WE find the same scene repeated that we saw in the previous chapter. We should note that Satan does not give up easily, he is persistent, and he does not cry uncle when he fails. In addition, Satan shows absolutely no remorse for Job's suffering.... [ Continue Reading ]
"HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB….AND HE STILL HOLDS FAST HIS INTEGRITY": Yes Satan, remember what you said about Job and how you slandered him and accused him of being. fair weather friend. "Intruding into. meeting of heaven's council once again, he acts as if nothing has happened" _(McKenna p.... [ Continue Reading ]
"SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID": Satan does not apologize, he does not repent, and neither does he admit any fault whatever! "SKIN FOR SKIN! YES, ALL THAT. MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE": Here is the terrible accusation that Job had been willing to part with his possessions and even the lives... [ Continue Reading ]
"HOWEVER, PUT FORTH YOUR HAND NOW AND TOUCH HIS BONE AND HIS FLESH; HE WILL CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE": Satan argues that if Job were made to suffer physically, that he would curse God.... [ Continue Reading ]
"SO THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, 'BEHOLD, HE IS IN YOUR POWER, ONLY SPARE HIS LIFE'": Once again we see that Satan does not have unlimited power. Notice that God is not the actual agent that brings suffering upon God, yet He permits it to happen. In addition, Satan probably does not want Job dead either,... [ Continue Reading ]
"THEN SATAN WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND SMOTE JOB WITH SORE BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT TO THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD" Satan immediately caused Job to have painful sores all over his body. Compare this with the festering boils that came upon the Egyptians (Exodus 9:8-11). "The nature o... [ Continue Reading ]
"AND HE TOOK. POTSHERD TO SCRAPE HIMSELF": So intense was the itching from the sores that Job took. broken piece of pottery to scrape himself. Yet note that Satan still has no avenue of attack in the character of Job. "His point of entry is physical" _(McKenna p. 45). _ "While he was sitting among t... [ Continue Reading ]
"THEN HIS WIFE SAID TO HIM, 'DO YOU STILL HOLD FAST YOUR INTEGRITY? CURSE GOD AND DIE!'" This probably explains why Satan had not destroyed Job's wife previously with the rest of the family. Here she becomes. tool that the devil can use, and is another temptation that Job must face. "At the moment... [ Continue Reading ]
"YOU SPEAK AS ONE OF THE FOOLISH WOMEN SPEAKS": "God intends that husbands and wives assist one another in their heavenward journey, but sometimes mates turn out to be more of. hindrance than. help" _(Jackson p. 23)._ Sadly, at times the person who is tempted to curse God is not the actual person wh... [ Continue Reading ]
"NOW WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS ADVERSITY THAT HAD COME UPON HIM, THEY CAME EACH ONE FROM HIS OWN PLACE": So far so good (Romans 12:15; James 1:27). "ELIPHAZ": (EL ih faz). "THE TEMANITE": (TEE mum ite). Either. descendant of Teman or an inhabitant of the region occupied by the clan... [ Continue Reading ]
"WHEN THEY LIFTED UP THEIR EYES AT. DISTANCE AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM": The disease that afflicted Job had ravaged and disfigured his physical appearance, so much so that his closest friends did not even recognize him. Compare with Isaiah 53:3. "THEY RAISED THEIR VOICES AND WEPT. AND EACH OF THEM T... [ Continue Reading ]
"THEN THEY SAT DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH HIM FOR SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS WITH NO ONE SPEAKING. WORD TO HIM, FOR THEY SAW THAT HIS PAIN WAS VERY GREAT" The usual time for mourning for the dead was seven days (Genesis 50:10; 1 Samuel 31:13; Ezekiel 3:15). "For one of them to speak prior to the suff... [ Continue Reading ]