Biblical Reading and Reflections: May 5th (Job 33 & 1 Peter 2:11—3:7)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Elihu's Discourse on God's Words
Elihu's speeches don't contain the sort of rebukes and castigations that we see from the previous speeches of the friends. He represents job's own position, drawing upon job's words in chapter nine or 13. Elihuh's objection to job's position seems to be that he's playing a zero sum game with god. By the manner of his insistence that he is in the right, he is putting blame at god's door. In contending with god, he is engaging in a futile endeavour.
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