Job 30:1-31 — Focus on the Present — Lamenting the Depths of Shame and Suffering
UNJUST SUFFERING AND DERISIVE SOCIAL ATTACKS UNLEASH PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGIAL AND SPIRITUAL AGONY WHEN GOD REMAINS SILENT
Job 29:1-25 — Focus on the Past — Longing for the Good Ole Times
PAST BLESSINGS INSPIRE WISTFUL REFLECTIONS
Job 28:1-28 — Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
WISDOM CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN COMMUNION WITH GOD BY DIVINE REVELATION AS WE FEAR HIM AND TURN AWAY FROM EVIL
Job 27:1-23 — Job’s First Monologue — Sticks to His Guns — Stays on Message
JOB REAFFIRMS HIS RIGHTEOUS INTEGRITY, THE VANITY OF HYPOCRISY AND THE DOOMED DESTINY OF THE WICKED
Job 26:1-14 — Job’s Third Reply to Bildad — Your Counsel is Worthless / God’s Power is Awesome
WORTHLESS COUNSEL FAILS TO DRAW OUT RELEVANT APPLICATIONS FROM THE AWESOME POWER OF THE MAJESTIC GOD
Job 25:1-6 — Bildad’s Third Speech — Maggot Theology = Man is Insignificant before God
INSIGNIFICANT MAN SHOULD FORGET ABOUT SEEKING VINDICATION AND PURITY FROM THE MAJESTIC GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE
Job 24:1-25 — Proof that the Doctrine of Retribution Cannot Be Rigidly Applied
DON’T DENY THAT GOD AFFLICTS THE RIGHTEOUS SINCE WE CAN SEE THAT GOD ALLOWS THE WICKED TO PROSPER FOR NOW
Job 23:1-17 — Job’s Third Reply to Eliphaz — The Tension of Faith — Confidence But Frustration
CONFIDENCE IN PERSONAL INTEGRITY FORTIFIES FAITH IN GOD’S SOVEREIGN WORKING DESPITE THE FRUSTRATION OF PERPLEXING SUFFERING
Job 22:1-30 — Eliphaz’s Third Speech — Turn and Be Restored
CALL TO REPENTANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF A RESTORED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Job 21:1-34 — Job’s Second Reply to Zophar — Refutation of Rigid Application of Doctrine of Retribution
THE OBSERVABLE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED REFUTES THE RIGID APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF RETRIBUTION
Job 20:1-29 — The Portion of the Wicked Man
THE HORRIBLE FATE OF THE WICKED, WHILE TRUE, BEARS NO APPLICATION TO THE RIGHTEOUS IN THEIR SUFFERING
Job 19:1-29 — Judgment is Coming
CERTAINTY OF FINAL VINDICATION EASES THE PAIN OF PRESENT REJECTION AND PUTS FALSE ACCUSERS IN ULTIMATE JEOPARDY