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The Book of Job.

Welcome to the club.

Last time in chapters 32 through 34, a young man named Eliehu appeared out of nowhere to testify in this ongoing trial, the saga, the trial of the

century. He was the surprise witness. He was angry, angry at Job for justifying himself rather than God,

angry at the three friends for condemning Job without proving their case. And in his first speech, Elahue argued that God is not silent,

that he speaks through dreams, visions, suffering, and even through a heavenly messenger who

intercedes and provides a ransom. Without realizing it, Elie Hu described the very mediator

Job had been crying out for since chapter 9. In his second speech,

Eliehu defended God's justice, arguing that God is too great, too sovereign, and too all-knowing

to ever be unjust as Job was saying he was. Well, El-Hu has a lot of good points. He starts out

well, but couldn't stop there. He misquoted Job, broke his

promise not to condemn, and by the end called for Job to be tested to the utmost. The very thing Satan

asked for in the heavenly courtroom. So the question remains was Elohu a friend or a foe?

The commentators we know are divided. You may want to reserve

your judgment till the end of this episode because we're not done with him yet. Elahoo's next two

points are going to refute Job's claims that God did not care and that God was too powerful.

Elehu's point number three, God is not uncaring.

In Job's arguments to his friends, Job said that God didn't care about him.

In chapter 30, verse 20, Job said,

I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer.

I stand up, but you merely look at me.

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