For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Rev. 20 What is the lake of fire, and who and what ends up there? I’m a little confused about the thousand years ...
Tag: Job
Y2 Day 216 – Rev 19; Job 3-5Y2 Day 216 – Rev 19; Job 3-5
Rev. 19 When Babylon falls, a great multitude praises God. Why do they praise Him? Where are you praying for God’s justice to prevail? What I see is that the fall of Babylon is our ...
Y2 Day 215 – Rev 18; Job 1-2; Ps 91Y2 Day 215 – Rev 18; Job 1-2; Ps 91
For a description of the (Y2) reading plan, see the “About” page. Rev. 18 What would verse 4 have meant to John’s readers? What does it mean to you practically to “come out of Babylon?” ...
Day 25 – Job 41-42; Matt 16Day 25 – Job 41-42; Matt 16
Job 41-42 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.” (Job 42:1) God is sovereign. Who are we to make demands of God or to think ...
Day 24 – Job 38-40; Matt 15:21-39Day 24 – Job 38-40; Matt 15:21-39
Job 38-40 What I get out of God’s response to Job thus far…Job, you are not God! (…and neither am I!) Matt. 15:21-39 This is the second time that Jesus has marveled at the faith ...
Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20
Job 36-37 The problem I have with the views of Job’s friends is that they are judging people based on their circumstances. If bad things are happening to you, you are being judged by God, ...
Day 22 – Job 34-35; Matt 14:22-36Day 22 – Job 34-35; Matt 14:22-36
Job 34-35 Why is Elihu so mad? He seems to be saying pretty much the same thing all the others are saying. Job’s friends are not all wrong in what they say, but they are ...
Day 21 – Job 32-33; Matt 14:1-21Day 21 – Job 32-33; Matt 14:1-21
Job 32-33 I don’t know what business Elihu has getting angry with everyone just because he thinks they are all wrong and because nothing has been resolved. But he is. And he, too, believes Job ...
Day 20 – Job 30-31; Matt 13:31-58Day 20 – Job 30-31; Matt 13:31-58
Job 30-31 Wow – Job, throughout his life, has considered every aspect of it and how to live it righteously before God. God, enlarge the part of me that wants to live less for me ...
Day 19 – Job 28-29; Matt 13:1-30Day 19 – Job 28-29; Matt 13:1-30
Job 28-29 “Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.” (Job 28:28) This is a Truth that is repeated in Proverbs and possibly other places in ...
Day 18 – Job 25-27; Matt 12:24-50Day 18 – Job 25-27; Matt 12:24-50
Job 25-27 So many words…and the point of them all is rather lost on me. One thing I do get is that Job’s friends were of no help or encouragement to him at all. I ...
Day 17 – Job 22-24; Matt 12:1-23Day 17 – Job 22-24; Matt 12:1-23
Job 22-24 Well, now Eliphaz is just making stuff up!! He lays out accusations to Job that couldn’t be further from the truth! Note to self: the act of making stuff up to fit your ...
Day 16 – Job 20-21; Matt 11Day 16 – Job 20-21; Matt 11
Job 20-21 I think maybe part of the point of this book of Job is to adjust our idea of what is “fair”. We get hung up on that – “fair”. We want to think ...
Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42
Job 17-19 Job’s friends continue to attack him based on what they believe to be true – that Job would not be suffering if he was innocent. But Job, though he insists that God is ...
Day 13 – Job 11-13; Matt 9:18-38Day 13 – Job 11-13; Matt 9:18-38
Job 11-13 Zophar adds that, not only must Job be guilty of something, but that God must be going easy on him! Job’s friends refuse to consider that Job might indeed be innocent, because they ...
Day 12 – Job 8-10; Matt 9:1-17Day 12 – Job 8-10; Matt 9:1-17
Job 8-10 Bildad is making some hard assumptions about how God works – He will do this and He won’t do that – but who are we to assume we know the ways of God? ...
Day 11 – Job 5-7; Matt 8:18-34Day 11 – Job 5-7; Matt 8:18-34
Job 5-7 I am beginning to think that the purpose for the book of Job is so that we will not speak to our friends who are suffering in the way that Job’s friends spoke ...
Day 10 – Job 3-4; Matt 8:1-17Day 10 – Job 3-4; Matt 8:1-17
Job 3-4 Job is a difficult book…and it’s hard to find application in the bits and pieces of it (rather than the whole). Knowing the end of this story, I will say that one thing ...
Day 9 – Job 1-2; Matt 7Day 9 – Job 1-2; Matt 7
Job 1-2 Evidently, we are moving through the Bible chronologically, because we have jumped to Job (which they believe was written sometime during this period in Genesis). And yeah, wow – in one single hour, ...