We began this series on January 11, 2017 and continues to this day.
It chronicles our ongoing trek through the Bible beginning in Genesis, though our trek has not followed a 100% traditional order.
We have attempted to keep books whose contents are related in time, as much together as possible with some noteworth exceptions.
The specific chapters covered are NOT usually part of the title of each post making specific scriptures a little tricky to find by a simple “search”.
To compensate for that we have a page dedicated to this series which lists each of the scriptures we’ve covered so far as a link. It is our hope that this will help aid you in your studies….God Bless!
God gave permission to satan to attack Job due to an accusation against Job’s character and godly fear. This permission included all Job possessed.
Last week we examined how that could have included his adult children. This week we are examining how this could have affected his servants who also lost their lives.
At the end we just introduce the beginning of chapter 2 and Job’s second trial.
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As Job’s trials begin we see that the target of accusation is really God.
In this message we begin to uncover some of the basics regarding the suffering of the godly. We also address the issue of Job’s children dying and its connection with Job.
This discussion touches on the topics of authority, what we think we know about satan and demons, temptation and the nature of the coflict between satan and God.
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The first two chapters of Job are pivotal in understanding the whole book.
In this first chapter, we see that Job is blameless, upright and shuns evil. He is concerned for his children and so offers burnt sacrifices for them regularly.
After having sought the whole earth, satan sets his heart on Job to destroy him and so approaches God for permission.
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Job: An Ancient Poem of a Real Life
Tonight we introduce the book of Job, which is without question the most unique book of the entire Bible.
It is not only the oldest book in scripture, it is the historical account of a pivotal time in this man’s life, written in a form of poetry which also takes it’s place along side Proverbs and Ecclessiastes as Wisdom literature.
It is the ONLY book of the Old Testament which never mentions any patriarch, any prophet, the law of Moses, Israel, circumcision, the covenant, the temple, the Ark of the covenant, the priesthood or any other reference to the rest of scripture.
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Thru the Bible: Zechariah 9&10
Nearly 200 years from the time of this prophecy Greece would run a circuit all around Judah, making war and conquoring but leave Israel untouched. Tyre was to be a major part of that campaign. The last land to be actually conquored would be Persia itself thus bringing the empire’s dominion to an end all under the leadership of Alexandar the Great.
This prophecy is a starting point. It moves on past Alexandar and the Grecean Empire to the time of the Maccabean revolt when Israel would achieve independance from Greece, just before Rome took their place.
All of this was prophecied by Daniel MANY years before Zechariah, but Zechariah’s served both as a witness to these things AND added more details about this time.
In this prophecy greater Israel, meaning the Northern Kingdom is represented in Ephraim and the southern kingdom in Judah.
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