Introductions to Job - a blameless man

The Book of Job Introductions

 

This book is named after its central character and speaker.  The theme is about a very wealthy man who lost everything that was dear to him.  But it is so much more than that it is about God and the spiritual forces of evil.  It deals with depression, physical pain, faith, and friends, accusers, and in the end, God alone had the final word and restored all that Job had lost.  

 

We do not know the author, but we do know he had insight into the knowledge of the heavens, and he had knowledge of plants, foreign lands, animals, of human professions.  In the Holman Study Bible it gives us this insight: “He was a wise man, familiar with traditional wisdom (6:5-6; 17:5; 28:12,28), but above all a man of spiritual sensitivity (1:1,5,8; 2:3; 14;14-15; 16;11-21;19:23-27;23:10; 34:26-28; 40:1-5; 42:1-6).  He was doubtless an Israelite as confirmed by his frequent use of God’s covenant name (Yahweh).”

 

I want to end this introduction with this insight from the Homan Study Bible, it deals with the message and purpose Job has in the Scripture.  “The book of Job demonstrates that a sovereign, righteous God is sufficient and trustworthy for every situation in life, even in the most difficult of circumstances.”

 

Job Chapter 1:1

 

“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.”  As we explore the first five verses you get an insight into the integrity of Job, but one must read the conversation in heaven between God and Satan.  These are the words of God about Job, ^“And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”

 

As we explore this book we will do our best to grasp Satan’s come back and how God has restricted His powers over us.  The book of Job has vast wisdom for those who seek it, but it will require a willing spirit to adapt to walking in the spirit and not by a feeling of the flesh.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice