The Book of Job describes the story of a wealthy man from Uz with a large family and agricultural collection that lost everything and his faith was tested.
Job is introduced and described in Chapter 1 as "blameless and upright." He feared God and shunned evil.
God praises his loyal servant Job but Satan convinces God to test Job for his faith by allowing Satan to take away his family, health, and possessions.
Satan argues that Job is only good because he has been blessed and that if his possessions were taken away, he would not follow God.
God allows Satan to take away Job's possessions, including his agricultural possessions, and his sons and daughters.
Job continues to praise God despite his losses:
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. Job 1:21-22.
In Chapter 2, Satan convinces God to curse Job even further, causing him to lose his heath with boils on his body, but he continued to keep his faith.
Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, Job's friends question why he has suffered so much and incorrectly claim that he as been sinful. Job and his friends have multiple conversations about his suffering. Job's friends urge him to repent and to seek God.
Elihu the Buzite, a fourth character, is introduced and comments on Job's suffering. Elihu explained that the righteous are allowed to suffer in order to prevent greater sin, or as a warning not to fall into sin. In addition, the ways of God are taught through obedience and suffering.
God is angry with Job's friends for falsely accusing and condemning Job. Job, however, prays for his friends in Chapter 42.
God speaks from a whirlwind in the form of speeches but speaks about wisdom and divine authority. Two large beasts are described that ignite the fear of man. If these beasts bring fear in man, how much more powerful is the one who created them and therefore God is the ultimate one to fear. (Job 40:15 and Job 41).
God eventually restores Job's family and his possessions even more abundantly than before, and therefore, Job is rewarded for his faith.
The Book of Job is believed to be the oldest book in the Bible, written around 2000 B.C.
The Book of Job is also praised as a work of religious poetry and has influenced cultures around the world about a topic that affects many: human suffering.
My Redeemer Lives in the Book of Job:
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
While Job may not have known about Jesus Christ, this scripture fulfills the description of Jesus Christ as the Redeemer and one day later Jesus Christ was revealed to the world. Despite his many sufferings, Job knew that he would be redeemed one day and that redemption would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
In addition, Job himself would serve as a pre-Christ or pre-Jesus. Just as Jesus Christ took on the form of a man and went through difficult sufferings that all mankind faces, Job had a similar situation. Many others in the Bible before Jesus faced similar situations, from the patriarchs to the kings and prophets. Jesus Christ represented all mankind and fulfilled the mission that was given to him to redeem mankind. Job continued the trend in the Bible that every major figure in the Old Testament was somehow connected to Jesus Christ or faced similar circumstances through human suffering and that everything in the Old Testament lead up to the most important figure, Jesus Christ.
Job is introduced and described in Chapter 1 as "blameless and upright." He feared God and shunned evil.
God praises his loyal servant Job but Satan convinces God to test Job for his faith by allowing Satan to take away his family, health, and possessions.
Satan argues that Job is only good because he has been blessed and that if his possessions were taken away, he would not follow God.
God allows Satan to take away Job's possessions, including his agricultural possessions, and his sons and daughters.
Job continues to praise God despite his losses:
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. Job 1:21-22.
In Chapter 2, Satan convinces God to curse Job even further, causing him to lose his heath with boils on his body, but he continued to keep his faith.
Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, Job's friends question why he has suffered so much and incorrectly claim that he as been sinful. Job and his friends have multiple conversations about his suffering. Job's friends urge him to repent and to seek God.
Elihu the Buzite, a fourth character, is introduced and comments on Job's suffering. Elihu explained that the righteous are allowed to suffer in order to prevent greater sin, or as a warning not to fall into sin. In addition, the ways of God are taught through obedience and suffering.
God is angry with Job's friends for falsely accusing and condemning Job. Job, however, prays for his friends in Chapter 42.
God speaks from a whirlwind in the form of speeches but speaks about wisdom and divine authority. Two large beasts are described that ignite the fear of man. If these beasts bring fear in man, how much more powerful is the one who created them and therefore God is the ultimate one to fear. (Job 40:15 and Job 41).
God eventually restores Job's family and his possessions even more abundantly than before, and therefore, Job is rewarded for his faith.
The Book of Job is believed to be the oldest book in the Bible, written around 2000 B.C.
The Book of Job is also praised as a work of religious poetry and has influenced cultures around the world about a topic that affects many: human suffering.
My Redeemer Lives in the Book of Job:
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
While Job may not have known about Jesus Christ, this scripture fulfills the description of Jesus Christ as the Redeemer and one day later Jesus Christ was revealed to the world. Despite his many sufferings, Job knew that he would be redeemed one day and that redemption would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
In addition, Job himself would serve as a pre-Christ or pre-Jesus. Just as Jesus Christ took on the form of a man and went through difficult sufferings that all mankind faces, Job had a similar situation. Many others in the Bible before Jesus faced similar situations, from the patriarchs to the kings and prophets. Jesus Christ represented all mankind and fulfilled the mission that was given to him to redeem mankind. Job continued the trend in the Bible that every major figure in the Old Testament was somehow connected to Jesus Christ or faced similar circumstances through human suffering and that everything in the Old Testament lead up to the most important figure, Jesus Christ.
