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Job

Job. “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25. Background of Job. Why do bad things happen to good people?. The Man Job. His name Arabic – “one who turns back (repents)” Hebrew – “the hated (persecuted) one”. Biography.

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Job

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  1. Job “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25

  2. Background of Job Why do bad things happen to good people?

  3. The Man Job • His name • Arabic – “one who turns back (repents)” • Hebrew – “the hated (persecuted) one”

  4. Biography • Job was a real person • Ezekiel 14-14-20; James 5:11 • From the land of Uz • He lived before or around the time of Abraham • At least 60 years old at the time of the events of the book • He was very wealthy • He was a respected and popular judge

  5. Biography • He was righteous before God • He lived to be very old • If he was at least 60 when he was first tested, he was at least 200 when he died.

  6. The Book of Job • Title • Named for its main character • Author and Date • We don’t know • Moses, Solomon, a contemporary of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, an prophet of the captivity • Job

  7. The Book of Job • Purposes • To reveal who God is • To show the kind of trust God wants His children to have • To reveal God’s favor toward His children and His absolute control over Satan • To answer man’s questions about why a righteous person may suffer while and evil man may prosper

  8. The Book of Job • Doctrinal Content • God • Man • Satan • Sin and righteousness • Affliction, discipline and blessing • Justice • Faith • Nature • Creation • Astronomical facts • Names of stars and constellations • Suspension of the earth in space • The spherical shape of the earth

  9. The Book of Job • Style • Dramatic poetry • Parallelism • SYNONYMOUS – a thought is stated in the first line, and then repeated in similar language in the second line. • ANTITHETIC – the statement in the first line is followed by a contrasting statement of the second line. • SYNTHETIC – a number of related thoughts expand on the statement of the first line.

  10. The Book of Job • Relation to other books of the Bible • The first of the five books of poetry (wisdom literature) of the Old Testament • Only quoted once in New Testament (1 Cor. 3:19) • The problems and questions of the man Job are answered completely and perfectly in Christ. • Jesus is the complete and only answer to every need of modern man.

  11. The Answers of Jesus to Jobby G. Campbell Morgan

  12. The Book of Job • The New Testament gives the complete and final revelation concerning doctrines that appear in the book of Job • e.g., the problem of suffering • Penal • Remedial • Other purposes • Were it not for Christ, the faith of Job nor any other Old Testament character would have been able to save them • Hebrews 11:13-16

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