Elihu's Anger Continues

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Chapter 33 records Eli-hu's assessment of the matter. His discourse does not disappoint us for it is substantial, impartial and very much to the point.

  1. He urges Job to listen and accept what he has to say.
  2. He condemns Job, not in his own right, but in the name of God.
  3. He condemns Job for words that he has said in the heat of the argument concerning Gods harsh treatment of him.
  4. He attempts to show Job were he was wrong stressing God's sovereignty over man and the care God takes of man when He lays affliction on him. He also reminds him that God had spoken to him in a dream so He had not separated Himself from him.
  5. He explains that Job's sickness and pain were not evidence of his hypocrisy neither were they tokens of God's wrath. They were methods that divine grace had taken to acquaint him with God. This had worked to increase Job's patience, experience and hope.

Then he stopped and asked Job if he wished to comment or if he would give him permission to go on.


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