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 friends 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 scripture I wanted to read. I felt known by Job.

In chapter 18, Bildad 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

Elifaz 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 and rescue in his

troubles. He says things like, he has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon 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 upon 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 for us has already

happened, but also to the second coming of Christ, which is yet to come. At the last, he will stand

upon the earth. We're not to the last yet,

but Zachariah 14-3 tells us more about Christ's return. In Revelation 5 verse 10 and chapter 20

verse 6, point to a future time when Christ will reign on earth. Even in his darkest moments,

Job points out eternal truths about God.

In chapter 20, Zofar, bad friend number three speaks again. He claims a spirit spoke to him,

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