Job 1-5
- Lots of similarities between Noah and Job
- Job 1:6 refers to angels as the sons of God, including satan.
- God initiates a conversation with Satan about Job
- Satan here means adversary, one who resists, accuser. Many believe that Satan does not refer to a single being but a general term. This could mean just a fallen angel. Later there will be a specific reference to a fallen angel named Lucifer
- In revelation, 1/3 of all angels created ended up rebelling.
- Satan created the plan to attack job and God allowed it
- Job lost things twice from acts of men and twice from acts of nature
- Is fire from heaven an old school way to refer to lightning?
- In all of this, Job did not sin
- Jobs friends sat with him in silence, but when they started to talk, they gave him bad counsel.
Job 6-9
- Where is my sin?
- What can I own in this situation?
- Our issues are sometimes just the result of a fallen world, not caused by our own doing
- Mercy is when you don’t get what you deserve. We all deserve hell and punishment.
- Grace is when you get what you don’t deserve. We get to enter into a relationship with God despite our wickedness.
- God Shot
- We see how powerful God is but he also steps down to be intimate with us
Job 10-13
- Some stuff his friends say is true
- Maybe Job’s friends jumped at blaming him because of their own insecurities.
- His friends may have always been inferior to him and for the first time they were superior to him
- God is the author even though he wasn’t the active agent
- God Shot
- God is our hope. Job says “though he slay me, I will hope in Him”
Job 14-16
- My life will last the exact amount of time that God has determined
- Job grieves and his friend thinks that’s a sign that Job doesn’t trust God. But even Jesus grieved and mourned.
- God calls us to mourn with those who mourn, not to advise or condemn them
- Job begins to doubt God and attributes all that is happening to him to God allowing Satan to do it
- Sitting with someone else in suffering teaches us patience and compassion
- God Shot
- God is sovereign over a lifespan
- Where does it feel like God is infringing on my life?
Job 17-37
- I know that my redeemer lives
- Points to the coming of Christ
- So many of Job’s loved ones past away, yet his God lives
- Satan did not kill Job’s friends and Job’s did more harm than good
Job 38-42
- God waited a long time before he finally spoke to Job.
- LORD is in all caps. He used his personal name (YHWY or Jehova)
- Job didn’t repent
- God didn’t answer any of Job’s questions
- God reveals his power by describing who He is (creator, initiator, fulfiller according to His plan)
- Probably reference to Jesus when He talks about the wild ox spending the night next to a manger
- Job was sarcastic with his friends, God made a sarcastic remark to Job (you should know, for your days are great)
- God doesn’t strike Job dead for questioning Him, instead he was patient