Posts from December 2018
Job 31 – Job’s Final Defense Part 3: “Job’s Six Final Appeals”
The end of verse 40 brings weight to the significance of this chapter, “The words of Job are ended.” This is Job’s last appeal that he was righteous and just before all of his trials. It’s a specific list of six areas he pursued righteousness in what he described more generally at a higher level in Job 29: (1) He fought lust and avoided adultery (vv. 1-12), (2) he was a just employer (vv. 13-15), (3) he cared for the…
Job 30 – Job’s Final Defense Part 2: “Now They Laugh At Me”
Job just finished giving a defense for how he used authority as a chief-leader in righteousness to the benefit of the people under his care. His position of influence is now gone. First, in verses 1-15 Job talks about how senseless men who weren’t even worthy for hire have afflicted him. These men have made songs to mock Job (v. 9). They spit at the sight of Job (v. 10). Job’s relational suffering extended well beyond Elliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. Job exclaims,…
Job 29 – Job’s Final Defense Part 1: “A Greater King in Jesus Christ”
After responding to Bildad’s third statement, Job speaks again to summarize his defense. First, he longs for the days that are gone (vv. 1-6). Second, he describes how he pursued godly authority (vv. 7-20). Third, he remembers how the people responded to his good use of authority (vv. 21-25). First, he begins with a longing for the days when God watched over him (v. 2), when God’s lamp shone upon Job’s head, and Job walked by God’s light through darkness…