Job 10: More direct challenging and questions toward God. He specifically questions God, asking why he is being punished. He asks God why sinners are ok, but he isnāt. Job seems to remind God that he is fully aware of his current predicament and that God knows Job isnāt guilty. He continues to want to know why God wonāt put an end to his suffering. More challenging by Job using different metaphors. No matter what, Job directly questions God and why this is happening. Job actually asks God why he ever let him live in the first place considering what he is currently experiencing.
1/26 Reading (Job 4-6; 1 Timothy 5)
Job 4: Just a little note to start off this reading: I learned after my last post that I was actually wrong to write āSatanā down as the person who challenged God. I shouldāve written āthe satanā or even āthe adversary.ā Hereās a nice little tidbit from James L. Kugelās book, How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now: āThis is not yet the devil, the Satan of later Judaism and Christianity who is Godās opponent and the embodiment of evil, but merely one of the heavenly attendants, the āsons of God.ā The Hebrew satan means āaccuserā or āadversaryāā (p. 638). Nice little tidbit for me to know.
1/25 Reading (Job 1-3; 1 Timothy 4)
Job 1: Iāve never read Job. In fact, whenever I hear anyone say Job I think of the movie Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise. Job 3:14 played a big role in that film. I know, a silly story, but thatās what happens.
1/24 Reading (Esther 9-10; 1 Timothy 3)
Esther 9: The first half of this chapter tells of the Jews retaliating against those who tried to kill them. They killed tens of thousands of people. We also see that Esther still has a considerable amount of power over the King. He offers to do whatever she wants. She tells him what she wants and he makes it happen. This all happens on the 14th and 15th days of Adar (the 12th month of the year).
1/23 Reading (Esther 7-8; 1 Timothy 2)
Esther 7: They have the next feast that Haman bragged about and Esther reveals his plot to the king. The king is furious, begs for his life, and is finally impaled on the same 75 foot pole he prepared for Mordecai.
1/22 Reading (Esther 4-6; 1 Timothy 1)
Esther 4: Esther learns of Hamanās plot to destroy all the Jews because Mordecai is dressed in mourning clothes outside the Kingās gate. She initially tells him that she is safe, but he makes it clear that she needs to do something to stop this from happening. He even suggests that perhaps this is why she was chosen as queen, to stop this action.