| JOB - OVERVIEW (PART 2) - THE MESSAGE |
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The Way of Life Spiritual Development Center |
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Book of Job
The Book of Job is written in a mixture of prose and poetry. It has a prologue (1:1-5) that introduces us to the man that the book is about. The prologue is written in prose. It is a narrative. We learn a lot about Job as was explained in the first part of the overview.
The setting of the prologue is in two places: the first on earth and the second in heaven.
Job has 42 chapters. Most of the chapters (3 to 37) focus on Job's monologues and cycles of conversations with his three friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar.
Notice that the book is written in prose, then poetry, and then prose again.
Debates
First Cycle
--- Eliphaz and Job's response
--- Bildad and Job
--- Zophar and Job
Second Cycle
--- Eliphaz and Job
--- Bildad and Job
--- Zophar and Job
Third Cycle
---Eliphaz and Job
---Bildad and Job
Deliverances
Chapters 38-42
---First Controversy of Job and God
---Second Controversy of God and Job
---Deliverance of Job and His Friends
Two Speeches by God with Job's Responses
The Book of Job also has an epilogue (42:7-17) that tells us how the story ends with Job's restoration. It is written in prose like the epilogue.
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Things to Remember
---Job is considered to be the oldest book in the Bible.
---While most people think the central theme of the Book of Job is suffering. It is about Job's suffering, but the central theme is the sovereignty of God.
---Learn along with Job that suffering is not always because of sin.
Key Chapters
Chapter 40: Job's Consciousness of God
Chapter 42: Climax when Job repents and no longer demands an answer to "Why?"
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