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Job 1-3
Today we start Job. Pronounced J-Oh-buh, not j-ah-buh.
Placement of Job in the Bible (KJV1611) is interesting. No one is really sure when Job lived. His time was way before Esther (that we just finished). In fact some people think Job's time was before the Hebrews left Egypt. Some Jews believe that Job was a member of a group of three people who gave council to the Pharaoh about letting the Jews leave. The other people were Jethro (Moses father in law) who said to let the Jews leave; Balaam (of the talking ass) who said for Pharaoh to kill the firstborn; and Job, who doesn't say anything (which is why some people believe he was afflicted).
Some people actually believe that Job WAS the Pharaoh at the time. Others don't think Job existed at all, and that it is just a story put in to help explain/confuse the nature of the LORD.
Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Uz may or may not be another name for the land of Edom. Some people think that the land of Uz is like saying "a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away".
Job was a good man, so that pretty much throws out the concept of him actually being the Pharaoh.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
He had 10 children, he was blessed.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
If Uz is in the east, what is it east of? Possibly Egypt. Remember, Jethro was the priest of Midian which was east of Jordan, so Uz could have been near there.
Well, Job's kids went and had some parties at their places.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job offered sacrifices for his kids, just in case they accidentally sinned. He didn't know if they did, he just wanted to make sure they were covered in case anything bad happened to them.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Who are these "sons of God"?
Remember back in Genesis 6:2 these creatures were going around impregnating girls. Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. These were the fathers of the Nephilim. It's probably that these "sons of God" were angels.
Basically, God had a called a meeting. The angels showed up, and among that group was Satan. Now the jews just say "adversary" or "prosecutor". This creature's job (not Job) is the prosecuting attorney on Judgment Day. If this is the same Satan that tempted Jesus, then that pretty much throws out the false christian idea that God in heaven can't have sin near him, which is why everyone needs to be saved. Satan as prosecutor would have to be purer than God and want to keep sinful people away. And that just doesn't make sense.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
So this must have been before Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Satan was put into the pit. Is Satan bound in the pit now? Or is he free to come and go as he pleases?
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Satan says of course Job loves/fears God, you don't let anything bad happen to him. If you let bad things happen, then Job would curse you to your face.
So God says, "i'll take your bet!" God let Satan do whatever he wanted to Job, just so long as he didn't touch Job himself.
First, Satan had the Sabeans kill all Job's oxen and donkeys and all the servents with them. The Sabean kingdom was in Yemen. Yemen is located in the bottom part of the Arabian Peninsula. Sana (the capital of Yemen) is 1300 miles from Cairo. So Satan had these people travel 1300 miles just to kill Job's cattle.
Second, God himself burned up all Job's sheep.
Third, Satan had the Chaldeans take all the camels and killed all those servants. The Chaldeans came from Babylonia.
So through these people, we can figure out almost exactly when the story of Job takes place.
The Chaldean Dynasty was in the 6th century BC. The Sabeans were from the 20th to the 1st century... so it would have had to have been in the 6th century. This would put his time as the same as Manasseh to Jehoiakim in the kingdom of Judah. But that doesn't make sense. Unless the word Chaldean wasn't put in until later, and represented just people from Babylon area. If Moses was born in 1393 (according to the jews) then it would have had to have taken place just after Moses birth.
Fourth, Satan caused a wind to come and blow down the house where Job's kids were partying, and killed them all, including the servants.
Luckily at all these events, attack of people from 1300 miles away; divine fire; importation of a dynasty 700 years later; and a tornado in the desert, one person managed to escape and bring the bad news back to Job.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
That's devotion to the LORD!
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 away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
That's either great devotion to the LORD, or the worst case of apathy ever. Normally, people say "the LORD gives and he takes away" when people are gambling and they just won a jackpot which they then continued to bet and wound up losing all their money. Then when their friend comes up later and says, didn't you just win $2,000 on slots, and you say "yeah, but then I spent it all on black jack, 'the LORD gives and the LORD takes away'" not when your 10 children get killed.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
But would it really be charging God foolishly, since he allowed it to happen?
Job was an optimist, he thanked God for the blessings that he had, for when he had them. Some people don't get blessed like that at all. Job truly believed it was better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all.
Job 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
How often does the LORD have these meetings?
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Satan replies that it's easy to keep praising God when even if all things are taken from you, that you still have your health.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
So God lets Satan make him ill.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
eeeew
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job did hurt enough that he wanted to die, but he wouldn't curse God.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Some people claim that Job's wife was named Sitis. Supposedly she did curse the LORD for taking away all their good things, and that she did die.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job's friends.
Eliphaz the Temanite, Eliphaz would have been a descendant of Esau.
Bildad the Shuhite, Bildad would have been a descendant of Shuah who was a son of Abraham.
Zophar the Naamathite, not much is known of Zophar. He's probably from a town long gone called Naamath (not where Joe is from).
Eliphaz and Bildad would have been distant cousins.
When they showed up, they didn't recognize Job due to his sickness.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
This is where the jews get the custom of not talking until the host speaks when in mourning.
Which is rather interesting, since Job isn't Jewish. He may have been considered "Hebrew" as a descendant of Eber, but if this takes place during the time of the birth of Moses, this leads to the question of who has a claim to God?
Job 3
Job finally speaks.
1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
He still doesn't curse the LORD.
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Like a teenager... "I WISH I WAS NEVER BORN!!!"
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Job never wanted to celebrate a birthday again.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Losing everything and getting sick was apparently the thing that pushed him over the edge.
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job 3 is considered a poem. A poem about a person wishing he was never born. Job, the first emo.
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
He's not a strong enough individual to actually kill himself. Instead he just sits around begging to die.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Wasn't I good? why did this happen.
So what have we learned today?
1. Job lost everything all at once. Which is probably why he didn't complain at first, he was just too shocked. It'd be bad enough to lose the cattle, or the sheep, or the camels, or the children, but all at once would definitely put one into shock.
2. Why weren't Job's friends killed too?
3. If you were in high school now, and wrote Job 3, you'd be in the guidance counselor's office before the teacher finished reading the second paragraph.
YIC
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Today we start Job. Pronounced J-Oh-buh, not j-ah-buh.
Placement of Job in the Bible (KJV1611) is interesting. No one is really sure when Job lived. His time was way before Esther (that we just finished). In fact some people think Job's time was before the Hebrews left Egypt. Some Jews believe that Job was a member of a group of three people who gave council to the Pharaoh about letting the Jews leave. The other people were Jethro (Moses father in law) who said to let the Jews leave; Balaam (of the talking ass) who said for Pharaoh to kill the firstborn; and Job, who doesn't say anything (which is why some people believe he was afflicted).
Some people actually believe that Job WAS the Pharaoh at the time. Others don't think Job existed at all, and that it is just a story put in to help explain/confuse the nature of the LORD.
Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Uz may or may not be another name for the land of Edom. Some people think that the land of Uz is like saying "a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away".
Job was a good man, so that pretty much throws out the concept of him actually being the Pharaoh.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
He had 10 children, he was blessed.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
If Uz is in the east, what is it east of? Possibly Egypt. Remember, Jethro was the priest of Midian which was east of Jordan, so Uz could have been near there.
Well, Job's kids went and had some parties at their places.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job offered sacrifices for his kids, just in case they accidentally sinned. He didn't know if they did, he just wanted to make sure they were covered in case anything bad happened to them.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Who are these "sons of God"?
Remember back in Genesis 6:2 these creatures were going around impregnating girls. Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. These were the fathers of the Nephilim. It's probably that these "sons of God" were angels.
Basically, God had a called a meeting. The angels showed up, and among that group was Satan. Now the jews just say "adversary" or "prosecutor". This creature's job (not Job) is the prosecuting attorney on Judgment Day. If this is the same Satan that tempted Jesus, then that pretty much throws out the false christian idea that God in heaven can't have sin near him, which is why everyone needs to be saved. Satan as prosecutor would have to be purer than God and want to keep sinful people away. And that just doesn't make sense.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
So this must have been before Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Satan was put into the pit. Is Satan bound in the pit now? Or is he free to come and go as he pleases?
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Satan says of course Job loves/fears God, you don't let anything bad happen to him. If you let bad things happen, then Job would curse you to your face.
So God says, "i'll take your bet!" God let Satan do whatever he wanted to Job, just so long as he didn't touch Job himself.
First, Satan had the Sabeans kill all Job's oxen and donkeys and all the servents with them. The Sabean kingdom was in Yemen. Yemen is located in the bottom part of the Arabian Peninsula. Sana (the capital of Yemen) is 1300 miles from Cairo. So Satan had these people travel 1300 miles just to kill Job's cattle.
Second, God himself burned up all Job's sheep.
Third, Satan had the Chaldeans take all the camels and killed all those servants. The Chaldeans came from Babylonia.
So through these people, we can figure out almost exactly when the story of Job takes place.
The Chaldean Dynasty was in the 6th century BC. The Sabeans were from the 20th to the 1st century... so it would have had to have been in the 6th century. This would put his time as the same as Manasseh to Jehoiakim in the kingdom of Judah. But that doesn't make sense. Unless the word Chaldean wasn't put in until later, and represented just people from Babylon area. If Moses was born in 1393 (according to the jews) then it would have had to have taken place just after Moses birth.
Fourth, Satan caused a wind to come and blow down the house where Job's kids were partying, and killed them all, including the servants.
Luckily at all these events, attack of people from 1300 miles away; divine fire; importation of a dynasty 700 years later; and a tornado in the desert, one person managed to escape and bring the bad news back to Job.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
That's devotion to the LORD!
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 away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
That's either great devotion to the LORD, or the worst case of apathy ever. Normally, people say "the LORD gives and he takes away" when people are gambling and they just won a jackpot which they then continued to bet and wound up losing all their money. Then when their friend comes up later and says, didn't you just win $2,000 on slots, and you say "yeah, but then I spent it all on black jack, 'the LORD gives and the LORD takes away'" not when your 10 children get killed.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
But would it really be charging God foolishly, since he allowed it to happen?
Job was an optimist, he thanked God for the blessings that he had, for when he had them. Some people don't get blessed like that at all. Job truly believed it was better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all.
Job 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
How often does the LORD have these meetings?
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Satan replies that it's easy to keep praising God when even if all things are taken from you, that you still have your health.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
So God lets Satan make him ill.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
eeeew
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job did hurt enough that he wanted to die, but he wouldn't curse God.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Some people claim that Job's wife was named Sitis. Supposedly she did curse the LORD for taking away all their good things, and that she did die.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job's friends.
Eliphaz the Temanite, Eliphaz would have been a descendant of Esau.
Bildad the Shuhite, Bildad would have been a descendant of Shuah who was a son of Abraham.
Zophar the Naamathite, not much is known of Zophar. He's probably from a town long gone called Naamath (not where Joe is from).
Eliphaz and Bildad would have been distant cousins.
When they showed up, they didn't recognize Job due to his sickness.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
This is where the jews get the custom of not talking until the host speaks when in mourning.
Which is rather interesting, since Job isn't Jewish. He may have been considered "Hebrew" as a descendant of Eber, but if this takes place during the time of the birth of Moses, this leads to the question of who has a claim to God?
Job 3
Job finally speaks.
1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
He still doesn't curse the LORD.
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Like a teenager... "I WISH I WAS NEVER BORN!!!"
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Job never wanted to celebrate a birthday again.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Losing everything and getting sick was apparently the thing that pushed him over the edge.
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job 3 is considered a poem. A poem about a person wishing he was never born. Job, the first emo.
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
He's not a strong enough individual to actually kill himself. Instead he just sits around begging to die.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Wasn't I good? why did this happen.
So what have we learned today?
1. Job lost everything all at once. Which is probably why he didn't complain at first, he was just too shocked. It'd be bad enough to lose the cattle, or the sheep, or the camels, or the children, but all at once would definitely put one into shock.
2. Why weren't Job's friends killed too?
3. If you were in high school now, and wrote Job 3, you'd be in the guidance counselor's office before the teacher finished reading the second paragraph.
YIC
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