2. The answer to Job’s Trial
The book of Job
Job lived in the land of Uz around the time of Abraham 2,000 BC.
The book of Job is a poem which conveys emotion; it is full of drama, dialogue and references to nature.

3. The story of Job
Job 1:8 The lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, there is none like him in the earth…perfect and upright?
Job 1:11 Put forth thine hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:5 Put forth thine hand and touch his bone and his flesh and he will curse thee to thy face.

4. The Story of Job
Lost job; sheep, cattle, oxen, camels, financial ruin.
Lost children (7 sons, 3 daughters).
Sickness, boils from head to toe.
Couldn’t understand why it happened to him, because he was righteous. God rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked.
Job’s fiends believed that Job must deserve this punishment from God (miserable comforters).

5. The last 5 chapters of Job
What changed Job’s position, what did he learn that caused him to be twice as blessed in the end?
What did he fail to realize for 37 chapters?
What can help us with things we are waiting for and help us understand when we or others go through a trial like Job?

6. Chapter 38
38:1 Then God answered Job out of the whirlwind and said … Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

7. Chapter 38
38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if you know it all. 38:21 You know it because you were born then or because the number of thy days is great?

8. Job
40:2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? 40:8 Will you disannul my judgement? Will you condemn me that you may be righteous? 32:2 Because Job justified himself rather than God.

9. Chapter 38
38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasure of the snow ..or the treasure of the hail,..or a way for lightning of thunder to cause it to rain. Has rain a father or who has begotten (produced) the drops of dew?

10. Chapter 38
38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the wilderness wherein there is no man, to satisfy the desolate and waste ground.

11. Chapter 38
38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is, on the wilderness wherein there is no man, to satisfy the desolate and waste ground.

12. 38:34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover you? 38:37 who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven.

13. 38:34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover you? 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven. 12,900 cubic km 2.5cm 0.001% total earths’ water

14. Mountain goat, wild ass, eagle nest, how to feed the lion & raven.

15. Job 39:9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, will he plough the valley after you? Will you trust him because his strength is great?

16. Job 39: 19 Has thou given the horse strength. He mocks at fear,
Job 39: 19 Has thou given the horse strength? He mocks at fear, .. neither turns he back from the sword. He smells the battle afar off.

17. Job 39.13 Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacock or wings and feathers to the ostrich?

18. Job 39.13 Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacock or wings and feathers to the ostrich?

19. Job 39:14 the ostrich which leaves her eggs in the earth, forgets that the foot may crush them, she is hardened against them as though they weren’t hers; because God has deprived her of wisdom.

20. Job 39:14 the ostrich which leaves her eggs in the earth, forgets that the foot may crush them, she is hardened against them as though they weren’t hers; because God has deprived her of wisdom.

21. Job 39:14 the ostrich which leaves her eggs in the earth, forgets that the foot may crush them, she is hardened against them as though they weren’t hers; because God has deprived her of wisdom.

22. his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree
Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant). He eats grass like an ox, his strength is in his loins,
his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree
covers him with their shadow.
He drinks up a river, he trusts
that he can drink up Jordan
into his mouth.

23. Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant)
Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant). He eats grass like an ox, his strength is in his loins, his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree covers him with their shadow. He drinks up a river, he trusts that he can drink up Jordan into his mouth.

24. Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant)
Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant). He eats grass like an ox, his strength is in his loins, his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree covers him with their shadow. He drinks up a river, he trusts that he can drink up Jordan into his mouth.

25. his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree
Job 40:15 Behold now the behemoth (large beast or Elephant). He eats grass like an ox, his strength is in his loins,
his bones are as strong as brass; like bars of iron, the shady tree
covers him with their shadow.
He drinks up a river, he
trusts that he can drink
up Jordan into his mouth.

26. Job 41:1 Can you draw out Leviathan (Crocodile) with a hook,
Job 41:1 Can you draw out Leviathan (Crocodile) with a hook,.. will he make a covenant with you, will you play with him as with a bird? Will you capture him for your maidens? Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up, who then is able to stand before me?

27. Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up, who then is able to stand before me?

28. Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up, who then is able to stand before me?

29. Job 41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a closed seal. One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

30. Job 41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a closed seal. One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

31. Job 41:33 nothing on earth is its equal, a creature without fear.

32. Job 41:34 it is king over all that are proud.

33. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction..

34. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction..

35. Conclusion
Job 42:1 Then Job answered the Lord and said, I know you can do all things, no thought or purpose of yours can be thwarted (opposed). Job 42:10 …the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. James 5:11 .. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

36. New Testament Purpose
Rom 8:28 .. All things work together for good.. to them who are called according to his purpose. 1 Pet 1:7 trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes. 1Cor 10:13 will with the trial make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it. John 16:24 .. ask and you shall receive that your joy may be full. 2Cor 12:9 ..my grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

37. New Testament Purpose
Phil 1:12.. The things that have happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; Phil 1:21 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Matt 10:28 Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, Rom 8:36 we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, ..in all these things we are more that conquerors through him that loved us. 1 Cor 15: 51 we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye..