses the day he was born digs. In his dark despair he laments that it would “Perish the day on which I was born, the night when have been better never to have been given light. Job they said, ‘The child is a boy.’” (v 3) feels “fenced in,” trapped in desperation and darkness. At the beginning of Job’s story, Satan had In his introduction to chapter 3 and the first cycle of observed that God had “put a fence” of protection speeches, Peter Ellis, C.SS.R., writes: and blessing around Job and his house and all he had, blessing all that Job had and causing it to The first cycle of speeches in the unfolding increase (1:10). Job has lost sight of God’s psychological drama is begun by Job, who shocks his protection that still encircles him, even in his loss friends by cursing the day he was born. -
WHERE IS GOD WHEN LIFE IS SO MESSED UP? the Story of Job
WHERE IS GOD WHEN LIFE IS SO MESSED UP? the story of Job This booklet was originally created by City Bible Forum ©2020 WHERE IS GOD WHEN LIFE IS SO MESSED UP? the story of Job W H A T ' S I N S I D E The experience of suffering in our lives and in our world can make us ask: Where is God? What is God doing? The Bible's story of Job tells us what God is doing in the midst of suffering. We do not know who wrote the book of Job, or when. Having said that, a copy of Job was found at the Qumran Caves amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls. This makes it likely that the first copy of Job was written before 300 BC. We also don’t know if Job was a real person or not. There are no historical markers in the book to anchor the story, Without these details it has a sense of “once upon a time”. The book of Job is located in the “Wisdom Literature” section of the Old Testament. Quite possibly the book was written to teach principles about the nature of suffering, the relationship between wrongdoing and suffering, and the role of God in this. Session 1 Winners and Losers Session 2 Advice to losers Session 3 Not-so-blind faith Session 4 Resolution Each study has the passage of the bible to be studied, discussion questions and some explanatory notes. Page 1 S E S S I O N 1 : W I N N E R S A N D L O S E R S W H A T C A N Y O U E X P E C T T O L E A R N ? The book of Job was written to teach principles about the nature of suffering, the relationship between wrongdoing and suffering, and the role of God in this. -
The Unforgiven Ones
The Unforgiven Ones 1 God These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.) 9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 (Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -
God Speaks – Hope, Help and Healing (Job 42:7-17)
Pick up the Pieces & Start Over God Speaks – Hope, Help and Healing (Job 42:7-17) 1 1. God Vindicated Job •Job 42:7, ‘7 After the Lord had said these things to Job…’ •‘…he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends…’ •‘because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.’ 2 2. God Demanded Restitution • Job 42:8 (NIV) 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.“ • Job 42:9 (NIV) 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job's prayer. 3 3. God Required Grace •Job 42:8 (NIV) 8 … My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. •Matthew 5:44 (NKJV) 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you’ 4 4. God Restored Job • Job 42:10-15 (NIV) 10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. -
How NOT to Respond to Tragedy: Learning from Job's Friends
Wheelersburg Baptist Church 4/22/07 Brad Brandt “How NOT to Respond to Tragedy: Learning from Job’s Friends” ** Main Idea: We learn both how to respond and how NOT to respond to tragedy by looking at Job’s friends in the book of Job. I. We learn how to help people in crisis (2:11-13). A. Notice what Job’s friends did (11-12). 1. They heard about Job’s trouble (11). 2. They went to be with Job. 3. Their goal was to comfort him. 4. They wept and grieved with Job (12). B. Notice what Job’s friends did not do (13). 1. They did not hide their grief (no plastic smiles!). 2. They did not rush Job. 3. They did not speak to Job seven days and nights. C. Notice some marks of a good friend. 1. A good friend makes personal sacrifices. 2. A good friend is a good listener. 3. A good friend engages in the ministry of presence. 4. A good friend exhibits humility. 5. A good friend is real. II. We learn how NOT to help people in crisis (chapters 3-37). A. Here’s what Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did (chapters 3-31). 1. They said true things but failed to get all the facts. 2. The problem wasn’t so much what they said but what they didn’t know (11:7-8). 3. They said there had to be sin when there wasn’t (8:4; 11:6; 18:19; 22:5). 4. They preached truth at Job instead of ministering truth to him. -
The Chapters of the Bible a Guide to the Systematic Study of the Bible
Scholars Crossing An Alliterated Outline for the Chapters of the Bible A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Bible 5-2018 The Chapters of Job Harold Willmington Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/outline_chapters_bible Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Willmington, Harold, "The Chapters of Job" (2018). An Alliterated Outline for the Chapters of the Bible. 33. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/outline_chapters_bible/33 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Bible at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in An Alliterated Outline for the Chapters of the Bible by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Job SECTION OUTLINE ONE (JOB 1-2) Job is introduced. God allows Satan to test Job's faithfulness by taking all that he has. Job responds with great sorrow, but he worships God. Satan accuses Job again and strikes him with boils. Job's wife tells him to curse God and die, but Job remains faithful. Three of Job's friends come and mourn with him. I. JOB'S PRESTIGE (1:1-5) A. His faith (1:1): "There was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless, a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil." B. His fortune (1:3): "He owned 7,000 sheep, and 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and he employed many servants. -
Beach Reads: WHY? Restored Preaching: Randy Spleth, Senior Minister Scripture: Job 42:1-6 Text: Job 42:7-10 E-Mail: Randy Spleth
Copyright August 3 & 4, 2019. All Rights Reserved. Geist Christian Church Title: Beach Reads: WHY? Restored Preaching: Randy Spleth, Senior Minister Scripture: Job 42:1-6 Text: Job 42:7-10 E-mail: Randy Spleth The worst that can happen is behind the best person known. That’s where we are in this year’s Bible beach. In the Old Testament, the best person known is Job and over the last three weeks, we've looked at his story. It is a divinely inspired folk story, told for thousands of years around campfires to ask the question, why? If God is all-good and all- powerful, why do terrible things happen? It was likely acted out as an ancient play. It has four acts and two stages. That’s an important thing to remember. There is an upper stage in heaven and a lower stage on earth. You have the privilege of seeing both. The writer intends for us to have this unique perspective. But it’s crucial to understand that Job only knows what has happened on his stage.1 Let’s have a quick review. Scene one of Act 1 begins on the lower stage where we are introduced to the best person, Job. Job is incredibly rich, a Jeff Bezos rich in the ancient world with 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pair of oxen, 500 donkeys, and many servants. He also has a large family, seven sons and three daughters. He was incredibly blessed and extraordinarily devoted to God, offering sacrifices not just for himself but also for his children, just in case they sinned. -
Introduction to Job
Introduction to Job Where is it in the Bible? Job is the eighteenth book of the Old Testament, following Esther and preceding Psalms. It is the first book poetic book and is also classified as wisdom literature.. In Hebrew Bibles, Job is part of the last section, the Writings or Kethuvim. It follows Proverbs and precedes Song of Solomon. Who wrote it? The author of Job is unknown, and there are no hints in the book itself about who the author might have been. It was probably written by more than one person. When was it written? Dating this book is very complicated because there are no references to historical events in it. The Hebrew text of the book is very difficult with many words whose meanings are uncertain; this makes it problematic to use language as an indication of composition date. Most scholars date the book to the sixth century B.C., but suggestions ranging from the patriarchal period to the post-exilic period and even later have been made. It is also possible that different parts of Job were written at different times. What is it about? Job tells the story of a wealthy and righteous man whom God boasts about to Satan. Satan is then given permission to test Job’s faithfulness by destroying his possessions, his family, and his health. Three of Job’s friends come to comfort him and offer explanations for his situation, but they fail. A fourth friend arrives to help, but does no better. Finally, God speaks to Job. The book ends with Job’s vindication and the restoration of what had been taken away. -
Sermon Title: Reconciliation and Restoration Speaker: Richard Villodas, Lead Pastor Scripture: Job 42
Sermon Title: Reconciliation and Restoration Speaker: Richard Villodas, Lead Pastor Scripture: Job 42 Then Job replied to the LORD: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’ My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer. After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. -
The Book of Job the Book of Job
THE BOOK OF JOB THE BOOK OF JOB BY NORMAN H. SNAITH, M.A. Tutor in Old Testament Languages and Literature, Wesley College, Headingley, Leeds THE EPWORTH PRESS (EDGAR C. BARTON) 25-35 City Road, London, E.C.r All rights rmrved First published in r945 Mark in Great Britain I THE ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK 1. The Prologue, i, ii J oB is a wealthy Edomite sheikh of long ago, the greatest and most prosperous of them all, a man of blameless piety, scrupulous, even ultra-scrupulous in every slightest duty, perfect, upright and devout. ·Jehovah Himself testifies to his unswerving integrity, unique among the sons of men, but the Satan chal lenges this statement in the midst of the heavenly court. Job is but a time-server. Strip him of his wealth, kill his children, and he will renounce God with the rest. And so the Satan is permitted to deprive Job of everything, possessions, servants, chil dren, but not to touch Job himself. Bedawi raids begin, and lightnings and storm-winds complete the destitution, but Job in his poverty is as devout as Job with his wealth. The heavenly court gathers again, with God still sure of Job's integrity and the Satan still unbelieving. Now the Satan is permitted to smite Job with a loath some 'leprosy' (probably ecthyma), in which the sufferer is covered from head to foot with raw and itching ulcers. Job's wife breaks under the strain, but Job remains steadfastly devout. The last three verses of ii tell of the visit of Job's three friends, who hear of his misfortunes and come to comfort him. -
Re-Visioning Job's Wife
Scholtz, “Re-Visioning Job’s Wife,” OTE 26/3 (2013): 819-839 819 “I Had Heard of You . But Now My Eye Sees You”: Re-Visioning Job’s Wife ROGER SCHOLTZ (UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL) ABSTRACT Job’s wife has suffered a long history of unjust marginalisation. The few words she utters in her brief appearance in the book of Job have largely been heard negatively by many commentators of the text, who have either vilified or simply ignored her as a result. Accord- ingly, she has come to be seen as a minor character who is mostly irrelevant to the interpretation of the book as a whole. By contrast, William Blake’s artistic exposition of the book of Job imaginatively sees Job’s wife in a radical new light. His re-visioning of her invites a fresh consideration of her presence and influence within the book as a whole. The references to Job’s wealth, social status, children, daughters and his agonised outburst at the start of the poetry sec- tion all point to the pervasive influence of Job’s wife within the book. The picture that emerges is of a woman of strength and insight who shaped the lives of her husband and children in significant ways, drawing them into a transformed perspective of the world in which the beauties and ambiguities of life can be celebrated. Such a re-visioning of Job’s wife enables a fresh hearing of her words, in which she emerges as a key character in the interpretation of the book. Indeed, she can be seen as none other than the forerunner of God as she courageously sows the seeds of a bold new understand- ing of faith that will be fleshed out in the divine speeches in all its vibrant, stirring glory, and will finally lead to Job’s transformation. -
Job's Faith, Part 4
Job’s Faith, Part 4 Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar We’re going to look a little closer at Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. Remember, they had good intentions, but they misapplied or misused the good doctrine they had. They thought Job had sinned and therefore had to go through this suffering. They also thought if he repented or changed his mind about the sins, God would take away the suffering and let Job prosper again. They didn’t know that Job was on the witness stand as a witness for God and against Satan! Page 1 All three friends believed that the unrighteous suffer. This is true. Psalm 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked. However, they didn’t realize that the righteous suffer also. Acts 9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake. Bible doctrine is only valuable when you use it on the right situation. Job was righteous and he had undeserved suffering to bring glory to God! Job’s friends were missing the point! Page 2 The first to speak was Eliphaz who was the oldest and considered the wisest of the three friends, Job 4-6. He starts out complimenting Job. Then he accuses Job of being impatient! (Knowing what Job had gone through, I don’t think he was impatient. He was looking for an answer as to why he was suffering!) Then Eliphaz told Job that according to what he, Eliphaz, had experienced and seen in life, those who do wrong suffer.