Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday, as we finished our reading, Job was calling his friend's miserable comforters.

Today he continues talking to them and he opens by saying,

My Spirit is Broken. I just feel for him I've been there.

There were times when Job and Lamentations were the only books of scriptures I wanted

to read. I felt known by Job.

In chapter 18, Bill Dad speaks again. You probably remember Bill Dad as bad friend number

two. He's the one who told Job that he needed to repent. So now he's doubling down, just

like Eli Faz did yesterday, with reminders that God punishes the wicked.

This is a catch-22, because it not only means Job's suffering was punishment for his wickedness,

but also that if he doesn't change his ways, more punishment is coming for him.

But I love Job's reply in chapter 19. He continues to point to God's role in his troubles.

He says things like, He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass and he has set darkness

on my paths. These sound like really hard things to say about God. And yet, in 1925,

Job says, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last, he will stand up on the earth.

This quote isn't just hopeful on Job's part, it's actually prophetic. It points not only

to the first coming of Christ which has already happened, but also to the second coming of

Christ which is yet to come. At the last, he will stand up on the earth. We're not to

the last yet. But Zachariah 143 tells us more about Christ's return, and Revelation 510

in 26, point to a future time when Christ will reign on earth. So even in his darkest moments,

Job was pointing out eternal truths about God. In chapter 20, Zofar, bad friend number

3, speaks again. He claims a spirit spoke to him and he believes it was a word from God.

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