by Justin Marple | Sep 29, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The book of Job demands that we let the prologue and the epilogue inform how we read the speeches of Job’s ”friends.” And yet we will see that some of what Eliphaz has had to say is so true that the New Testament (in two places) approvingly quotes...
by Justin Marple | Sep 29, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
We are going to begin this article with an overview of the speeches found in the book of Job and then begin to look specifically at the first speech. Job 3-37, covering most of the book, are speeches by Job and his three friends plus one: Job’s Lament (Job 3)...
by Justin Marple | Sep 29, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
It may sound obvious but it is important to begin with this simple statement: The book tells us about a man named Job. “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There...
by Justin Marple | Aug 6, 2013 | Job Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
Seow tells Enns: The book is commonly thought to be about why people suffer, and that it is a theodicy. If it is either of these, it is not very successful. In the end there is no answer to the question of why there is innocent suffering. And the...
by Justin Marple | Jul 28, 2013 | Jeremiah Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Jeremiah 52 then is mostly quotes from Kings. Jeremiah 52:1-27 is from 2 Kings 24:18-25:21 and Jeremiah 52:31-34 is from 2 Kings 25:27-30. The portion that is skipped is the part of the narrative that we have heard in more detail already in Jeremiah. It concerns...
by Justin Marple | Jul 24, 2013 | Jeremiah Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Jeremiah 46-51 are oracles against foreign nations. An oracle is a particular kind of prophecy – it is a statement of divine warfare usually denouncing a foreign nation (as with these chapters). Jeremiah’s oracles are against Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon,...
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