Expedition 44

In this episode we cover a deeper understanding of the Deuteronomy 32- supernatural worldview (Coined by Dr. Michael Heiser- Naked Bible Podcast) of the Bible and how it fits with your theology for the rest of scripture.

Pastor Steve Cassell joins Doc Ryan to discuss the Words of Job's wife.

Taking a look at the final thoughts and words of Job. Its a call to man up and trust God as the Sovereign relational God of Love. In a heart of servanthood and humility repent and pray.

Doc Ryan of Expedition 44 and Pastor Matt take a deeper look at the monsters of the book of Job.

Doc Ryan and Pastor Matt take a look at the dialogue speeches in the book of job and the characters that give them. Chapters 3- 27 is the dialogue chapter of the book in 29 begins the discourse section of the book so what we have in chapter 28 is basically an interesting hymn.     Theodicy – the vindication of the justice of God in the light of humanity's suffering The conventional answer in ancient Israel was that God rewards virtue and punishes sin (the principle known as "retributive justice")   In the poetic dialogues Job's friends see his suffering and assume he must be guilty, since God is just. Job, knowing he is innocent, concludes that God must be unjust. He retains his piety throughout the story (belying The Challengers suspicion that his righteousness is due to the expectation of reward), but makes clear from his first speech that he agrees with his friends that God should and does reward righteousness.

The traditional response to Job is to view Satan as the same entity as the  cosmic evil force of Satan as characterized in the New Testament.  But when you consider the Hebrew usage of the term it isn't quite as clear. Doc Ryan and Pastor Matt take an in depth look at the character that plays the role of the challenger in the book of job and what other theological considerations you may explore through this study.

Doc Ryan takes a look at the role that the wife of Job plays in the book.     Did she leave Job because of all the sufferings?  Did she die?  Was there a second wife? We know that Job’s wealth and family were greatly restored and increased to him as we read in Job 42:12-13, “So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.”     The traditional interpretation is that she is urging Job to curse God, The Hebrew verb barak occurs just over 325 times in the Old Testament, most frequently translated “to bless” in the sense of giving benefits. When Job’s wife said to “barak God and die” her words could be translated “give thanks to God, then die!” It could also mean to knel down, If this meaning of barak is applied, Job’s wife would have urged him to “kneel down before God, then die!”   What about the Testament of Job? The apocryphal Divrei Iyov shares the not only the name of job’s first wife Uzit, but also tells of Job’s second wife, Dinah daughter of Jacob, who bore him his sons and daughters when the Lord blessed him, at the end of the book of Job.

Perhaps you have always thought of the story of Job as difficult within the character of God. John Walton has shared that many readers have a very skewed perception of the character of God in Job. Most people look at this book and think that God is in a betting match with Satan, ruins a righteous mans life for no apparent (good) reason, and wipes out his family (also God following people) to make a point to the adversary; all with no explanation to man and in the end just gives a speech that we aren’t worthy of God’s explanations. I think there is more to this story. We serve a loving relational God who is both completely sovereign and dynamic. Join us as we explore some of the tough questions that we will be working through theologically and see how the character of God in job aligns well with the rest of scripture.

Doc Ryan and Matt  kick off a series on the Book of Job. We dive in with an introduction and discuss several key points of the book to include: -righteousness linked with Blessings -Policy of righteousness   -Suffering -God is wise -Trial -Accuser the satan - theodicy   -Divine Council -Authorship -Wisdom -Dead sea scrolls -open theism