Job Elihu

Elihu speaks of the Wonders & the Power of God

Elihu begins to break down Job’s defenses.

First he dismantles his prideful assumptions.

Then he introduces the notion that Job’s trials are tests of his character/

Next he suggests that the reason why Job has not seen God in all of this is because he was looking in the wrong place, that sometimes in the suffering and afflictions that God sometimes reveals Himself.

Finally Elihu encourages Job to consider that God is all around him in all the displays of his wonders and power seen throughout creation.

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Elihu Job

Elihu, Job’s 1 in a 1,000

Job has ended his arguments and his friends are done tyring to convince him of their views. Job has become self-righteous and accusatory at God.

God desires to justify his servant, and bring his trials to a quick end, but He must procure Job’s humility first for God’s grace only comes to the humble. Those in pride He will actively resist.

So in steps the young man Elihu, who begins to provide a context for another way of viewing his difficulties. Elihu becomes a spiritual covering for Job serving him in the capacity of a mediator and intercessor!

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Job’s final rebuttal and defense…

These chapters cover Job’s last lines of defense he offers in rebuttal to Bildad and by extension to his other two friends as well.

Job sees himself in favorable light which appears to be a bit larger-than-real-life depiction.

Regardless of all this, Job has sunk into a type of pride from which God is about to deliver him by a most unlikely source!

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Job Whisper Thunder

The Whisper of His Voice / The Thunder of His Power

The arguments defending individual positions continue. We begin with Job’s reply to Eliphaz. Then Bildad’s short response, followed again by Job’s long retort.

One argument of Job’s which is somewhat representative of all his arguments is that God cannot be found or approached so he can defend himself. He can see where God has been and what He has done, but cannot hear His voice which must be softer than a whisper!

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Job Prosper

Job asks, Why do the wicked prosper?

The escalating disagreement between Job and his friends takes another turn here in chapters 20-22. Job begins to express his frustration at God, Who – in Job’s opinion – not only fails to judge the wicked, but in many instances actually blesses them in their sin.

His friends Eliphaz and Zophar agrue to the contrary and continue to insist that if Job were not in sin, or if he would humble himself and repent this obvious judgment of God over him would end.

Job and his friends are BOTH right AND wrong as we discover from other scriptures which place these arguments into a context which reveals God’s actions and intentions.

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