Friday, March 23, 2007

Job8-10/Matt9:1-17

Tomorrow's Reading: Job11-13/Mat9:18-38

Job continues to suffer... and continues to proclaim innocence. Bildad is introduced and has a similar story as Eliphaz.



Matthew's reading outlines healing of a Paralytic, Matthew joins the team of Disciples (note; when called, like the others, 'got up and followed')




Oh.. remember, Job was from the Mesopotamia (dark green on this map);

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1 comment:

C. Scott Baker said...

Welcome Bildad to the scene; Bildad was a Shuhite, and was the only person in the bible ‘described to that name’. "Shuhite" is derived from the name "Shuah", which signifies
wealth. So, who was Shuh; He was another one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah, and… just tee’s up what kind of ‘folk’ Job had as friends.

Bildad gets right to the point and doesn’t ‘soft-shoe’ anything; v2… your words are a blustering wind. Ahah He too is slammin’ Job about being a sinful man. It’s quite poetic, I guess, v8-19 about how temporary and fragile life is – (Ecclesiastes 2-3 ‘… it’s all meaningless; a little depressing read).

Job9
Job wants his day in court with God in v3(Whoa there cowboy. Update: God lays the ‘smack down’ on Job later). V5-13 just shows Gods power/dynamic; moving mountains w/out them knowing (very cool), blotting out he sun (Sun is approximately 865,000 miles in diameter, about 109 times the diameter of the Earth, for those of you keeping score). V13 Rahab is a mythical Sea-monster – didn’t take time to research further. V33 – reference to Jesus perhaps. One who intervenes on our behalf to God?

Job10
Job really hating life right now… continues to proclaim innocence.

Matt9:1-17
Setting: still Southern part of Sea of Galilee, heading back North to Capernaum from Gadara where he healed the Demon possessed (.. you get a weird feeling when you read 8:29 ‘What do you want with us, Son of God’ – that’s 'demon speak', man.. whoa).

Jesus heals Paralytic just on ‘seeing their faith’ – let ‘your light shine’, right?

Teachers of the law are trying to catch Jesus in wrong doing (bases of his crucifixion later) in v3. NIV notes (Mark 2:7) ‘In Jewish theology even the Messiah could not forgive sins, and Jesus’ forgiveness of sin was a claim to deity [God], which they considered to be blasphemous). I don’t know/get/understand Jewish Theology – anybody want to break some of that down for us.