test 7/ Job

Question 1

Where is Job from? Why is it important?

Answer 1

the land of uz it makes us realize we have innocent suffering

Question 2

What is physical evil? What is moral evil?

Answer 2

moral = free choice and mental pain
physhical = physical bodily pain

Question 3

What are the three parts of the book of Job?

Answer 3

prologe dialouge the friends narrative and the epilogue

Question 4

What are the three trials of Job?

Answer 4

1. he loses his external possessions, his house, animals, children
2. he gets sick. he still hasn’t lost his faith yet though. he gets boils and his health is poor
3. his wife says “curse god and die” and then she leaves him then he loses his faith

Question 5

What is Satan’s accusation against Job?

Answer 5

he could make job turn against him bc satan said job is only faithful to god because he gave him so much

Question 6

What is the council of the sons of God?

Answer 6

the sons of God (angels), God, and the Devil were there. God was bragging to the Devil about Job’s goodness.

Question 7

Does eliminating God answer the problem of innocent suffering?

Answer 7

elimnating god is ignoring him

Question 8

What is the friends’ argument vs Job?

Answer 8

They support him, let him have his sadness and be there with him in his time of trial. But finally, they speak. They say it is his fault he has lost so much, because he has sinned.

Question 9

What is Job’s argument with his friends?

Answer 9

if they should still support him even tho he sinned

Question 10

What is the first trial of Job?

Answer 10

Job loses material things, animals, crops, property, and children

Question 11

What is the second trial of Job?

Answer 11

Satan says “Skin for Skin” and makes Job physically ill.

Question 12

Does eliminating God answer the problem of innocent suffering?

Answer 12

you are just ignoring him not eliminating him

Question 13

Job says: “Oh, if my words were____” Finish the sentence and explain it.

Answer 13

written in a book it’s irony bc they actually were inscribed in a record. but it means he wants people to understand him

Question 14

What is the prophecy contained in the book of Job?

Answer 14

that job is jesus?

Question 15

“Ignoring the question is ______” Finish the sentence and explain.

Answer 15

ignoring god

Question 16

What is Zophar’s argument against Job?

Answer 16

job stole all the money

Question 17

What are the two mythological creatures mentioned by God in his reply?

Answer 17

Leviathan and Behemoth

Question 18

What is the first initial answer that God gives to Job?

Answer 18

we are not wrong to complain. God’s purposes are marvelous beyond our understanding.

Question 19

What does Job tell God after the cosmic tour? What is the meaning of that statement?

Answer 19

by hearsay i heard of you but now I see your face
relates to jobs suffering

Question 20

How does God judge the argument between Job and his friends?

Answer 20

he says that jobs friend suck and jiob is a real one

Question 21

Who is the real Job? Explain.

Answer 21

Jesus
no time evidence
moses was real job was not
no man is as innocent as job

Question 22

what are the two parts of God’s reply?

Answer 22

1st part shows positive side of creation
2nd part shows not everything has light and wisdom; shows 2 beats, Levintan and Beechmoth.

Question 23

what is the third trial of job

Answer 23

This trial of Job was triggered by his wife. His wife asks why Job still believes and prays to God after everything that’s happened and says “curse God and die.” Job loses his faith and his vision of God darkens. His mental health suffers because of this and he gets depression.

Question 24

the hearsay quote

Answer 24

it’s like job only knew god through hersey meaning he knew god from a distance but he finally got to see god through his own eyes

Question 25

how does God reply to Job?

Answer 25

he takes him on a cosmic tour of the world to see his suffering from another point of view.

Question 26

Elihu

Answer 26

a young man who interrupts the conversation of Job and his three friends to add his own commentary on Job’s situation as well as on the failure of the three friends to provide an adequate explanation. Says to the friends “you might think you’re innocent but you aren’t you could have sinned and not known it and you’re being punished right now.”