Some Bad Things Were Said

What did Job say that was so different from the 3 friends he argued with? 

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Title: Some Bad Things Were Said

Description: There were some big differences between Job and his three friends.

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Some Bad Things Were Said

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The Book of Job contains a debate -- an argument. Near the end of the Book of Job, the Most HIgh said to Eliphaz:

Job 42:7

“My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has."

What did Job say earlier in the Book that was so great? 

 Two major passages come to mind:

 The first passage is out of Job 19:23-27

 (I think this is good preaching)

 23 “Oh, that my words were written!

 Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

 24 That they were engraved on a rock

 With an iron pen and lead, forever!

NOTE: He wanted those words copied. I believe His prayer was answered. I believe Jesus read them in His time on the earth and we're reading those words now.

Verse  25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,

 And He shall stand at last on the earth;

 26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,

 That in my flesh I shall see God,

 27 Whom I shall see for myself,

 And my eyes shall behold, and not another.

 How my heart yearns within me!

Job trusted that the Redeemer was alive and was

willing to share that life even beyond the grave.

Now onto the second passage. Job understood some things about the resurrection. 

Some of his thoughts about the resurrection are similar to what

many people now see as benefits of the New Birth in Christ.

Job 14:13-15 (Job is praying)

 13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,

 That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

 That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

 14 If a man dies, shall he live again?

 All the days of my hard service I will wait,

 Till my change comes.

 15 You shall call, and I will answer You;

 You shall desire the work of Your hands.

 Those are some of the things Job said about the Most High.

 And those are not things that his three friends said.

Why is that so important?

 Job's words are very at odds with what the spirit (angel / demon?) said to Eliphaz in Job 4. I quoted this in a precious episode, but it bears repeating

 Job 4: 17-20 (A spirit speaking; my emphasis added)

17 

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?

Can a man be more pure than his Maker?

18 

If He puts no trust in His servants,

If He charges His angels with error,

19 

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,

Whose foundation is in the dust,

Who are crushed before a moth?

20 

They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;

They perish forever, with no one regarding.

NOTE that whatever the spirit / angel / demon was made of, it considered itself more durable than human flesh.

There were other things said very different from Job's declarations.

Here's a passage from Bildad -- another of the three friends. It's at odds with Job having faith that his redeemer lives.

Job 25:4-6 (Bildad speaking)

4 

How then can man be righteous before God?

Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

5 

If even the moon does not shine,

And the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 

How much less man, who is a maggot,

And a son of man, who is a worm?”

 Are the old Scriptures accurate?

 My answer: I think Jesus believed them. They were good enough for Jesus.

 I'm glad Jesus read Job.

 I believe Jesus heard Job's words -- there were many copies by the time Jesus was a small child.

 In his younger years, Jesus read that there were rewards for Job because of Job's faith. These rewards had 

 ultimately come from His Heavenly Father.

 Jesus believed His Father lived. 

 At the time of His crucifixion. Jesus -- like Job -- was blameless.

 If Jesus looked wimpy enough to be crushed by a moth, He 

 had another witness that the life He was going to be  rewarded with would exceed the one He had on earth. 

After the crucifixion, Jesus became the Redeemer who lived – and who had died first.

We may get into more of the similarities between Job's ordeal and Jesus' crucifixion in episodes to come.

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