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Job 17
Job’s visitors demand that he tell a lie against God. They have no objective evidence at all that Job has sinned such that his situation is punishment for some specific error. Instead, they have only their pitiful reasoning. What they … Continue reading
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Job 16
Do we tire yet of the endless back and forth between Job and his foolish comforters? We should tire even more quickly of Western theologians. They consistently fail to understand Job and, despite lip service to the contrary, end up … Continue reading
Job 15
Eliphaz gets downright rude with Job. He says Job is a blustery fool, referring to his defense as the harsh hot wind from the eastern deserts. He accuses Job of encouraging blasphemy from irreverent folks. Eliphaz feels Job’s sin is … Continue reading
Job 14
Job and his friends held an entirely different understanding of time and lived a different pace of life. For Job and his friends to make long speeches was entirely normal and even expected. Men would patiently hear the full outpouring … Continue reading
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Job 13
Job reminds his friends that they aren’t addressing an inferior, someone lacking a good solid education. Nothing they’ve said is new. For seven days they sat in proper silence until they decided to judge Job. Had they not opened their … Continue reading
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Job 12
Even in his anger, Job is more noble than his friends. Where they scold, he answers with sarcastic wit. Surely, these three men represent the pinnacle of human wisdom! When they die, humanity would be plunged into darkness. Job reminds … Continue reading
Job 11
The starting point of moral wisdom is recognizing our minds are not equal to the task. When we understand the fullness of our fallen condition, we realize we cannot know the nature of things nor all the factors in any … Continue reading
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Job 10
By default, fallen mankind justly owns the wrath of God. We deserve a short miserable life, a long and painful death and eternity in Hell. That’s the starting place. Anything short of that is a blessing or mercy. So the … Continue reading
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Job 9
Most Western commentators and readers fail to grasp how thoroughly correct Job is in what he says. The primary disconnection is between the Western value system that insists life is precious. The people of the Ancient Near East lived in … Continue reading
Job 8
Now it’s Bildad’s turn to get it wrong. He continues pressing the false dichotomy and worse. Bildad begins with less courtesy than Eliphaz, suggesting Job is a windbag. His rhetorical question misses the point. This is not a matter of … Continue reading
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