The Bible in a Year

Old Testament

Job 27 to 42
Read this coming week:
Aug 29 Job 27‐28, Ps 55, Luke 19 Aug 30 Job 29‐30, Ps 56, Luke 20 Aug
31 Job 31‐32, Ps 57, Luke 21 Sep 1 Job 33‐34, Ps 58, Luke 22 Sep 2 Job
35‐36, Ps 59, Luke 23 Sep 3 Job 37‐38, Ps 60, Luke 24 Sep 4 Job 39‐40, Ps
61, John 1 Sep 5 Job 41‐42, Ps 62, John 2

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Job 27 to 42. Answer the
following:
• Where is wisdom to be found according to Job?
(28)
• Who has been doing the active work that has
caused Job’s sufferings according to his
complaints? (30)
• Why is Elihu angry? (32)
• What does Elihu have to say about God and what
He is doing? (34)
• How does Elihu show Job who God is? (36)
 • What is God’s “answer” to Job? (38)
• What happens when Job promises to “lay his hand
on his mouth”? (40)
• How does the story of Job end? (42)
Job and Christ
All Scripture points toward Jesus. “Scripture” that does
not point to Jesus is not Scripture at all. Because we
believe this about Scripture, we must always look to
how a particular book might show us something about
Jesus. Here are some possible ways that the book of Job
can help you understand the person and work of Jesus:

• Job is looking for a redeemer – As a hopeless,

sinful human being, Job is looking for someone to
come and rescue him from the state that he is in.
One of our most popular Easter hymns, “I Know
that My Redeemer Lives” comes from a line in Job.
The book of Job shows the hope and need of a
Savior.
• Job, like Christ, suffers innocently – Job is not
completely innocent, no human being since Adam
and Eve have been created without the stain of
original sin. Job is, however, innocent of the
specific sufferings that the devil is leveling against
him. Christ also suffered innocently, but the
difference between Him and Job is that Christ was
completely innocent and because of that He could
die for our sins and be our redeemer.
• Job, like Christ, is restored – After the suffering
of Job, he is restored not to the level which he had
before his suffering, but to a greater level.
Similarly, Scripture tells us that when Jesus is
restored to full life He is restored and given even
greater glory because of His redemption of
mankind.
• What can you find? – Consider how you might
find the book of Job or any book of the Bible
pointing to Jesus.
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