Job 40:3-5 — Job’s First Reply — Job Humbled and Silenced
CONFRONTED WITH HIS RELATIVE SMALLNESS, JOB IS HUMBLED AND SILENCED
Job 38:1 – 40:2 — Interrogation of Job Regarding God’s Created Order
GOD’S AWESOME DESIGN AND PROVIDENTIAL CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IS IN IT SHOULD CAUSE US TO HUMBLY SUBMIT
Job 36:1 – 37:24 — Elihu’s Fourth Speech — Not WHY Do You Suffer But WHAT Can You Learn
GOD’S POWER AND WISDOM AS DISPLAYED IN NATURE REINFORCE HIS JUSTICE AND USE OF AFFLICTION FOR DISCIPLINE TO RECOVER THE WAYWARD RIGHTEOUS
Job 35:1-16 — Elihu’s Third Speech — Waiting for God When He Is Silent
DEFENDING THE JUSTICE OF GOD INVOLVES WRESTLING WITH DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
Job 34:1-37 — Elihu’s Second Speech — Defense of God’s Justice
BOTH THE CHARACTER AND GOVERNANCE OF GOD REFUTE ANY CHARGE OF INJUSTICE
Job 33:1-33 — Elihu’s Response: God Does Speak — But In Unexpected Ways
GOD USES DREAMS, PAIN AND MEDIATION TO COMMUNICATE HOW ONE CAN AVOID THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND ENJOY HIS GRACE
Job 32:1-22 — Elihu’s Introduction — Impassioned and Impelled to Speak
THE BURDEN FOR IMPARTING WISDOM FALLS ON THOSE TRULY INSPIRED BY GOD REGARDLESS OF AGE OR EXPERIENCE
Job 31:1-40 — Focus on the Future — Oath of Innocence
EVEN JOB’S DRAMATIC OATH OF INNOCENCE CANNOT FORCE GOD TO BREAK HIS SILENCE AND ADDRESS HIS UNJUST SUFFERING
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