October 22, 2023 - "On The Bible's Terms"

Scripture Passage: Job 1

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Reformation
Sola Scriptura
Understanding My Strange Bible
Find It Fast in the Bible

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The Bible on the Bible's Terms
Job not job

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Structure
ch 1&2 Set up story
ch 3 - 41 Poetic dialogue
ch 42 Summary story

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Parallels
1:3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
42:12 He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels,

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History: when?
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.

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Content: why is this included?
  he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned...

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Translation
 6 One day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came

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Style: repetition
...and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
4x

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Genre: Is Job like John?
Rev 1:1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, ... He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw

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Interpretation
22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

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Inspiration
Yes, but how?

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Literal Truth

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The Message:
However it comes to be, how do we deal with justice, God and the reality of suffering?

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Summary
The deepest respect we can have for the Bible is to let it guide us, including guiding us into how we are to understand each passage.