Our belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection is based upon the fulfilled prophecies of the Old Testament and the eye-witness accounts of those who saw Him after His resurrection.
His resurrection impacts us when we enter into His death with Him.
There are three deaths and three resurrections – spirit, soul and body and they cannot be experienced in any other order.
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As I have often taught on Palm Sunday the so-called ‘Triumphant Entry’ of Jesus into Jerusalem was anything but! They preconceived ideas and selfish-ambitions blinded them to Messiah and they missed their day of Visitation.
This year we’ve focused more on NOT repeated their mistakes by honoring Jesus as our Messiah, God & King through sincere love OF Him, a deep and abiding reverence FOR Him, unwavering trust IN Him followed by absolute obedience TO Him!
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Job has ended his arguments and his friends are done tyring to convince him of their views. Job has become self-righteous and accusatory at God.
God desires to justify his servant, and bring his trials to a quick end, but He must procure Job’s humility first for God’s grace only comes to the humble. Those in pride He will actively resist.
So in steps the young man Elihu, who begins to provide a context for another way of viewing his difficulties. Elihu becomes a spiritual covering for Job serving him in the capacity of a mediator and intercessor!
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These chapters cover Job’s last lines of defense he offers in rebuttal to Bildad and by extension to his other two friends as well.
Job sees himself in favorable light which appears to be a bit larger-than-real-life depiction.
Regardless of all this, Job has sunk into a type of pride from which God is about to deliver him by a most unlikely source!
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The arguments defending individual positions continue. We begin with Job’s reply to Eliphaz. Then Bildad’s short response, followed again by Job’s long retort.
One argument of Job’s which is somewhat representative of all his arguments is that God cannot be found or approached so he can defend himself. He can see where God has been and what He has done, but cannot hear His voice which must be softer than a whisper!
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