Elihu's Anger Continues
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.
- He urges Job to listen and accept what he has to say.
- He condemns Job, not in his own right, but in the name of God.
- He condemns Job for words that he has said in the heat of the
argument concerning Gods harsh treatment of him.
- 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.
- 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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