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“I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.” Job 16:2 Job has finished hearing his 3 friends respond. Today’s verse summarizes his reaction. As stated previously, each of these men sat with Job for 7 days in silence to grieve with him; they even “raised their voices and wept”. Initially, they appeared […]

“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered and a talkative man be acquitted?” Job 11:2 Today we are introduced to Job’s 3rd friend Zophar and his response. As I mentioned earlier, he and his 2 friends had previously sat for 7 days saying nothing. Why should anything change? “Hey Zophar”, limit your words to “Job,

“If your sons sinned against Him, then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.” Job 8:4 So today we have Friend #2 speaking. As I said yesterday, when they arrived they wept and were silent…for 7 days. No doubt they cared for Job and revealed that by their display of grief and sorrow.

“Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,” Job 4:1 For 7 days, Job’s 3 friends sat silent with him to sympathize and grieve. We’re told that when they saw him “and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept.” Finally, Job speaks, and rather than continue in silence, praying for their friend, we have today’s

“Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.” Job 1:22 There is so much to learn from Job. I think every year I read this Book I learn something new. Consider today’s verse. He loses ALL his possessions and ALL his children, and yet,…”did not sin”! Staggering!!! But consider “what” he

“For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus,” Esther 10:3a As one reads through the Book of Esther, the one overriding theme again and again is the Sovereignty of God; And yet, the Name of God is never mentioned once! In the last verse of this Book, we are told something that “No

“During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.” Esther 6:1 I love the story of Esther! It’s like watching a Play. Several plots unfold, interweaving a tale of the good against the bad. It’s also

“Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai” Esther 2:5a Esther is a most amazing Story! It reads more like a script to a movie than a Book of the Bible. Though named for the new Queen, its central figure is her cousin Mordecai, who has raised her after

“On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people;” Nehemiah 13:1a One theme that is central to the Book of Nehemiah is the Word of God. Here, at the beginning of Chapter 13, we see it by it being read, and then throughout it to the end,

“and all the people were attentive to the book of the law.” Nehemiah 8:3b The Wall has been completed and the People of God gather in Jerusalem “as one man”. And what brought them together? The Word of God! If there was one thing the Jews had learned from their Captivity, it was the Extreme