Old Testament Survey- Job
The Theme-
Job deals with one of the greatest Mysteries of man – Why do righteous men Suffer?
A righteous man described as being perfect before God- Job is stripped of
Wealth
Children
Personal Health
Job does not understand his fate but decides that God sends evil upon men just as he sends Good.
Jobs friends try to comfort him – by telling him he’s in Sin
His wife tells him to Curse God and die
He gets rebuked by Elihu a stranger listening to conversation
Then rebuked by God
Then blessed 7 fold of all he lost
The decided theme of Job is
(God has a purpose for sending suffering to men – that God chastens man for the purpose of bringing him nearer to himself. God uses afflictions as a trial of job’s character as a means of revealing to him sin that might other wise not have been seen – self Righteousness)
Author:
Is unknown – possibly Elihu (unconfirmed)
Outline of Job:
Satan’s Attack on Job (1:1-2:10)
Job and His friends (2:11-31:40)
Elihu’s Message (32-37)
God’s answer to Job (38-42:6)
Conclusion (42:7-17)
Overview Of Job –
A. Satan petitions God for job and God grants him permission to attack
Children
Wealth
Servants
Satan petitions God again for Job himself - Satan attacks job with Boils but is not permitted to Kill him
Job’s Friends come buy to see Job and come to 4 conclusions in there dialogue with him
Suffering is the Result of Sin- If one is afflicted he must have sinned
The degree of affliction is related to the degree of the sin
That if Job would repent the affliction would stop
Sometimes the wicked prosper but eventually it fades away because of sin
Elihu’s Message
Rebukes Job for boasting in his own integrity making it appear that he deserved something from God, God owes him nothing for under God all men are sinners
Admits that calamities are punishments permitted for correction. Rebukes Job for trying to reason with God instead of humbling himself before him and confessing his own faults
Jehovah’a Answer to Job
God deals with job asking him where his council was while he was creating the heavens and earth. This shuts Job up Job humbles himself, and repents for self-righteousness before God.
God restores to job all that was lost