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Iyov | Job ch.9 - Who Ever Challenged God and Survived?
Iyov responds to Bildad by saying that he would love justice - he would love to bring God to trial and vindicate himself. But that with the radical p…
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.8 - Divine Justice
Bildad is the second friend of Iyov,
He also offers accusation rather than support.
In his attempt to justify God, he essentially claims that Iyov's …
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.7 - Divine Attention
In this chapter Iyov asks God why he is subject to such close scrutiny?
How much attention do we want from God?
Is God's attention a good thing or a …
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.6 - How to Speak to a Friend in Pain
Iyov and his friend Eliphaz are not merely having a philosophical argument, they are speaking at cross-purposes, they are engaged in different langua…
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.5 - The Long Arc of History
Eliphaz appeals to Iyov, that in the broad long run of history, God might sometimes strike a bitter blow, but in the broad calculus of time: "He {God…
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.4 - What innocent man ever perished?
The first of Job's friends challenges Job's status as "wholesome and blameless" and he charges: "What innocent man ever perished?" In other words - I…
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.3 - Cursed is the Day I was Born
In this chapter, after 7 days of silence, Job begins to speak.
He 1. curses the day he was born, and the night of his conception. 2. Longs for death …
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.2 - Among the Ashes
If ch.1 gave us the awful loss of Job's wealth and the death of his ten children, today we see Satan take a step forward and afflict Job with the ago…
1 year, 7 months ago
Iyov | Job ch.1 - Satan's Wager
What happens when the man who has it all loses everything?
What happens when a world of order turns to disarray?
What happens when Satan makes a wage…
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Iyov | Job - Introduction
We move from Sefer Mishlei, an ordered, ethical world, to Iyov - a cruel world in which the righteous suffer. Today we offer a few words of introduct…
1 year, 7 months ago