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Job STUDY GUIDELesson 1: Job: The PrologueWhat genre is the book of Job?What are its two literary styles? List the good things/blessings Job lostHow did Job react?Explain the “orthodox” theology of Job’s day on suffering, a theology Job’s three friends believed.What brought about Job’s suffering? Use five or six sentences to explain what happened, in the order of events. Lesson 2: Job’s SufferingAfter seven days of silence, what did Job do?To what did Job attribute his suffering?List some aspects of Job’s suffering (include verses).Although he lived much later on, what other biblical figure could identify with Job’s degree of suffering? How? Use Isaiah 53 in your answer.Name and describe the two poetic devices used in the Book of Job.Lesson 3: Advice from Three FriendsWhat were the names of Job’s three friends?What did Job’s friends do when they heard about his tragedy?Lesson 4: Job’s Response15. What did Job’s friends tell Job he needed to do in order to be restored?How did Job’s situation correspond with the “orthodox” theology of his day? What name did Job use for God? What does that name mean? (Cite verse.) What two things did Job vow in his final monologue?Lesson 5: Elihu’s LectureWho was Elihu? Summarize Elihu’s two main arguments.Lesson 6: God’s AnswerHow did God approach Job?Did God answer Job’s questions? What did he do?Of what two creatures did God speak? Why do you think he used these two particular creatures to make his point?Lesson 7: The Epilogue: Holding On to FaithWhat did Job do in response to God? What are the 6 things that happen in the epilogue? (SEE NOTES!)29. What did God instruct the three friends to do? 30. What did God tell Job to do? 35. Who is Richard Wurmbrand? Provide 3 facts.37. How do we know God understands what we are going through?*Review Job 2:3 for test!UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDEAnswer KeyLesson 1: Job: The Prologue1. List the good things/blessings Job lost. Job lost his wealth, his family, and his health.2. How did Job react? “In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. . . . In all this, Job did not sin in what he said” (Job 1:22; 2:10).3. Explain the “orthodox” theology of Job’s day on suffering, a theology Job’s three friends believed. God blesses those who love and obey him and curses those who choose not to obey his commands. This theology taught that Job had been blessed with wealth, family, and good health because he feared God.4. What brought about Job’s suffering? Use five or six sentences to explain what happened, in the order of events. Satan challenged God. He claimed that God’s people follow him because of the blessings and gifts he gives to them. God allowed Satan to take away all Job had, but Job did not curse God. Then Satan continued his challenge, contending that God’s people follow him because of his protection from harm and ill health. God then allowed Satan to strike Job’s body. Even after his wife prompted him to curse God, Job did not sin in anything he said.Lesson 2: Job’s Suffering5. After seven days of silence, what did Job do? He ended his silence by cursing the day of his birth. His suffering had driven him to despair, and he longed for peace and release in death.6. To what did Job attribute his suffering? Job was firmly convinced that he was innocent and that he did not deserve his suffering. He did not blame anyone or anything but was in complete despair, totally unable to understand his situation.7. List some aspects of Job’s suffering. Job’s oxen, sheep, camels, and servants were all lost; his children died; and he was afflicted with painful sores all over his body. He had nightmares, disfigurement, fever, and unrelenting pain. His circumstances were unbearable.8. Although he lived much later on, what other biblical figure could identify with Job’s degree of suffering? How? Jesus, the suffering servant, could identify with Job’s suffering because he was sent as God’s only Son to die on the cross and take upon himself the transgressions of the world. Jesus humbled himself, taking on the form of a servant, and he humbly submitted himself to a gruesome, painful death on the cross in order to do his Father’s will and save us from our sins.9. Name and describe the two poetic devices used in the Book of Job (and Ecclesiastes). Parallelism occurs when the second line echoes the same thought or idea stated in the first line. Reiteration was used in some early biblical poetry to make a passage more memorable and impressive. Most of the time this involves three stresses to a line and then three in the following line. The rhythm of the second line generally follows the same rhythm as the first line. The two lines act as partners, reinforcing each other.Lesson 3: Advice from Three Friends10. What were the names of Job’s three friends? Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar11. What did Job’s friends do when they heard about his tragedy? They came to sympathize with him and comfort him. They wept for him from a distance because they could hardly recognize him. Then they sat in silence with him for seven days and seven nights because they were shocked and saddened by the intensity of his suffering.12. Name four aspects of the prevailing “orthodox” theology of Job’s day, which his friends believed and upon which they based their arguments. (1) Finality of Death—The ancients had no understanding of heaven or an afterlife; if justice was to be done, they thought, it needed to happen during one’s lifetime. (2) Blessings—God blessed those people who followed him. He gave visible blessings—wealth, many children, long life—to those who upheld his commands and lived according to his ways. (3) Punishments—If a person disobeyed God, God would punish that individual through the withdrawal of blessings and through suffering. (4) Restoration—Only when a person turned back to God would he (or she) be restored to his former state.13. Compare Satan’s beliefs with the beliefs of Job’s friends regarding God’s blessings. Job’s friends believed that obedience would earn God’s blessings, while disobedience would bring punishment. Satan alleged that obedience was a result or byproduct of blessings and that suffering would result in disobedience and disbelief in God. Both viewpoints were conditional.14. Where did Job’s friends “miss the mark”? They accused Job of being guilty of sin. They were unable to move beyond their rigid code of beliefs and therefore tried to make God and his actions fit into the limiting mold of those beliefs.Lesson 4: Job’s Response15. What did Job’s friends tell Job he needed to do in order to be restored? Repent of his sins16. How did Job’s situation correspond with the “orthodox” theology of his day? It didn’t fit with the teachings of the “orthodox” theology of the day. Job was suffering, which was seen as a punishment, even though he was innocent.17. What name did Job use for God? What does that name mean? Job referred to God as his Redeemer. It means savior, rescuer, or defender. Job was confident that he would see God and that God would be on his side.18. Explain Job’s reference to the refiner’s fire. Job believed he would be found innocent after he had endured his trials, just as gold is purified by passing through fire.19. What two things did Job vow in his final monologue? His words would not be evil, and he would maintain his innocence until his death.20. What is the Apostles’ Creed? The Apostles’ Creed is a statement that outlines the core beliefs of what the Christian faith professes. It is a basic guide to our faith.Lesson 5: Elihu’s Lecture21. Who was Elihu? He was a younger man who had remained quiet to this point but who in the end wanted a chance to speak to Job. He was angry, both with Job and with Job’s other three friends.22. Summarize Elihu’s two main arguments. Elihu rebuked Job’s claim of innocence; he believed in the value of divine chastening and in God’s redemptive purposes in it.Lesson 6: God’s Answer23. How did God approach Job? “The Lord answered Job out of the storm” (Job 38:1).24. Did God answer Job’s questions? What did he do? God did not approach Job in the way Job wanted and did not answer his questions. Instead, he challenged and humbled Job through a series of questions of his own. He revealed himself in all of his power and made it clear to Job who is really in control.25. Of what two creatures did God speak? Why do you think he used these two particular creatures to make his point? God asked Job to think about the behemoth and the leviathan. God spoke about their strength, their inability to be tamed, and human inability to control these creatures. God, on the other hand, had created these beasts and did have control over them.26. Explain the climax of the Book of Job. After listening to God’s questions, Job made a confession. He admitted his insignificance and his inability to understand God and his ways.27. What did Job do in response to God? Job looked to God, worshiped, and repented.Lesson 7: The Epilogue: Holding On to Faith28. Of what three sins did God pronounce Job’s three friends guilty? God rebuked them for not speaking the truth about God, for trying to fit God into their belief system, and for their false accusations against Job.29. What did God instruct the three friends to do? God instructed them to make sacrifices to show their repentance.30. What did God tell Job to do? God instructed Job to pray on their behalf, promising to accept his prayer.31. At what point did God restore Job? After Job had accepted his sufferings and forgiven his friends, God restored him.32. What did Job’s restoration involve? God gave Job twice as much as he had enjoyed before. He was blessed with the company of his brothers, sisters, and friends, each of whom gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. God gave him seven more sons and three more daughters. God also allowed him 140 more years of life, during which to enjoy his restored wealth, his children, and their children to the fourth generation.33. Describe the “greater cosmic battle” that was won through Job’s endurance of his suffering. Even though Satan had taken away everything that had made Job’s life worthwhile and had subjected his body to terrible pain and suffering, Job did not curse or reject God, as Satan had predicted. Job may not have understood God or God’s ways, but he remained faithful to him until the end. Through Job, God triumphed over Satan and his schemes. ................
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