Why Study the Book of Job?
For one, I can relate. For ten years we had a great ministry going in the Philippines, and then suddenly we had nothing. We were back in the States, off the missions field. It was a Job-like experience for us, and the book of Job has answers to help all who have gone through similar experiences. Two, Job is a deep book with deep answers to deep questions. This is a book of incredibly rich and beautiful poetry (in Hebrew most of the book is written as poetry, which can be seen in some Bibles by the way the text is offset differently). Yet for most people, Job is a closed book. When they dont understand the imagery, it goes right over their heads. But with a little bit of information, this book can open up wide to you and touch your soul. Three, Job is a remarkable book. It may be the oldest book in the Bible. While Genesis was written by Moses around 1400 BC, Job lived all the way back in the time of Abraham (around 2000 BC). Though we don’t know exactly when the book of Job was written
