Number 11 Flashcards
(24 cards)
The main theme of Job is not the_______of Job (the secondary theme), but rather the _____of God
Suffering- sovereignty
The author of Job is not mentioned, but the following individuals have been proposed
1) ______(the view of Jewish tradition). _____ probably either authored or commended this book to the Jewish people, or they never would have accepted this non-– Jewish work.
2) _____(the 4th friend)
3) _____
Moses, Elihu, Job
The book of Job is thought to be the________Book of the Bible. Its events occurred during the time of the _________, just before or after Abraham’s time.
Oldest - patriarchs
_______addresses the issue of “why the righteous suffer”
Job
God will never allow anything to happen to you that he does not intend to be for:
________ good
Other’s ______
________glory
Your - blessings - his
God will never allow anything to happen to his children, which is____ than they can bear with his grace
More
How many children did Job lose?
10
What was Job’s righteous response to losing his 10 children? He ________, he __________, He focused on what God _______, not what God ______away
Mourned, worshipped, gave, took
________- who bases his arguments on mystical ________ and personal experience and declares that Job should repent, because all his suffering are the result of his sin.
Eliphaz- visions
______~ who bases his arguments on ______ and declares that Job should repent, because all his sufferings are the result of his sin.
Bildad- tradition
________~ who bases his arguments on personal _________ And declares that Job should repent, because all his sufferings are the result of his sin.
Zophar- opinion
________~ who remains silent until the end out of respect for his elders and finally declares that all four of them are________
Elihu - wrong
Job’s 3 friends cannot answer Job and cease their arguments. ______is angry with all four speakers.
Elihu
Elihu is upset that Job “justified _______ rather than God” and that his self-righteous and _________ defense had finally brought him to the point of________God
Himself , prideful, Accusing
_____is upset with the 3 friends, “because they found _____answer, and yet had ________Job
Elihu- no- condemned
Elihu has waited to speak because of his __________
Youth- he delays until everyone else is exhausted from the lengthy debate with Job. This debate has provided no answers concerning the real reasons for Job’s suffering. Elihu could no longer refrain himself from speaking.
Elihu defends God’s righteousness in suffering by saying: “God has the _________ to remain ________ and still be _____ and ________; and to understand suffering, we must see God’s ______
Right- silent- just and sovereign- Glory
Elihu’s first speech (Job 33) defends God against Job’s assertion that God is______ in Job’s sufferings
Silent
Elihu’s second speech (Job34) defends God’s _______in allowing Job’s sufferings
Justice
Elihu’s third speech (Job35) defends God’s _________ against Job’s assertion that God is unfair and not rewarding Job’s innocence
Sovereignty
Elihu’s 4th speech again defends God’s justice and __________and exhorts Job to consider God’s_____
sovereignty , Glory
Elihu points out that there are______ Just reasons for suffering other than personal sin.
Other
Elihu points out that Job does not have to accept the conclusion that either he has sinned (as his friends asserted) or that God is unjust (as he finally asserted)
True
Elihu prepares the way for God’s ____as God himself actually continues with some of Elihu’s themes.
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