Day 263..."Job, Jeremiah, and Jail"
We begin the Book of Job today. Job is a righteous and prosperous person. Satan challenges him by taking away cherished family members, possessions, and inflicts him with sores. In the face of these challenges, Job perseveres. His friends (and later we will read more about them) Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad fast and sit quietly with Job for seven days. As we read through Job, we will be challenged to make sense of suffering. Our reading through the Bible will confront what is known theologically as theodicy. Jeremiah sees a vision of an almond branch and boiling pot. The "almond branch" represents the Lord looking out over His Word to perform His word. The "boiling pot" to the north represents trouble brewing by disobedience.
Our journey through Acts ends today. Paul reaches Rome and is under house arrest for two years. Paul survives a snake bite and much persecution. Acts implies his last two years are uneventful. We do not have a description of Paul's death in the Book of Acts.
posted by Philip McVay @ 6:25 AM
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Job is an encouraging book to me because it shows that God places the limits on the devil. Satan appears to provoke God into letting Satan test Job. Each time God sets the limits.
Job is a picture of the righteous in God who we each are if we are in Christ Jesus. God uses Satan to "prove" Job and that leads to a double blessing - Job ends up with double what he lost. Praise God for His faithfulness.
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